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Viewty or W595 |
duckman
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
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I'm Stuck.
I am tempted by the Viewty for it's great camera and large touchscreen.
I am tempted by the W595 because of the great SE UI (media center the most) and very good sound quality. Also, the W595 will be very moddable soon.
Which would you go for?
Also, a couple of questions:
1)I know about the sharejack, but how good are the headphones that come with the W595
2)How moddable is the Viewty? In what ways?
[ This Message was edited by: duckman on 2008-11-20 19:44 ] |
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Brightspark
Joined: Aug 19, 2007
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go for the viewty. it has the advantage that it isn't a sony ericsson, so you have less to worry about dodgy build and glitchy software
also, technically, the viewty is light years ahead of the SE.
the camera on the viewty isn't that good. don't be tempted into the erronous thinking that 5MP is more than 3.2MP, and hence the quality is better. if you're going from say a k800 or a u600, you may be slightly disappointed in the quality for most of the time. i say "most of the time" because the viewty really is capable of producing some great quality shots, but you have to know the camera's personality and the settings well before you can get the most out of it. it's not a point and click type camera.
the video record is excellent!
the viewty is VERY moddable.
[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2008-11-20 18:58 ] |
duckman
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Thanks for your opinion. In what ways is the viewty moddable? |
Bonovox
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Though i love SE i would go for the Viewty. The reasons are what Brightspark said but also its been out a while too which will make it more stable now. The W595 is nothing new and not that amazing. If it was between the Viewty or the C905 then i would not choose the Viewty. Lol. |
Luci'sPower
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Well viewty is better in every aspect except the interface ,SE is much more user friendly....but go for the viewty,is much better and a really stable phone
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Brightspark
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On 2008-11-20 20:45:05, duckman wrote:
Thanks for your opinion. In what ways is the viewty moddable?
just have a look at how much modding there is. there is a whole forum devoted to it:
http://www.mygreatphone.com/forum/lg-ku990/
i've made quite a few mods including, but not limited to:
-making it much louder through the speaker and the headphones
-changed the shortcuts to my own custom ones
-changed the Orange theme
-added theme manager (but since got rid of it)
-modified the java permissions
-changed the Orange branded imposed limit of 4 joined together texts
-debranded it
-added the google menus (Orange took them off)
-got rid of lots of silly Orange imposed restrictions
[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2008-11-20 22:15 ] |
duckman
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I was leaning very much towards the Viewty anyway, and even more now I know it is moddable.
My only concerns are
-Music-
How good is the sound quality?
Everywhere seems to contradict each other - Does it play WMA?
Does it show albumart, or is that just a permanent image?
Java
How fast is java?
What are the touchscreen controls likein a java application?
Is it true an application cannot be over 1mb?
[ This Message was edited by: duckman on 2008-11-22 13:26 ] |
domipost
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Don't buy viewty, it sucks. Music quality is worse than W595, camera isn't that great too. The touchscreen is bad and the interface is much worse than W595.
I've Viewty and recently bought K660i, but I ended up using only K660, just because it's much nicer in everyday use. The only things I miss are a capable camera and the document reader and superb video functions. |
Brightspark
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On 2008-11-22 13:47:33, duckman wrote:
I was leaning very much towards the Viewty anyway, and even more now I know it is moddable.
My only concerns are
-Music-
How good is the sound quality?
Everywhere seems to contradict each other - Does it play WMA?
Does it show albumart, or is that just a permanent image?
Java
How fast is java?
What are the touchscreen controls likein a java application?
Is it true an application cannot be over 1mb?
[ This Message was edited by: duckman on 2008-11-22 13:26 ]
music isn't that good.
i don't know if it plays wma because i've never tried.
don't know about album art.
java is quite fast.
touchscreen control are not that good in java. you probably won't like them.
i have heard that it has a 1MB limit, but i have several apps/games that are over 1MB (eg 1335kb) and they work fine.
On 2008-11-22 14:45:47, domipost wrote:
Don't buy viewty, it sucks. Music quality is worse than W595, camera isn't that great too. The touchscreen is bad and the interface is much worse than W595.
I've Viewty and recently bought K660i, but I ended up using only K660, just because it's much nicer in everyday use. The only things I miss are a capable camera and the document reader and superb video functions.
it doesn't suck. camera needs a lot of getting used to, but it is capable of very high quality shots when you know how to use it.
good luck with the crappy low-spec k660. has it started rebooting/freezing yet?
[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2008-11-23 18:43 ] |
domipost
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On 2008-11-23 19:40:08, Brightspark wrote:
it doesn't suck. camera needs a lot of getting used to, but it is capable of very high quality shots when you know how to use it.
It does, and I mean mostly the interface and the quality of the touchscreen. The camera is indeed capable of some really nice shots, but most people won't be able to make them. If you use auto settings, they are mostly not really good.
On 2008-11-23 19:40:08, Brightspark wrote:
good luck with the crappy low-spec k660. has it started rebooting/freezing yet?
I'm verry happy with it, for the times I don't use a review phone. The SQ is great, IMO, the cam sucks, but I don't care, the design is gorgeous, just like the interface. The only thing i really hate about it is the crappy fastport.
It didn't freeze or reboot yet  |
Brightspark
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"the design is gorgeous, just like the interface. "
the design is typical samey SE. i see nothing gorgeous about it. the interface, too, is retarded. the typical philosophy of SE is to make the interface so that users go "ooooh ahhhh" for a few days, and remove all features which users find useful. an example being the inability to see call durations except for the total. another example being the inability to have any number of any type of phonbook entry(eg mobile, home, work, etc). even samsungs have these capabilities. this is 2008, not 2001.
one good thing about the viewty is that it overcomes the limitations of the SE interface by actually including useful features which users actually use.
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shadovraven
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Don't but viewty is failure not a cellphone.
Touchscreen is crappy and doesn't work until you hardly press screen.
Camera is poor, ui is very slow, is moddable but every modifications slow it down so...
Same goes for music quality which is at least minor.
And this is lg so it means horrible support from lg service.
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lukechris
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Any questions about the W595 PM me
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thomas93
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The screen really is awful. TS wise.
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Coquito
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I had a play with a viewty once and i must say is a terrible phone IMO.
The W595 has a better design and i dont hear anybody complanining.
[ This Message was edited by: Coquito on 2009-06-08 01:51 ] |
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