Lg Viewty

~Soap~Fan · 29-12-2008, 00:11

well wat do you all think about this phone
anyone got it ??
can u set a mp3 as a text tone
does it save sent messages ?

cheers in advance !

Geordiesaz · 29-12-2008, 01:24

Hey i have the phone, yes it does have a sent items bit in the message. which is great as i am always paraniod that i havent sent the message! i havent set up or even tried to set a mp3 up as i text tune!

MGS4SnakeRulez · 29-12-2008, 01:41

I have the phone and love it. Cant fault it really it does everything I need and has great battery life. Dont know about the text MP3 tones either sorry.

Carmen Queasy · 29-12-2008, 02:09

Yes, you can set up an MP3 as a text tone.

It does save sent messages (300 max, including received ones).

You can set up video ring tones, which is pretty cool.

It's got a pretty decent MP3 player, plays all kinds of videos (DivX, too), has some handy features, can be modified if you're brave, and can run all kinds of applications.

The camera is pretty great, too. Here's a couple of pics I took with it: One..., Two.... I just pointed and took. You can make the images a lot better by adjusting the settings (I was bored one day and took loads of random ones

)

It's a good phone, but I feel it's becoming slightly outdated already mainly because it's quite chunky.

I still love it, though.

TomDaOne · 29-12-2008, 02:52

Yeah I just got myself one actually on 02 pay and go actually. A little christmas treat for myself

I love it, been a long while since I had a new phone. The camera's brilliant and that will definitely get a lot of use.

Carmen Queasy · 29-12-2008, 03:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomDaOne

Yeah I just got myself one actually on 02 pay and go actually. A little christmas treat for myself

I love it, been a long while since I had a new phone. The camera's brilliant and that will definitely get a lot of use.

I originally got it on PAYG, open network, and it cost me £300! It was new back then, though.

choicefreedom20 · 29-12-2008, 10:13

As per my experience It's perfect.

MGS4SnakeRulez · 29-12-2008, 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy

because it's quite chunky.

I still love it, though.

Thats one of the things that I like most about it. I have big hands so I hate phones that are small and thin I feel like I'm gonna snap them. The LG Viewty is the perfect size for me personally.

SuddenImpulse · 29-12-2008, 16:25

It's also down to £99 on o2 and Orange PAYG in chavz4u (subject to topping up with £10 credit).

Catpee · 29-12-2008, 23:20

I bought it for myself for Christmas as well. Have had it about a week now and haven't explored it completely yet.

Have only just discovered all the cool effects and things you can do to photographs. I've been hunting for good things to film in slow motion. The cat from down the street is not very obliging. Once I start filming he stands still and stares at me.

I do like the phone as a gadget but I'm not that impressed with it as a phone. I find it a bit fiddly but might just need to get used to it.

I was trying to browse the internet on it the other night and it switched itself off 4 times in 10 minutes which was rather annoying. I don't think it's that easy to use the internet on it with scrolling etc.

The battery life isn't great but you've got to expect that with a touchscreen phone that has lots of fancy features.

I got it on Pay and Go from o2 but stuck my o2 contract sim in it. Unfortunately my sim is 7 years old and I can't get 3G with it!! Am still waiting for them to send me a new one.

TomDaOne · 29-12-2008, 23:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catpee

I bought it for myself for Christmas as well. Have had it about a week now and haven't explored it completely yet.

Have only just discovered all the cool effects and things you can do to photographs. I've been hunting for good things to film in slow motion. The cat from down the street is not very obliging. Once I start filming he stands still and stares at me.

I do like the phone as a gadget but I'm not that impressed with it as a phone. I find it a bit fiddly but might just need to get used to it.

I was trying to browse the internet on it the other night and it switched itself off 4 times in 10 minutes which was rather annoying. I don't think it's that easy to use the internet on it with scrolling etc.

The battery life isn't great but you've got to expect that with a touchscreen phone that has lots of fancy features.

I got it on Pay and Go from o2 but stuck my o2 contract sim in it. Unfortunately my sim is 7 years old and I can't get 3G with it!! Am still waiting for them to send me a new one.

Yeah I agree that the browser is not great, especially compared to Safari on my iPod Touch (I would assume its exactly the same as on the iPhone)

I do like the fact you can use a qwerty keyboard to type a text message. I'm good at predictive text, but even that can be a pain in the arse sometimes.

