LG Viewty Snap GM360

lg viewty snap gm360 review

Release Date:  Q2 2010
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• TFT resistive touch screen
• 5 MP camera
• Facebook integration
• 16 GB memory

• No 3G
• No Wi-Fi

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The LG Viewty Snap is a welcome addition to the wide range of Viewty mobile phones by LG such as the Viewty GT405, LG Viewty Smile. The announcement of the phone was made by the manufacturer in June, and it is now available on the market. We have got hands on experience on this handset, and here we have featured a detailed review. This is a GSM candy bar mobile phone that provides the users with a 3 inch touch screen display, 5 mega pixel camera, mobile SNS, push email support, microSD™ card slot, media player and a lot more. Also known as Bali the GM360 Viewty Snap seems to be another winner for the manufacturer.

LG Viewty Snap – social network integration

The importance of interacting in the social networking sites has expanded. The business users are enjoying the benefit of instant updates about a product launch and communicating important news to the consumers, clients, business partners, or vendors. General users, particularly the young users have simply become fanatics of using the social networking platforms. These users can update their favorite photos, videos, music and can communicate with friends and relatives at great ease. The mobile phone manufacturers have realized the potential of integrating social networking platforms in the mobile phones so that the users can enjoy such features directly from their handset.

LG has included excellent social network integration on the Viewty Snap. The users can enjoy ‘one touch upload’ to publish images on their favorite social networking sites. There is an integrated Facebook™ application on the handset so that the users can enjoy a streamlined process of uploading on the site. However, the absence of Wi Fi and 3G comes as a shocker as the users cannot enjoy high speed access to their favorite social networking sites and other Internet based applications.

LG Viewty Snap Review – network and connectivity

Good support of network and connectivity options is a must for every successful mobile phone. The Viewty Snap GM360 is an entry level touch screen mobile phone and hence not much of an importance is given to the integration of high speed connectivity aspects such as 3G and Wi Fi. However, it is not known whether the manufacturer has any plans to come up with the 3G version of the handset in the future or not. The device is supportive of the quad band GSM network 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. Data accessibility is supported by Class 10 GPRS and Edge at the speed of 32 – 48 kbps and 236.8 kbps respectively. Data can be exchanged with the compatible devices by using microUSB v2.0 and Bluetooth® v2.1 with A2DP. The users can use WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML browser for accessing the supporting Internet applications like Push Email, Email, MMS, social networks, etc.

LG GM360 Viewty Snap – the display and design

The Viewty Snap maintains the candy bar kind of design and it is quite attractive. Though there is no drastically different appeal to the handset as you will find several other mobile phones that are designed in almost similar fashion. The majority of the front panel of this device is covered by the touch screen display. On top of the display, you can locate the logo of LG while at the bottom, you will find the call button, end button and the menu button. Only two shades – black and silver, are available on this mobile and both variants look appealing. Now let’s get more specific on the display features. The size of the screen is 3.0 inches and it is TFT resistive. The display boasts 256,000 colours and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. Accelerometer sensor for auto rotate is a major highlight of the display. From the home screen itself, the users can get access to their favorite social network as there is a home screen short cut.

LG GM360 Viewty Snap Review – the camera

LG GM360 appears to be a cool handset with smooth touch screen functionality, wide display screen and social network integration. The reason we have mentioned these three points is because it comes with another great feature, which is a 5 mega pixel camera. The users will love to view there images on a wide 3 inches display and they can scroll to navigate different photos with simple finger touches. Also the high quality snaps taken by using the camera can be uploaded to the social networking sites and instantly shared with friends. The resolution of the images is 2592 x 1944 pixels and the photos appear clear when uploaded or zoomed. The presence of an LED flash and auto focus also creates better images. The users can also conduct video recording with the camera and enjoy watching audiovisual over the phone. There is no secondary camera for video calling.

LG GM360 Viewty Snap – Music and video features

The multimedia features of the LG GM360 Viewty Snap starts with a bang with a superb 5 mega pixel camera. It continues to impress with its integrated music player and the video play back applications. The music player is user friendly, and you can easily keep track of the music files that you want to play. There are different settings to make sure that you can adjust the sound quality as per you necessities and enjoy the best music listening experience. You can listen to the music with head phones and feel the impact of the beats and arrangements. The music player is capable of playing diverse music files such as MP3/ WMA/ and eAAC+ files. On the other hand, MP4/ H.264/ H.263/ WMV player can stream high quality of videos.

LG GM360 Viewty Snap provides a host of features and applications. To ensure that the users can enjoy the smooth run of the applications, the device comes with a good storage support. The memory of the phone can be expanded up to 16 GB by using microSD™ cards.