LG Viewty, Online Photo Contest

LG announced an online photo contest for its Viewty customers, called “Viewtyful World”. It will run for total of 8 weeks, till June 11, with three Viewty phones as weekly prizes. The big winner will see his or her work in Viewty advertorial in National Geographic magazine and receive $10,000 for it.

The contest will be carried out under the themes of Night View, Retouch and Moments. It tries to inspire the participants to note the good things surrounding their lives. The contest is produced in association with Yahoo, Flickr, Kelkoo and National Geographic.

Consumers can participate in this photo contest through the Viewty promotion site on Flickr, www.viewtyfulworld.com, an online photo-sharing community operated by Yahoo. Participants are given special opportunities to display their work to others, vote for contest winners, and win a Viewty mobile phone. Users can also download Viewty widgets - unique contest-inspired mini-applications like clocks or photos onto their desktop from www.viewtyfulworld.com.