| 7th February - LG Electronics
and DivX, Inc. announced that the LG Viewty camera phone (Model: LG-KU990) is
the first mobile phone with DivX Certification to natively record video in the
high quality DivX® format. The LG Viewty enables consumers to capture
high-resolution video, comparable in quality to what they would expect from a
video camera, on their mobile phones, DivX videos recorded through the LG Viewty
can easily be uploaded to online video sites or can be played back on any DivX
Certified® consumer electronics device, including DVD players, gaming consoles
and portable media players. "Users of the LG Viewty have come to expect
innovation and quality," said Dr. Skott Ahn, LG Electronics Mobile Communications
Company. "The addition of DivX recording capability to the Viewty will open
up the media experience and enable our users to do more with the videos they capture,
from sharing that content online to playing it back beyond the phone on a wide
variety of devices." "Our goal is to make it easy for consumers
to enjoy a high-quality video experience on any kind of device," said Kevin
Hell, CEO at DivX, Inc. "The LG Viewty is a perfect example of this experience.
It allows consumers to capture video on its 3-inch screen and then easily transfer
that video to a computer or virtually any kind of consumer electronics device."
The LG Viewty is a professional-level camera phone with features that surpass
most phones on the market and includes 5.0 mega-pixel still image capture, manual
focus, image stabilizer, handwriting recognition for photo editing, a document
viewer, voice recording and 120 fps 640 x 480-pixel DivX video encoding. The LG
Viewty has undergone a rigorous testing program, as do all the products that bear
the DivX Certified logo, to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience. LG Viewty,
currently for sale in Europe, will begin shipping immediately with DivX encoding
capabilities. For more information on LG Mobile, visit www.lgmobile.com.
For more information on DivX, visit www.divx.com. Back
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