Samsung will this month ship Europe’s first digital TV phone capable of receiving programmes broadcast on a terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) network. It also pledged to ship its latest 3G phone in Europe soon.

The SGH-P900 will initially be sold in Germany where it will be able to pick up local service provider Debitel’s DMB transmissions, which started yesterday. No prizes for guessing that the service will focus extensively on the upcoming World Cup tournament.

The SGH-P900 is Europe’s first phone to support TDMB (Terrestrial Digital Media Broadcasting), which allows you to view live TV which will be a boon during the FIFA World Cup 2006. The triband (GSM 800 / 900 / 1800) SGH-P900 clamshell supports high speed EDGE and has a 262K Color TFT LCD. The display is capable of showing 30 FPS allowing users to enjoy a vivid live broadcasting as if they were at home. To receive TV signals, users can easily flip the 2.2″ TFT LCD screen to a horizontal position for optimal viewing. It has a 2 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and Video recording. The SGH-P900 has 128 MB of onboard memory and has a Micro SD card slot allowing you to record and save TV broadcasts, videos and games. It also has a MP3 Player, Bluetooth, USB, Document Viewer and supports Video Streaming.

The Samsung SGH-P900 has TV out so you can view the T-DMB broadcasts and Video Recording on the big screen. It has Dual Speakers and Digital Power Amp for enhanced music experience. It measures 94.5 x 47.5 x 26.6 mm and weighs 124 grams. Samsung plans to release the SGH-P900 in the second quarter of 2006 before the ‘2006 FIFA World Cup Germany’ gets underway.

Tags: DMB, TDMB, Mobile TV

Samsung this week launched the SCH-W200 phone in Korea . This is the first HSDPA phone commercially available for consumers in the Korea market.

Samsung’s new slide-up SCH-W200 employs the next-generation technology to transmit audio and video data at speeds of 1.8Mbps. The SCH-W200 allows users to enjoy a wide range of high quality multimedia, including video phone calls, music and movies.

The SCH-W200 is also the first phone equipped with a unique ‘Dual Band Dual Mode (DBDM)’ chip that supports 2G, 3G and 3.5G mobile communication services. It also supports multitasking functions allowing users to receive and send messages during video telephony and while listening to MP3 files.

Users can also enjoy watching mobile TV via Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) and take pictures with a high resolution 2 megapixel camera with auto focus function. It also offers other sophisticated multimedia features such as MP3 player function, text-to-speech (TTS) conversion, file viewer and supports an external memory (microSD) slot.

HSDPA, a new form of mobile broadband, is capable of transmitting data at speeds about seven to ten times faster than that of WCDMA. Users can enjoy large-scale multimedia downloads, such as DVD-quality movies and interactive multimedia games, with high-speed wireless Internet access comparable to speeds of fixed-line ADSL services.

The launch of the Samsung’s SCH-W200 marks the world’s first commercial HSDPA services in cooperation with SK Telecom, Korea ’s largest mobile service operator. Samsung will also be providing HSDPA handsets for KTF, Korea ’s second largest mobile service operator, in June.

SCH-W200 Specification:

• Standard CDMA 2000 1X EVDO / HSDPA
• Camera 2 Megapixel Camera
• Display 2.12” 240×320 262K Color TFT LCD
• Features Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB)
• Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 )
• Video Telephony & Streaming
• MP3/ AAC / AAC+
• Dual Speaker / Digital Power Amp
• USB
• Document Viewer / TV-output
• External Memory (microSD)
• Size 99 x 48 x 22.8 mm
• Weight 115 g

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Tags: Samsung, HSDPA, DBDM

The 18.4mm thick Samsung 3G SGH-Z400 phone comes with a 2 megapixel camera, document viewer, and an external memory slot. Like the D600 the phone offers Bluetooth and TV-output function.

Specification:

• UMTS 2.1 GHz / GSM / GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)
• 2 Mega pixel Camera
• Display: 2.0” 240×320 262K Color TFT LCD
• Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.263)
• Video Telephony & Streaming
• MP3/ AAC / AAC+/AAC+(e)
• Bluetooth / USB / PictBridge
• Document Viewer
• Memory: 30MB embedded, External (microSD)
• Size: 97 x 48 x 18.4 mm
• Weight: 107g

Samsung’s SGH-Z550 is a slim, 3G mobile, elegance with its clean-cut and simple design. Samsung’s SGH-Z550 packs a two megapixel camera and 138MB embedded memory with an external memory slot in a slim case.

You can also increase storage capacity with micro SD cards as there is an SD card slot provided. Apart from that the phone also features video recording and a music player that supports MP3 / AAC / ACC+ / ACC+(e) playback. The music can be enjoyed through stereo speakers, Dual speaker with Digital power Amplifier. On the conectivity side, it has bluetooth and USB and in addition there is document viewer.

The GSM (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz) phone also has EGDE and GPRS capablities.

Samsung SGH-Z150 is only 9.8mm thick, making it the slimmest 3G phone in the world. It’s even thinner than the Razr V3. It dual cameras and 262k color display. It features an email client, an internet browser and downloadable Java applications, as well as a music and video player. It has 40MB of memory.

Samsung’s SGH-Z710 is an impressively compact clamshell. Its high-resolution display measures up nicely, as does video calling and the capabilities of its 3.2 Megapixel camera. The music player is not the best one around- but with the right price tag and given broad availability, the SGH-Z710 could very well become one of this summer’s best-selling handsets.

As Samsung’s first 3.2 Megapixel camera phone for the European market, the SGH-Z710 focuses primarly on imaging but also includes a raft of other high-end features such as 3G connectivity, a music player and a stereo FM radio. A swivel clamshell, the handset incorporates both an external 1.1-inch display and an internal 2.15-inch, 262K colour display, initiating camera mode through a sequence of opening the flip, rotating 180 degrees and closing the flip to allow for the largest display to function as a viewfinder for the autofocus-enabled camera.

Other highlights include 128 MB of on-board memory and a microSD slot for memory expansion, as well as USB connectivity, Bluetooth and a file viewer for Microsoft Office document formats.

Weighing in at 107 g, the SGH-Z710 is also slated for an arrival later this summer and, as with the SGH-i320, currently bears no price tag.

SGH-Z330 is a 3G clamshell phone with EDGE support. It weighs only 85 g. The new device has a 1.1″ 96 x 96 pixels external LCD with 65K colors and a 1.9″ 176 x 220 pixels internal LCD with 262K colors. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera and 140 MB internal memory (no memory card slot). It also supports Bluetooth and USB. The SGH-Z310 is similar to Z330 but has a weaker camera (1 megapixel), slightly bigger internal display (2.0″ 176 x 220 pixels with 262K colors) and less memory (50 MB) but with a microSD slot. It weighs 102 g.

The availability of Samsung Z330 is scheduled in Q2 of 2006.