The Boy Genius Report: The LG CU500v's guide to Video Sharing
Always wondered just how AT&T's one-way Video Share system was going to work? Us too, so we were more than happy to get a gander at the quick start user guide for the upcoming LG CU500v, a phone that's destined to be among the very first to support the feature. It sounds like setting it up will be a breeze (as long as both caller and callee have Video Share handsets and are in a 3G coverage area): just wait for "Video Share Ready" to appear on the display and press the camera button. Strangely, disconnecting the video feed is a more complicated operation, requiring no fewer than three button presses to accomplish. After the share is finished, the sender can save the feed to memory -- sorry receivers, you're left out of the fun here. Click on for a closeup of the instructions!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
craig @ Apr 23rd 2007 8:47PM
We have had this phone (Under the guise of the TU500) here in Australia on Telstra's 3.5g HSDPA network and the phone can be summed up in one word "crap". Customers keep coming back, complaining that it far too hard to operate (and these are dumb people). I count this handset as another LG that was built for the designers and not the customers.
craig @ Apr 23rd 2007 8:50PM
I meant to say "these are NOT dumb people" but for anyone in retail the same statement is true.
Will @ Apr 23rd 2007 10:10PM
dude, we have had the cu500 here for a long while now and is one of our more popular phones...if you consider this difficult to use, i'm sorry but that's pretty pathetic
DOGIEFRESH @ Apr 24th 2007 7:55AM
By the way the service is expected to be available in June cingular said that before and we're not in May yet, Do you know how to count...??
Jamie Richard @ Apr 24th 2007 8:51AM
I saw this at CES @ the AT&T booth. It looked really cool, I wish I had it at CES so I could share video of the event with friends!
craig @ Apr 27th 2007 9:32PM
Will, I said that customers find it difficult to use. Read the post properly before call me pathetic. If you are so wise, you would know the fault rate of LG handsets are still way to high. If this is one of your most popular phones, I feel sorry for you when the masses of customer complaints start coming in!