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Samsung Electronics¡¯ QWERTY World Phone (SCH-i830)./Yonhap
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Samsung Electronics is launching a global roaming mobile phone with a QWERTY keyboard that allows it to function almost like a mini laptop PC in the U.S. market. The SCH-i830 phone has a typewriter-style keypad and is the successor to the SCH-i730 smart phone released last year in the U.S., where it enjoyed great popularity. The new model has the edge because it supports not only the code division multiple access (CDMA) technology but also the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) systems, enabling customers to use it no matter where they are in the world.
Sliding up the LCD screen, a QWERTY keyboard appears. The Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC PE operating system is installed, and the phone has Bluetooth and multimedia functions. A Samsung Electronics staffer said the new phone allows users to compose and receive documents or e-mails anywhere in the world, calling it a ¡°must-have¡± for businessmen working in international markets. Samsung plans to unveil the phone at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that starts Thursday and start selling it in the U.S. through Verizon in late January.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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