Korea-based Phone Manufacturer Samsung released a new slim and compact i200 smartphone that is intended as the young, stylish and energetic mobile which will be the perfect mate for urban business professionals. This phone packs advanced mobile phone features in its simple compact bar-type design. The classic look of the Samsung i200 smartphone will attract they who love the classic look of cellular phones. This phone measures 11.8 mm thinness and boasts of high-end features that include a large 2.3″ QVGA TFT screen with glossy coating that provides maximum enjoyment to users who are fond of viewing multimedia contents in their mobile phones.

The Samsung i200 includes HSDPA technology that can give out 3.6mbps for high speed data communications. The Samsung i200’s multimedia features are completed with by a 2 megapixel camera besides a music player that support various digital music formats. The Samsung i200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS providing the facility to run MS Office programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook. This i200 has intuitive user interface that gives users direct-access to the i200’s menus and enables users to manage their email efficiently on the i200. The Samsung i200 also supports 25mb internal memory with SD card slot for storage expansion, USB support, Bluetooth. It’s unique ‘light sensor’ can help users minimize the power consumption to adjust lightness of LCD and keypad automatically. Furthermore, this phone has 4 hours battery talk time and 360 hours standby time.

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AT&T announced to offer mobiletv service from MediaFlo which will operate on two new handsets, the LG Vu and the Samsung Access. This new service allows subscribers to get access to eight channels of live TV plus two exclusive channels but pricing information is still now unavailable until officially launched in May but Verizon is charging $15 a month extra for eight channels of live TV for such this mobile TV service.

MediaFlo has developed networks for mobile television service with Verizon Wireless which is the first wireless provider to work with for more than a year. MediaFlo will increase its coverage to make this mobiletv service available and gain more subscribers. No specific subscriber numbers has been published so far by Verizon for this mobile TV service but the uptake is going slower according to Qualcomm’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, during a speech at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood. Some mobile experts question whether people really want to watch TV on cell phones these days.

~ via news.com

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