LG Viewty Smart

“Despite its 8 megapixels, the LG Viewty Smart GC900 won't be replacing your compact camera anytime soon. Photo positives like good colour reproduction and a pleasant camera user interface are outweighed by shutter lag and noisy dark areas, and the video didn't impress us much either. Making calls is painless thanks to a snappy dialling pad, but we struggled to send text messages and emails because of the unresponsive on-screen keyboard and poor predictive text.Touchscreens have evolved a great deal since the much-loved LG Viewty KU990 -- look at the Samsung Tocco Lite, for example, which manages to make a resistive touchscreen feel fun, and is free on a £12-per-month contract -- so the Viewty Smart has plenty of competition. It's not without its strengths, but we can't help feeling it languishes in the land of mediocrity.”