Samsung announced the Ultra Special series at the ITU Telecom 2006 show in Hong Kong. The SGH-F500, also known as Ultra Video, is going to be the first phone on the market to directly support the DivX video codec. DivX has been showing it’s very keen to expand with the company previously saying it wants to get DivX technology into more consumer electronics (by that I mean DVRs, DVD players etc and not a DivX hairdryer).

The first thing you notice about the handset is its extra large and bright LCD and the twistable base. Unfortunately there are no further details available but we shall keep you updated on this one for sure! Perhaps the SGH-F500 can be considered as the follow-on device from the Samsung P900 / P910 models, but it’s a much more elegant design. Samsung have designed the F500 so that it can be placed on a flat surface, rather that the P900/P910 which is a handheld device.

The Samsung F500 receives digital TV transmissions using the DVB-H standard, as does the Samsung P910 and overdue Nokia N92. We don’t know if there will be a version of the SGH-F500 supporting the rival T-DMB platform, nor do we know if the DVB-H receiver is an add-on or will be included as standard in some F500 variants. (See our writeup on the Nokia N92 for a brief explanation of DVB-H).

Features:

Imaging and messaging

  • TFT, 256K colors screen
  • 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
  • Dual face and sweeping touch
  • Plays MP3, AAC, WMA, DivX, MPEG4,H.264, WMV, WMDRM/MTP, DivX DRM, and OMA DRM media types.
  • 2 MP Camera, 1600×1200 pixels, video
  • SMS, EMS and MMS messaging
  • Email
  • Instant Messaging
  • Changeable Wallpapers & Themes
  • Picture phonebook

Music

  • Polyphonic ringtones
  • Music ringtones (MP3)
  • Java Midp 2.0
  • Voice memo

Connectivity

  • EDGE
  • HTML browsing
  • Infrared
  • Bluetooth™
  • Speakerphone
  • 400MB of internal memory
  • Up to 2GB through a MicroSD card

Samsung F500 is a 3G UMTS phone, with tri-band GSM support (900/1800/1900). The Samsung F500’s 3G capabilities allow the handset to download multimedia over a UMTS network, as well as play back stored data and receive digital TV signals. The F500 can be connected to a PC via a USB 2.0 connection. Overall size is a relatively slim 116 x 50 x 11mm. There’s no WiFi though, which seems to be an annoying omission.

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Article source: mobilegazette.com | mobbit.info | mobileburn.com

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