While most countries are just starting to look at mobile broadcasting, Korea is releasing more DMB phones to the local market now. Samsung has announced its latest satellite DMB phone, SCH-B250 with a swivel LCD screen design. Samsung's new B250 boasts more compact design and improved features while maintaining the basic product concept of previous DMB phones, which supports horizontal viewing. The B250 is also the smallest Samsung DMB handset ever.

As a phone that receive broadcast program, it dun miss a 262k TFT screen, TV-Out port, MP3/VOD/DMB player and 128 polyphonic support. According to Samsung press releases, they will have sph-b2500 and sph-b2550 ready in September to add to their DMB phone list.

With the B250, users can make phone calls or send and receive text messages even while watching TV. The DMB broadcast received by the phone can also be relayed to a regular TV.

The B250 has external buttons that allow users to play MP3 files without opening the phone. The 128-polyphonic sound chip has been built in to provide exquisite ring tones.

The B250 also supports external memory of 256MB, IrDA, and mobile banking capabilities for user convenience.

The phone is available in Korea at around USD 700.

SCH-B250 Specifications:

• CDMA2000 1x EV-DO (800MHz)
• Mobile TV (Satellite DMB)
• 2 Megapixel / Flash
• Video Recording (MPEG4) & Messaging
• VOD / MOD
• Display : 262,144-color TFT-LCD (240 x 320 pixels)
• MP3 Player
• 128 Polyphonic Ringtones
• TransFlash External Memory Support
• IrDA / Remote Controller
• TV Output Support
• 94.7 x 48 x 28.5 mm
• 144 g