LG successfully demonstrated the world’s first 3G UMTS DVB-H phone in Milan, Italy. LG also plans to supply the UMTS DVB-H phone to Hutchison, a leading global telecommunications services provider during the 2006 World Cup.

Hutchison Italy, the biggest 3G telecommunications provider in Italy, has exclusive DVB-H broadcasting rights for the 2006 World Cup and will provide video footage of all matches in Germany from June 6th. Utilizing its extensive network, Hutchison will launch the LG UMTS DVB-H phone worldwide, commencing with Italy.

The LG’s UMTS(WCDMA) DVB-H phone, the LG-U900, is a mobile TV broadcaster with a wide-swing screen. With its long lasting battery, users can watch TV for more than 3 hours. It is also equipped with a 1.3-megapixel digital camera that features 55MB internal memory capacity. The UMTS(WCDMA) DVB-H technology was improved from DVB-T, European terrestrial digital broadcast technology to become the European mobile broadcast standard. It provides high-speed data transmission, various channel services, a high-resolution image and strong mobile broadcasting.

Experts predict that the mobile TV service will attract 300 million users globally by the end of 2006 and the mobile TV market will reach USD 1.5 billion by 2009.

Features
- 1.3 mega-pixel Camera
- 2.2″LCD Wide-swing screen
- 17 speaker
- 55 MB internal user memory and external 512MB Transflash
- USB, Bluetooth
- Internal antenna (3G/GPRS), Antenna(DVB-H)

Specifications
- Radio Band: UMTS + GPRS Tri Band
- Dimensions: 100.6mm x 50.6mm x 21.4mm
- Display: Main 2.2″LCD, 240X320, 262K TFT
- TV Watching Time: Over 3 hrs
- Battery: 950 mAh

Tags: DVB-H, UMTS, Mobile TV

KU730 is a new HSDPA 3G phone from LG. The flip phone design is simple with a cool black body. It is said to be able to provide better video streaming quality than LG U890. 3.6 Mbps connection speed will give you fast broadband speed on the road.

Specifications:

• Network: GSM Triband 900 / 1800 / 1900 , WCDMA 2100
• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• Size: 96.9 x 49.6 x 19.5 mm
• Display: 262k colors screen (176 x 220)
• External Display: 65k colors (96 x 96)
• 1.3 megapixel camera w/ flash
• Secondary video camera for video calls
• microSD slot
• Play Mp3/AAC/AAC+
• Video player (mpeg / 3gp)
• 64 polyphonic
• Bluetooth, Java, USB

The SAGEM myW-7 features 3G/UMTS providing data transmission speeds that deliver a smoother Internet experience and faster email and MMS-photo exchange, together with high-speed music and video download power.

- Video telephony: The SAGEM myW-7 uses two onboard cameras to graft video onto voice communication. It can even switch seamlessly between cameras to change the viewpoint: another of the reasons why SAGEM myW-7 is gifted with ubiquity. The large display (176 x 220 pixels, 256k colours) provides high-fidelity rendering of the images captured through the VGA-resolution (300k pixels) video-call dedicated camera, faithfully conveying the users expressions and emotions.

- Live TV: now that the SAGEM myW-7 features video streaming from multimedia servers, you can watch TV while you’re on the move, just like in the films!

- Integrated 3G UMTS modem: the SAGEM myW-7 can be connected to a laptop or desktop computer and serve as a mobile modem, which means you can use your computer to browse the Internet even when you’re not at home!

- Manage your emails: the SAGEM myW-7 can be synchronised to the majority of web-based e-mail services.

- Data downloads: the data speeds generated by 3G UMTS networks enable the SAGEM myW-7 to download video clips, music, ring-tones, photos and other files in a matter of seconds, and in a wide range of formats!

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.

Samsung have announced their latest S60 phone. It’s a GSM / UMTS (3G) phone operating on the 850/900/1800/1900/2100 Mhz bands in a flip form factor. It runs Symbian 8.1 and S60 2nd Edition, has a two megapxiel camera on the rear, a VGA camera on the front for video calling and a microSD memory card slot. Read on for pictures and summary specifications.

This clamshell features a 2.1″ internal display (1″ OLED external), 2MP camera, VGA video conferencing camera, MPEG-4 video recording and playback, MP3 / AAC+ / WMA / RealAudio playback, voice recognition, 3D audio processing, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, 70MB of internal memory, and microSD memory card storage - running Symbian 8.1 and Series-60 2.8 - in a 89 x 48 x 23.5mm form-factor.

Tags: SGH-Z600, UMTS, 3G, Symbian