World’s First ‘Time-machine’ Satellite DMB phone Launched
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LG Electronics has extended its mobile phone portfolio with the launch of the SB-120 - the world’s first ‘time-machine’ satellite DMB phone.
Worldwide handset sales are forecast to reach one billion a year by 2009 and advanced technology phones, which provide a wide range of functions, are expected to feature strongly in the global mobile market.
The SB-120 incorporates a standard home TV antenna function to receive broadband DMB that adopts the DMB-receiving System-on-Chip (SoC).
The chip allows users to watch television broadcasts and talk on the phone at the same time.
The phone stores broadcasts in memory that have been received while it was being used as a communications device. It then replays the broadcasts afterwards, enabling continuous viewing.
The handset uses LG Electronics’ handset design technologies and terrestrial broadcast-receiving chip.
According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, LG Electronics retained the fourth position in handset sales globally in the third quarter of 2006.