Need to get a micro sd card for mine.

Catpee · 29-12-2008, 23:51

Hi Tom,

I've just ordered 2gb micro SD from Amazon for about £3.65 and free delivery.

I'm hoping to put a couple of films on it.

I haven't decided which way I prefer to text. I think I'm too used to having normal keys and texting really fast. It's good to have the option of the QWERTY although I do find myself using the traditional keypad more.

Have you tried the handwriting input?

Carmen Queasy · 30-12-2008, 00:05

Remember 2GB is the max it can read.

The Viewty can connect to a TV (via an output cable) and you can watch your videos and such on the TV via the Viewty.

I love the QWERTY input. I prefer it to predictive text. Handwriting is another matter. It's really pointless and takes a lot longer.

You can get Opera for mobile phones, which is a browser. Some people prefer it to the Viewty one. I am fine with the Viewty one, though.

Mine has never closed down during browsing the internet. It's only gone dodgy once, when I was texting the phone went pink and restarted. That's it.

I have to say the battery life is great for it, if you keep Bluetooth off, that is (which is to be said for most phones). I only charge mine about once per week, but I probably only use the phone (to talk) for about 3 hours per week in total, and send more texts.

~Soap~Fan · 30-12-2008, 00:07

how many messages does it store and
wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ??

TomDaOne · 30-12-2008, 00:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catpee

Hi Tom,

I've just ordered 2gb micro SD from Amazon for about £3.65 and free delivery.

I'm hoping to put a couple of films on it.

I haven't decided which way I prefer to text. I think I'm too used to having normal keys and texting really fast. It's good to have the option of the QWERTY although I do find myself using the traditional keypad more.

Have you tried the handwriting input?

£3.65? That sounds good, thanks for the info. I've not tried handwriting, I imagine it is best done with the stylus (which I don't use all).

Carmen Queasy · 30-12-2008, 00:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Soap~Fan

how many messages does it store and
wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ??

It comes up with "Message received from <name>" (or shows the number if the name is not in your phone book.

It stores 300 messages in the phone and then (usually) 10 on the SIM card. That's 300 in total, which means sent and received. I think there's a "hack" to increase the size, though.

That's a thing I love about this phone. It's easy to customise if you dare.

TomDaOne · 30-12-2008, 00:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Soap~Fan

how many messages does it store and
wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy

It does save sent messages (300 max, including received ones).

^^^That would be the answer to the first question.

As for the second a box comes up like this (states who its from and the time):

[1] Message
Joe Bloggs
00.39

TomDaOne · 30-12-2008, 00:42

My reply was a bit late, nevermind

Catpee · 30-12-2008, 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomDaOne

£3.65? That sounds good, thanks for the info. I've not tried handwriting, I imagine it is best done with the stylus (which I don't use all).

There was a seller on Amazon selling it for about £1.62 but there was £1.99 delivery charge. They wouldn't deliver to me anyway because I live in Northern Ireland which I often find with Amazon Marketplace sellers. It's most annoying!!

Anyway, they'll probably deliver to you if you are on the mainland. Although it works out the same price as the other one with free delivery.

I did think £1.62 sounded suspiciously too cheap though!!

Carmen Queasy · 30-12-2008, 00:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomDaOne

My reply was a bit late, nevermind

Better answer for the message received thing, though

Beware of Amazon Marketplace. It's a great place to shop and is cheap, but sometimes things like SD cards get lumped in with the P+P costs for electronics and costs £5, depending on the seller's options. I got mine from there with no problems, in fact.

Catpee · 30-12-2008, 00:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy

Remember 2GB is the max it can read.

The Viewty can connect to a TV (via an output cable) and you can watch your videos and such on the TV via the Viewty.

I love the QWERTY input. I prefer it to predictive text. Handwriting is another matter. It's really pointless and takes a lot longer.

You can get Opera for mobile phones, which is a browser. Some people prefer it to the Viewty one. I am fine with the Viewty one, though.

Mine has never closed down during browsing the internet. It's only gone dodgy once, when I was texting the phone went pink and restarted. That's it.

I have to say the battery life is great for it, if you keep Bluetooth off, that is (which is to be said for most phones). I only charge mine about once per week, but I probably only use the phone (to talk) for about 3 hours per week in total, and send more texts.

Yeah the handwriting input is rather daft. It reminds me of playing Brain Training on the DS. I'm sure there must be some similar kind of game you can download for the viewty.

