Thursday, December 18, 2008

Samsung launches two CDMA phones


8 Dec, 2008, 1421 hrs IST, Indiatimes Infotech Text: NEW
DELHI: Samsung Electronics has launched a series of CDMA phones, the MPower569 and MPower 309. The company claims that the MPower series have the capability to...he company claims that the MPower series have the capability to inter-operate on Reliance Mobile, Tata Indicom and Virgin Mobile.

The MPower phones adapt to the network settings of the respective service provider on change of the SIM card.

"The MPower series is unique in that they allow the users to seamlessly shift between any of the three CDMA operators. By making the phones available in the open market, we are making our phones available to a wider base of CDMA consumers," Samsung's telecom division country head Sunil Dutt said.

The MPower569 is a multimedia enabled phone with 2 megapixel camera, FM recording on Micro SD Card, expandable memory upto 4GB, Bluetooth with stereo headset function, equaliser and surround sound, video recording and MMS support, 2.1" colour LCD screen and document viewer.

The MPower 309 comes with 1.3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth enabled with stereo headset function, MicroSD card support upto 4GB, video recording and MMS support and 1.9" TFT screen.

Both M569 and M309 phones have the mobile tracker feature to ensure that the phones can be traced in case of theft.

The phones also perform the function of data cards on connection to laptops through data cable or the Bluetooth wireless technology, eliminating the need for purchase of separate data cards.

The MPower 569 is priced at Rs 9,900 and MPower 309 is priced at Rs 6,300.

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