Pantech announced the launch of its IM-U170 handset, a slim phone fully wrapped with a metal case as part of its design innovation initiatives.

The new IM-U170 clamshell handset features enhanced both refinement and durability, coming in a full metal case made of magnesium. The metallic keypad - beamed with EL light- is another addition to the simple and refined design of the phone, crowning the metallic touch of the phone.

The new handset provides a fresh and fun way to play an interactive game, which is the world's first face-recognition mobile game in the industry. The built-in camera traces the movement of the user's face to use for input instead of controllers. Users can have their real-time faces while playing games with the IM-U170.

The IM-U170 also focuses on its dynamic and elegant Graphical User Interface(GUI). The animated user interface includes mobile wallpapers and backgrounds, employing the Flash technology. The dual camera -- a 2 mega-pixel camera and a VGA camera -- mounted on the IM-U170 presents video telephony function. They can also recognize a shape of face and automatically adjust it to take the best photo when shooting.

Other highlights include a 2.2-inch QVGA LCD with 260,000 colors, 128 polyphonic ringtones and a multi-tasking MP3 player. Also it has document viewer functionality, enabling users to scroll through the documents in MS office file format.

*EL :Electroluminescense

IM-U170 features include:

• Clamshell handset in metal case + metallic keypad
• Main: 2.2" 260K QVGA TFT LCD
• Sub: 1 line OLED
• Dimenstion: 96.5 x 48 x 15.4 mm / weight: 106.6g
• 2M CMOS(w/Auto Focus) + VGA CMOS
• Face recognition technology
• MP3 Player
• 128 polyphonic ringtones
• User memory capacity: up to 120MB
• Electronic dictionary
• Document viewer
• Internal antenna