The stylus is a pain to carry around as well swinging about the phone like some kind of swingball game!

I think the best use of the stylus is writing on photographs.

Carmen Queasy · 30-12-2008, 00:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catpee

Yeah the handwriting input is rather daft. It reminds me of playing Brain Training on the DS. I'm sure there must be some similar kind of game you can download for the viewty.

The stylus is a pain to carry around as well swinging about the phone like some kind of swingball game!

I think the best use of the stylus is writing on photographs.

I agree with that, yeah. I took the stylus off. It looks like eye liner and once you've mastered the phone, it's easy to use with your fingers.

TomDaOne · 30-12-2008, 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catpee

There was a seller on Amazon selling it for about £1.62 but there was £1.99 delivery charge. They wouldn't deliver to me anyway because I live in Northern Ireland which I often find with Amazon Marketplace sellers. It's most annoying!!

Anyway, they'll probably deliver to you if you are on the mainland. Although it works out the same price as the other one with free delivery.

I did think £1.62 sounded suspiciously too cheap though!!

This is the one you got right?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDISK-MICR...0597039&sr=8-4

Think'll go for that one myself as well. There was another for £1.08 and £1.99 shipping. Yeah it works out cheaper but like you say it makes you suspicious and a few pence makes no difference.

Catpee · 30-12-2008, 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomDaOne

This is the one you got right?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDISK-MICR...0597039&sr=8-4

Think'll go for that one myself as well. There was another for £1.08 and £1.99 shipping. Yeah it works out cheaper but like you say it makes you suspicious and a few pence makes no difference.

Yup, that's exactly the one I got

Just ordered it tonight. We can see who gets theirs first!

TomDaOne · 30-12-2008, 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catpee

Yup, that's exactly the one I got

Just ordered it tonight. We can see who gets theirs first!

Well I'm in Leicester so it will probably be me, but you never know.

29-12-2008, 00:11	#1
~Soap~Fan Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 323	Lg Viewty well wat do you all think about this phone anyone got it ?? can u set a mp3 as a text tone does it save sent messages ? cheers in advance !

29-12-2008, 01:24	#2
Geordiesaz Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 82	Hey i have the phone, yes it does have a sent items bit in the message. which is great as i am always paraniod that i havent sent the message! i havent set up or even tried to set a mp3 up as i text tune! Last edited by Geordiesaz : 29-12-2008 at 01:24. Reason: mispelling

30-12-2008, 00:07	#14
~Soap~Fan Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 323	quick question .., how many messages does it store and wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ??

29-12-2008, 01:41	#3
MGS4SnakeRulez Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,705	I have the phone and love it. Cant fault it really it does everything I need and has great battery life. Dont know about the text MP3 tones either sorry.

29-12-2008, 02:09	#4
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Yes, you can set up an MP3 as a text tone. It does save sent messages (300 max, including received ones). You can set up video ring tones, which is pretty cool. It's got a pretty decent MP3 player, plays all kinds of videos (DivX, too), has some handy features, can be modified if you're brave, and can run all kinds of applications. The camera is pretty great, too. Here's a couple of pics I took with it: One..., Two.... I just pointed and took. You can make the images a lot better by adjusting the settings (I was bored one day and took loads of random ones ) It's a good phone, but I feel it's becoming slightly outdated already mainly because it's quite chunky. I still love it, though.

29-12-2008, 02:52	#5
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Yeah I just got myself one actually on 02 pay and go actually. A little christmas treat for myself I love it, been a long while since I had a new phone. The camera's brilliant and that will definitely get a lot of use.

29-12-2008, 03:00	#6
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Quote: Originally Posted by TomDaOne Yeah I just got myself one actually on 02 pay and go actually. A little christmas treat for myself I love it, been a long while since I had a new phone. The camera's brilliant and that will definitely get a lot of use. I originally got it on PAYG, open network, and it cost me £300! It was new back then, though.

29-12-2008, 10:13	#7
choicefreedom20 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 251	As per my experience It's perfect.

29-12-2008, 11:11	#8
MGS4SnakeRulez Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,705	Quote: Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy because it's quite chunky. I still love it, though. Thats one of the things that I like most about it. I have big hands so I hate phones that are small and thin I feel like I'm gonna snap them. The LG Viewty is the perfect size for me personally.

