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Qualcomm has developed a chip that supports both MediaFLO and International Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (International ISDB-T) mobile TV standards.

The latter is a technology allowing users in countries like Japan or Brazil to capture free TV signals. According to Qualcomm, this will help operators to offer both free and paid TV services to their customers.

Samsung Korea has launched two new Anycall phones, called the SCH-W420 and SPH-W4200.

Both phones have the same large touchscreens with haptic feedback, which allows users to communicate through 22 types of vibrations. Other features include 3.2" screen, DMB TV, 2Mpix camera and more.

The handsets will be available in pink and white colors for 700.

Briefly: as expected, AT&T has officially released the LG Vu.

The prices include $299.99 with a 2-year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate, or $549.99 sans contract.

LG Vu specs

It's official. AT&T Mobile TV will be launched on May 4th in 58 markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C, and others.

The new service will include 10 channels, two of which will be AT&T's exclusive (PIX and CNN Mobile Live). Moreover, there will be a bonus music channel, CNCRT, available just for the first 60 days.

Samsung announced the SGH-P960, the first DVB-H enabled phone for Europe.

We have already mentioned this handset in the past, but todaywe also know its features.

Check'em out:

• Slider form factor;
• DVB-H TV tuner;
• 262k color, 2.6" DNIe display;
• DVR-like time shifting function (pause live broadcast on an incoming call);
• Picture-in-picture viewing and an on-screen electronic service guide;
• Music player;
• FM radio with RDS;
• 3Mpix camera with LED flash;
• Bang & Olufsen's ICEPower audio processing system;
• 90MB of internal storage;
• microSD memory card slot;
• Size: 102 x 53 x 16.

Fujitsu came up with a new cell phone called Raku-Raku F884i for the Japanese NTT DoCoMo network.

The handset comes in a variety of colors and features quad-band GSM, large display, camera, 1-Seg mobile TV tuner, a configurable orientation sensor, which enables TV or camera depending on the orientation of the screen, and the upgraded real-time voice recognition function.

AT&T has finally announced the upcoming launch of its new MediaFLO-powered Mobile TV service.

It is expected to be available sometime in May on two exclusive handsets, the Prada-like LG Vu and the newly announced Samsung Access.

AT&T has just announced the Samsung Access, the first phone to support the carrier's new Mobile TV service.

This is a 3G candy bar cell phone featuring a 2.3" widescreen display, dedicated TV button, stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot, external speakers, and a 1.3Mpix camera.

The phone will be released in May.

This is the new Sharp FOMA SH705iII, a sharp-cornered 3G clamshell available exclusively from Japanese carrier DoCoMo.

It comes with a 0.8" 400 x 240 resolution TFT display, a secondary 0.8" 96 x 39 resolution monochromatic OLED screen, a 3.2Mpix camera, a microSD card slot, and 1-Seg TV tuner.

 

Samsung announced that their P960 DVB-H enabled HSDPA-capable phone will be available in Taiwan later this year, most likely in the third quarter.

Four of the five Taiwanese carriers offer TV broadcasting services, so this market is a natural choice for Samsung to release the handset.