By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Mobile Gazette has broken a story about the LG KB770, with the main headline being that there is a DVB-T tuner on-board. DVB-T means that the device can pick up free-to-air terrestrial broadcasts, which makes for cheap Mobile TV!
Quite apart from the tuner however, there are a number of other OK/impressive specs:
HSDPA-capable
3″ touch screen
3MP camera
Video capture: 320 x 240 pixels at 15 fps
MicroSD slot
Stereo Bluetooth
Weight: 109 grams
So we have a pretty reasonable phone, nice form factor, and reasonable specs – apparently in addition to that the price point will come in at UK-equivalent £360. I say equivalent, because it’s going on sale in Germany, SIM-free.
As Mobile Gazette neatly points out, a nicer name wouldn’t have gone amiss either….
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