LG GC990 Louvre. Conceptilicious
Another day, another 12 megapixel camera phone touted. And, cynical as we may (very occasionally…) be, this one looks like it’s one of the better ones. Have a little scout around Google images and you’ll find that the back of the LG Louvre actually looks more like a camera than a phone, in fact. But, as always, it’s what’s inside that counts, and this thing is more than impressive there.
For example, this will be the first camera that combines the 12MP still imaging with the ability to record video in HD. Before, you’ve only had the latter in the Samsung i8910 Omnia, and the former in the likes of the Sony Ericsson Satio.
There’s also a rumoured 3200 ISO capability, meaning you’ll be able to take shots in very low light indeed. We’re slightly sceptical on this point (chances are there’ll be a hell of a lots of background noise – or fuzz, as we prefer to call it) but we’ll hold out tongues until the LG Louvre GC990 is actually released.
And that’s one of the most disappointing things about this phone actually: it’s still very much a concept, with LG refusing (so far) to even confirm it’ll ever make it into production. Well, so they say, in a kind of come hither, lip pouting way… we all know they’re rushing their little legs off to get this thing out, don’t we? Oh well, good luck to them, and in the meantime, satisfy your LG-urges with this list of LG mobile phones, or have a gander at this LG Louvre review.
The LG GT505. Or is it?
Sometimes we get confused here. Mostly this is to do with any one of, or more often a dangerous combination of, some of the following: hangovers, drunkeness, too much coffee, too little coffee, coffee with brandy in it, etc. and so on. However, sometimes we get headaches and little tweety birds flying round our heads through no fault of our own. Take, for example, the headache LG have given us today.
So, this blog post is about the LG GT505, which is almost identical to the GT500 except that while the GT500 is only available on T-Mobile, the GT505 is only available on Orange. The GT505 (and the GT500) are also closely related to the GW520, all three (the GT500, the GT505 and the GW520) sharing features such as push technology for better social networking and emailing, touch screens, GPS, Bluetooth etc. and so on. However, even though ostensibly identical, apart from the network provider, the GT505 is actually slightly different from the GT500 as it comes with a pre-loaded with a 30 day trial of a navigation solution called Wisepilot. Which, as far as our pounding brains can work out, if the only difference. See? Thought not. Us neither…
Anyway, Wisepilot is a turn-by-turn navigation program that even offers voice instruction and a choice of 2D and 3D mapping. Or at least that’s what the press release told us. If we tried to use anything involving 3D/2D/turn-by-turn navigation right now we’d probably start foaming at the mouth. See this LG GT505 review which should make more sense than we’re managing.