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LG KG920

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The most compelling feature of the KG920 is its 5-megapixel CCD image sensor and LG has spared no effort in splashing the information on the camera-phone's screen and on the space surrounding the lens. It is also by no means accidental that the Korean chaebol has included full-fledged controls of a basic digital camera onto this phone. You can pick from the various shooting modes (Auto, Closeup, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Dusk and Program AE), select various flash options, filters, timers, resolution and image quality.

While the scene modes take care of the most common shooting situations, the Program AE setting gives the user additional control over the white balance, light metering, sensitivity (Auto, ISO 100/200/400), autofocusing and date stamp options. What was missing on the Sony Ericsson K800i, we found on the LG K920: Exposure compensation and ISO controls. For movie buffs, the KG920 is capable of taking QVGA (320 x 240-pixel) 30fps motion pictures. Like most digicams, you cannot zoom when recording movies. For that extra dose of creativity, you can select from nine cutesy photo frames to go with your snaps.

Beyond the digital imaging goodies, this LG is also a multimedia phone at heart. The KG920 doubles as a voice recorder, MP3 player (MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WAV file formats supported), photo-and-video album when you're not on a call or taking pictures. While it is not as well-equipped as a dedicated music device, the player on this phone allows the user to choose from various equalizer settings, for instance, Jazz, 3D, Country, Dance, Classic, Pop and Normal. You can also choose to play/repeat all or just one track, shuffle your titles and pick from one of the two visual effects. There's no FM radio on this handset, which is a pity.

If you are depending on this camera-phone as a replacement for your obsolete digicam, you'd need to invest in a higher-capacity memory card. LG bundles a 128MB miniSD card which is good for about 75 5-megapixel shots at Super Fine setting. Let's not forget that you might also store some MP3 files on the card as well. As a default, the unit comes with a measly 8MB internal storage space.

 
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