UMTS

Pantech Group, a Korean handset manufacturer, today announced that it started to supply its branded UMTS phone to M6 Mobile in France from early March. M6 Mobile – a mobile communication service arm of M6-Metropole Television, which is the second biggest television company in France – has used Orange’s mobile network for its service and introduced the mobile service early in June, 2005.

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Pantech U4000

The product, which is available through M6 Mobile, U4000, is a modern and stylish UMTS phone. It features a video telephony function incorporating a 1.3-mega pixel camera and VGA camera, a 1.9 inch 260,000 color TFT and 72 polyphonic ringtones. Other features include Bluetooth, a Micro SD card slot and an MP3 player.

Sony Ericsson W660i

Sony Ericsson has announced the W660 – a Walkman® phone which places an emphasis on style and feel. With a tactile finish that just begs to be touched, it’s a classic-design 3G phone available in two distinctive colours, Record Black and Rose Red. Also introduced is a compact new music accessory, the Snap-on Speakers MPS-75, which let you play the tracks stored on your Walkman® phone out loud.

“The W660 has a finish that stands out among its peers,” explains Steve Walker, Head of Product Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “Although the W660 places the emphasis firmly on design, it is also a full member of our Walkman® phone family, able to store several hundred full-length songs. That’s important because our research indicates users are listening to more music than ever before – an average of 4.4 hours a day, according to the latest Sony Ericsson Music Monitor.” *

UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)

The name for the third generation mobile telephone standard in Europe, standardized by ETSI. (Ericsson)