What a Viewty

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LG KU990 Viewty. What a Viewty. With a 5.1-megapixel camera, HSDPA mobile broadband and a smart glossy finish, the. LG Viewty is one of the biggest launches …

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your internet homepage, you’ll
notice a series of virtual
internet control options that
appear at the bottom of the
touch-screen.
These are simple shortcuts,
which enable you to add to
favourites, zoom in and out of the
page and alter the view between
portrait and landscape.
Whichever way you choose to
view the pages, they look great.
It’s when you come to browsing
that you hit trouble. The Viewty is
designed to be navigated with
your fingertips or using the
stylus. You can stroke the
webpage up or down as if you
are moving a piece of paper -
just as you can with the HTC
Touch. The functionality is erratic;
sometimes the screen scrolls up
and down, sometimes it doesn’t.
The same applies to the scroller
bars on the side and bottom of
the phone.
The problem is, although the
Viewty’s display is large by mobile
standards, you can only ever see
part of a page, which makes
scrolling essential. And if the
scrolling mechanism is erratic,
you’ll simply stop browsing. This
is a real problem. A side-mounted
jog-dial might help, or simple
navigation keys beneath the
phone’s display.
Similarly, the jog-wheel which
controls the…