14 DAY TRIAL // Vodafone has introduced its second UMTS broadband phone. The Samsung Z560V is now on sale only four weeks after the first UMTS broadband phone in Europe was launched.
The little black clamshell phone incorporates high-speed UMTS broadband features, allowing for transmission rates of up to 1.8 Mbit/s. Weighing in at only 98g, it has plenty of data power, together with a 2 megapixel CMOS digital camera that has a resolution of up to 1600x1200 pixels, 3x digital zoom and auto focus for sharp photos in 262,144 colors. The Samsung Z560V has an internal 30 megabyte memory and the option to extend external memory with microSD/ TransFlash cards. A 64 MB microSD comes with the phone.
In combination with UMTS broadband, which is being implemented step by step in the existing Vodafone UMTS network in 1800 German towns and cities, there are very few limits on high-speed downloads and Web surfing. The phone can also be connected up to a PC or notebook and used as a mobile modem. Data transmission can be made via USB cable, wireless or Bluetooth. The battery delivers up to 375 hours of stand-by and up to 2.5 hours of talktime.
Friedrich Joussen, CEO of Vodafone Germany said, "This second of our UMTS broadband phones shows that we're committed to speed. We'll have upgraded almost 90 percent of our UMTS transmitters for UMTS broadband by the end of this year to give our customers unlimited mobile fun with UMTS broadband."