Samsung launches SGH-P930 to the Italian market this month through Telecom Italia. This newest mobile TV phone combines the latest mobile TV technology and HSDPA technology for high-speed data transmission.

Samsung has provided a mobile TV phone, SGH-P920, to Telecom Italia since May 2006.

Samsung’s newest model, the P930, adopts horizontal LCD screen for optimal mobile TV watching and supports stereo speaker for best sound quality.

The P930 has a 2.3 inch (240×320) LCD, with 262K colours, and supports Picture in Picture (PIP) function to watch two TV channels simultaneously. It adopts a 2 megapixel camera and a VGA camera for convenient video telephony. It also supports a microSD external memory slot. The phone supports MPEG4 video recording, and Bluetooth v1.2, USB v1.1 and mobile printing.

The P930 is Europe’s first DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handhelds) phone, and Italy is the first European country to enjoy it.

It is designed to support UMTS 2.1GHz / GSM/ GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz), HSDPA standards.

SGH-P920’s size is 107 x 49 x 19.7 mm, and its weight, 119g.

Kitae Lee, President of Samsung Electronics Telecommunication Network Business said, “Mobile TV will change the lifestyle of people and will be a big contributor in the future of an ubiquitous world.” He added, “Samsung will lead the worldwide mobile TV market by providing a variety of mobile TV phones with advanced features and premium design.”