Pantech has announced the launch of the IM-U160 handset, a new terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) handset that can be used as a portable TV with its wide LCD screen.

The new IM-U160 includes a 2.6-inch wide QVGA LCD screen, ensuring the most visually enhanced TV viewing experience for mobile phone users. It also features an aspect ratio - the ratio of the width of the LCD display screen to the height - of 15:9, considerably in advance of the 4:3 screen ratios usually offered by other mobile phones.

The IM-U160 has a touch sensor keypad on its upper slide, which permits an easy and quick navigation. The touch sensor keypad can also vibrate when its surface is being touched, offering quite a unique feel. The visual experience can be further enhanced when using the accompanying stereo earphones to function as the TV’s antenna, or a separate TV antenna which can be combined with the handset if needed. The IM-U160 features a large internal memory of up to 184MB and can be further expanded with an external Micro SD card.

Other features include a 2 mega pixel camera with Auto Focus, delivering high-quality pictures, a PictBridge function, as well as an MP3 player. 

IM-U160 features include:

• Terrestrial DMB phone
• 2.6" wide 260K QVGA LCD
• Dimenstion: 99 x 49.6 x 18.8 mm / weight: 118g
• Multi-tasking fuctionality
• 2M CMOS wtih Auto Focus
• MP3 Player
• 64 polyphonic ringtones
• User memory capacity: up to 184MB
• External memory card slot provided
• Touch sensor keypad
• Electronic dictionary
• Document viewer
• GPS

the phone will be released in Korea at the moment