Features
Like the Viewty that came before it, the Secret houses a 5-megapixel autofocus camera capable of recording videos up to 120 frames per second for shooting slow-motion videos. There's now even an option to shoot QVGA "fast videos". The end result is a fancy clip that plays back faster than the usual speed.As a camera-phone with video recording capabilities, the Secret is actually quite entertaining to use. There's also a host of post-editing features for those who like to tinkle around with their works. Regrettably, there's no Xenon flash and you can shoot only QVGA resolution motion images at the maximum 120fps (or VGA videos at 30fps). The Secret also supports DivX playback in VGA quality. So you can upload AVI format clips directly to the phone without any conversion.
The Secret actually has a full touchscreen display, but it's enabled only in the "Touch media" menu, which is a little odd when its features are quite similar to the Viewty. This adds to the quirky use of the touch properties and hardware buttons and we are not sure if it's for the better. In this Touch media menu, you can listen to music, browse photos, play games, read documents and tune in to FM radio. By itself, it works rather well (and you can use the touch-sensitive keys, too), but it's a shame LG didn't implement it throughout the interface of the Secret.
We've raved about the use of built-in accelerometers in some of the Sony Ericsson handsets before, but the Secret takes motion gaming to a whole new level and can be a real bundle of joy for casual gamers. There are six preloaded games--Dart, Magic Ball, Maze, Homerun Derby, Hammer and Fishing--and each of these titles makes full use of the onboard accelerometer. In Dart, we had to flick the phone in a forward motion to throw the dart, while Magic Ball requires a vigorous shake of the mobile for a random answer to any question you pose to it. Perfect for situations where you leave the most important decisions to fate, or the Secret.
Connectivity-wise, the Secret supports HSDPA, EDGE and Bluetooth stereo.
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