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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.

Today at Mobile World Congress LG has unveiled yet another cell phone, the LG KB620.

It is a TV-enabled 3G clamshell with an integrated DVB-H receiver, internal antenna, and support for HSDPA 7.2Mbps, providing lightning fast data speeds.

Samsung presents its two new high-end cell phones for the Korean market - the SCH-W350 and W3500.

Both are DMB TV-enabled and feature a swivelling screen that can be put into horizontal position for maximum comfort while watching TV programs. Other features include support for GSM (quad-band)/WCDMA/HSDPA (7.

Panasonic decided to add a mobile phone to its VIERA line of TV's.

The model is called VIERA 920P and comes with a 3" wide VGA resolution screen, which can be folded on its hinge either vertically or horizontally for optimal viewing. Other features include a 5.

Samsung A827 "Access" is a new low-end handset in the AT&T's MediaFLO TV lineup.

It has a dedicated "TV" button to quickly access MediaFLO TV content.

Other than that, there's nothing to point out in this handset, just a crappy 1.

Helio added a TV Guide application to their handsets, so now anyone who watches TV will be able to find out what's coming up on his favorite channels.

The program schedule can also be shared with any interested person.

Helio TV Guide is available now for $2.

Just to let you know, Kyocera W54K is a new slim TV-enabled handset that has just been released in Japan.

It features a large 2.7" 240x400 WQVGA display, which when rotated horizontally starts running mobile TV.

Japanese market only.

NEC has officially launched its new N905iµ TV-enabled cell phone.

Not much is known about the device yet, but we're positive it will be popular among mobile TV viewers.

The phone will become available on November 26 in Japan.<