29-12-2008, 16:25	#9
SuddenImpulse Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 380	It's also down to £99 on o2 and Orange PAYG in chavz4u (subject to topping up with £10 credit).

29-12-2008, 23:20	#10
Catpee Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,300	I bought it for myself for Christmas as well. Have had it about a week now and haven't explored it completely yet. Have only just discovered all the cool effects and things you can do to photographs. I've been hunting for good things to film in slow motion. The cat from down the street is not very obliging. Once I start filming he stands still and stares at me. I do like the phone as a gadget but I'm not that impressed with it as a phone. I find it a bit fiddly but might just need to get used to it. I was trying to browse the internet on it the other night and it switched itself off 4 times in 10 minutes which was rather annoying. I don't think it's that easy to use the internet on it with scrolling etc. The battery life isn't great but you've got to expect that with a touchscreen phone that has lots of fancy features. I got it on Pay and Go from o2 but stuck my o2 contract sim in it. Unfortunately my sim is 7 years old and I can't get 3G with it!! Am still waiting for them to send me a new one.

29-12-2008, 23:32	#11
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Quote: Originally Posted by Catpee I bought it for myself for Christmas as well. Have had it about a week now and haven't explored it completely yet. Have only just discovered all the cool effects and things you can do to photographs. I've been hunting for good things to film in slow motion. The cat from down the street is not very obliging. Once I start filming he stands still and stares at me. I do like the phone as a gadget but I'm not that impressed with it as a phone. I find it a bit fiddly but might just need to get used to it. I was trying to browse the internet on it the other night and it switched itself off 4 times in 10 minutes which was rather annoying. I don't think it's that easy to use the internet on it with scrolling etc. The battery life isn't great but you've got to expect that with a touchscreen phone that has lots of fancy features. I got it on Pay and Go from o2 but stuck my o2 contract sim in it. Unfortunately my sim is 7 years old and I can't get 3G with it!! Am still waiting for them to send me a new one. Yeah I agree that the browser is not great, especially compared to Safari on my iPod Touch (I would assume its exactly the same as on the iPhone) I do like the fact you can use a qwerty keyboard to type a text message. I'm good at predictive text, but even that can be a pain in the arse sometimes. Need to get a micro sd card for mine.

29-12-2008, 23:51	#12
Catpee Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,300	Hi Tom, I've just ordered 2gb micro SD from Amazon for about £3.65 and free delivery. I'm hoping to put a couple of films on it. I haven't decided which way I prefer to text. I think I'm too used to having normal keys and texting really fast. It's good to have the option of the QWERTY although I do find myself using the traditional keypad more. Have you tried the handwriting input?

30-12-2008, 00:05	#13
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Remember 2GB is the max it can read. The Viewty can connect to a TV (via an output cable) and you can watch your videos and such on the TV via the Viewty. I love the QWERTY input. I prefer it to predictive text. Handwriting is another matter. It's really pointless and takes a lot longer. You can get Opera for mobile phones, which is a browser. Some people prefer it to the Viewty one. I am fine with the Viewty one, though. Mine has never closed down during browsing the internet. It's only gone dodgy once, when I was texting the phone went pink and restarted. That's it. I have to say the battery life is great for it, if you keep Bluetooth off, that is (which is to be said for most phones). I only charge mine about once per week, but I probably only use the phone (to talk) for about 3 hours per week in total, and send more texts.

30-12-2008, 00:29	#15
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Quote: Originally Posted by Catpee Hi Tom, I've just ordered 2gb micro SD from Amazon for about £3.65 and free delivery. I'm hoping to put a couple of films on it. I haven't decided which way I prefer to text. I think I'm too used to having normal keys and texting really fast. It's good to have the option of the QWERTY although I do find myself using the traditional keypad more. Have you tried the handwriting input? £3.65? That sounds good, thanks for the info. I've not tried handwriting, I imagine it is best done with the stylus (which I don't use all).

30-12-2008, 00:31	#16
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Quote: Originally Posted by ~Soap~Fan how many messages does it store and wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ?? It comes up with "Message received from <name>" (or shows the number if the name is not in your phone book. It stores 300 messages in the phone and then (usually) 10 on the SIM card. That's 300 in total, which means sent and received. I think there's a "hack" to increase the size, though. That's a thing I love about this phone. It's easy to customise if you dare.

