LG Electronics Develops Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) Technology Phones

What continues to impress me is Korea's leadership in the development of new techology, especially in the cell phone sector.

South Korean-based LG Electronics announced it has developed the world'’s first satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phones using wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) technology.

LG notes the new DMB phones support Europe'’s global system for mobile communications (GSM) and general packet radio service (GPRS) as well as WCDMA. The slide-type phones have 2.2-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screens and are designed to save power, enabling users to watch DMB for maximum three hours. An added feature is that the DMB aerial is embedded in the earphones.

Some 100 researchers spent a year developing the phone,