Samsung bringing mobile TV to Brazil with V820L
Have 1,499 reais (about $904) to blow? Live in or around Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? Great, because Samsung has a little something it wants to show you. The V820L pivoting flip is a capable 3G phone in its own right, complete with Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, microSD expansion, and a front-facing secondary cam for video calls, but it also adds digital TV reception for Brazil's nascent ISDB-T spectrum. The relatively expansive 2.6 inch display should be a boon for watching your favorite Portuguese-language programming on the go, though it sounds like the limited coverage could be a big bummer at this point until broadcasters have the time to build out the network just a bit. It sounds like carriers might subsidize the phone a bit to knock down that stratospheric price tag, but even so -- just how much do we want to pay for a few square miles of entertainment?
[Image via Abril.com, thanks Marcelo R.]
[Image via Abril.com, thanks Marcelo R.]




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MeatyPi @ Apr 25th 2008 9:17AM
wow, I haven't seen an antenna like that since '91.
Viakenny @ Apr 25th 2008 12:31PM
but... does it have triband HSDPA? or even HSDPA? I didn't see that on the original article.
Omi @ Apr 25th 2008 6:25PM
We have this phone in Japan! Check out its specs...http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/en/product/3g/820sc/index.html
Jamar @ Apr 25th 2008 10:39PM
BTW- ISDB-T is called ワンセグ in Japan. That's why it carried over so easily, TV intact.