30-12-2008, 00:41	#17
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Quote: Originally Posted by ~Soap~Fan how many messages does it store and wen you recieve a text wat does it say on the screen ?? Quote: Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy It does save sent messages (300 max, including received ones). ^^^That would be the answer to the first question. As for the second a box comes up like this (states who its from and the time): [1] Message Joe Bloggs 00.39

30-12-2008, 00:42	#18
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	My reply was a bit late, nevermind

30-12-2008, 00:43	#19
Catpee Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,300	Quote: Originally Posted by TomDaOne £3.65? That sounds good, thanks for the info. I've not tried handwriting, I imagine it is best done with the stylus (which I don't use all). There was a seller on Amazon selling it for about £1.62 but there was £1.99 delivery charge. They wouldn't deliver to me anyway because I live in Northern Ireland which I often find with Amazon Marketplace sellers. It's most annoying!! Anyway, they'll probably deliver to you if you are on the mainland. Although it works out the same price as the other one with free delivery. I did think £1.62 sounded suspiciously too cheap though!!

30-12-2008, 00:46	#20
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Quote: Originally Posted by TomDaOne My reply was a bit late, nevermind Better answer for the message received thing, though Beware of Amazon Marketplace. It's a great place to shop and is cheap, but sometimes things like SD cards get lumped in with the P+P costs for electronics and costs £5, depending on the seller's options. I got mine from there with no problems, in fact.

30-12-2008, 00:48	#21
Catpee Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,300	Quote: Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy Remember 2GB is the max it can read. The Viewty can connect to a TV (via an output cable) and you can watch your videos and such on the TV via the Viewty. I love the QWERTY input. I prefer it to predictive text. Handwriting is another matter. It's really pointless and takes a lot longer. You can get Opera for mobile phones, which is a browser. Some people prefer it to the Viewty one. I am fine with the Viewty one, though. Mine has never closed down during browsing the internet. It's only gone dodgy once, when I was texting the phone went pink and restarted. That's it. I have to say the battery life is great for it, if you keep Bluetooth off, that is (which is to be said for most phones). I only charge mine about once per week, but I probably only use the phone (to talk) for about 3 hours per week in total, and send more texts. Yeah the handwriting input is rather daft. It reminds me of playing Brain Training on the DS. I'm sure there must be some similar kind of game you can download for the viewty. The stylus is a pain to carry around as well swinging about the phone like some kind of swingball game! I think the best use of the stylus is writing on photographs.

30-12-2008, 00:51	#22
Carmen Queasy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middesbrough (via Manchester) Posts: 37,343	Quote: Originally Posted by Catpee Yeah the handwriting input is rather daft. It reminds me of playing Brain Training on the DS. I'm sure there must be some similar kind of game you can download for the viewty. The stylus is a pain to carry around as well swinging about the phone like some kind of swingball game! I think the best use of the stylus is writing on photographs. I agree with that, yeah. I took the stylus off. It looks like eye liner and once you've mastered the phone, it's easy to use with your fingers.

30-12-2008, 00:52	#23
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Quote: Originally Posted by Catpee There was a seller on Amazon selling it for about £1.62 but there was £1.99 delivery charge. They wouldn't deliver to me anyway because I live in Northern Ireland which I often find with Amazon Marketplace sellers. It's most annoying!! Anyway, they'll probably deliver to you if you are on the mainland. Although it works out the same price as the other one with free delivery. I did think £1.62 sounded suspiciously too cheap though!! This is the one you got right? http://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDISK-MICR...0597039&sr=8-4 Think'll go for that one myself as well. There was another for £1.08 and £1.99 shipping. Yeah it works out cheaper but like you say it makes you suspicious and a few pence makes no difference.

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30-12-2008, 00:58	#24
Catpee Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,300	Quote: Originally Posted by TomDaOne This is the one you got right? http://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDISK-MICR...0597039&sr=8-4 Think'll go for that one myself as well. There was another for £1.08 and £1.99 shipping. Yeah it works out cheaper but like you say it makes you suspicious and a few pence makes no difference. Yup, that's exactly the one I got Just ordered it tonight. We can see who gets theirs first!

30-12-2008, 01:02	#25
TomDaOne Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking. Posts: 10,622	Quote: Originally Posted by Catpee Yup, that's exactly the one I got Just ordered it tonight. We can see who gets theirs first! Well I'm in Leicester so it will probably be me, but you never know.