Samsung demos two-way folder phone for
games
By Hard Reg
21st July 2006 12:18 GMT
Samsung yesterday showed off what it calls a "free folder" phone -
a handset that can not only open up vertically, clamshell-fashion
but can fold out horizontally the way devices like Nokia's
Communicator do.
The SGH-B450 is being pitched at phone owners keen to put some
multimedia glitz into their mobile lives. The handset not only
incorporates a DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) satellite TV
receiver but also features a set of 3D games - gaming and viewing
are the two features for which the landscape orientation was
designed.
The phone also features VibeTonz - customised vibration patterns
for in-game effects and for identifying callers and incoming
messages. Samaung has offered VibeTonz before, on its SGH-G1000,
SGH-E770, SCH-N330 and Vi-A820 handsets.
Samsung said the SGH-B450 will cost around KRW600,000
($631/£341/499). ®
