Samsung SGH-P960 Mobile TV Phone

Samsung’s SGH-P960 TV cell phone is due to hit Europe next month and, apart from serving as a traditional slider type cell phone (see specifications below) its most notable feature is its ability to offer TV on the go courtesy of its DVB-H TV broadcast receiver and support of European DVB-CBMS and OMA-BCAST mobile TV standards – making it the first slider type cell phone to offer mobile TV in Europe.

As a result of its mobile TV capabilities, one of the main visual characteristics of Samsung’s SGH-P960 is the rotating, back mounted antenna which stores neatly when not required but, apart from this somewhat obvious addition, there is little to tell this handset apart from none DVB-H TV devices apart from a TV-out port and the addition of a shortcut key allowing one touch access to DVB-H broadcasts.

Measuring in at a mere 102 x 53 x 16.5mm, the SGH-P960 sports a 256K colour 2.6” QVGA 240 x 320 resolution TFT screen, offers high speed data transfer courtesy of HSDPA 3G connectivity and comes with integrated 3 megapixel 2048×1536 resolution camera and, naturally, Bluetooth, as well as an inbuilt FM tuner complete with RDS and MP3 player – a handy backup should you find that receivable DVB-H TV broadcasts are a little thin on the ground (which, depending on where you live in Europe, we suspect that you probably will).

Samsung SGH-P960 3G DVB-H TV Cell Phone Full Specifications:

* 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
* 3G Network HSDPA 2100
* Size Dimensions 102 x 53 x 16.5 mm
* Display Type TFT, 256K colours
* Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
* Ringtones Type Polyphonic, MP3
* Customization Download
* Vibration Yes
* Memory Phonebook Yes
* Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
* Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
* Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
* 3G HSDPA
* Bluetooth Yes, v2.0
* Infrared port No
* USB Yes, v2.0
* Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
* Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
* Games Yes
* Camera 3 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, video
* DVB-H TV broadcast receiver
* TV out
* FM radio with RDS
* Java MIDP 2.0
* MP3/AAC/AAC player
* T9
* Document viewer
* Organiser
* Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion (No endurance details available)

Samsung’s SGH-P960 3G DVB-H TV cell phone is due to be rolled out across Europe next month (April 08) though, at the time of writing, we are unable to pin down unit pricing.