Product category:
Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: M-Systems | Subject: MegaSIM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2006
Handsets to support Flash-based SIM
cards
The new 3G multimedia model U830 handset from LG Electronics will deliver a new range of powerful capabilities with support for M-Systems' MegaSIM card.
The new 3G multimedia model U830 handset from LG Electronics will deliver a new range of powerful capabilities to subscribers and mobile network operators (MNOs) with support for M-Systems' MegaSIM card The MegaSIM-supporting LG U830 is a 3G mobile handset with a host of impressive features like a two megapixel camera, 200Mbyte of internal memory, Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP) connectivity and a MP3/AAC/WMA media player
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With up to 1Gbyte of additional Flash memory provided by a MegaSIM card, the LG U830 has the storage capacity to support this functionality within a slim design.
Sporting a clamshell design, the phone will soon be released as part of the stylish Chocolate series.
With the MegaSIM card, MNOs can deliver compelling new services and mobile content to the LG U830, which can then provide the means to realise new revenue streams.
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The abundant storage capacity, advanced security features and additional processing power found in the U830 handset with the MegaSIM card enable services like: secure downloading of content, audio and video clips; flexible DRM, including on-card rights management; full PIM functionality; storage of new applications for subscriber activation; MNO based personalisation and branding; personal storage for user-generated content such as large phone directories and high-resolution photos; and the ability to customise services based on subscriber tastes and habits.
"In our quest to offer cutting edge mobile technology, we are continually adding the most advanced features to our handset designs".
"The MegaSIM card from M-Systems, representing one of the most impressive achievements in mobile storage technology, is an outstanding addition to the long list of features that we offer on our mobile phones", said Jae Bae, Executive Vice President of Mobile Communications Company of LG Electronics.
"With the high capacity, power and security found in MegaSIM, we hope to enable a new world of mobile content and services for our customers".
"We plan on launching additional MegaSIM-supporting handsets in 2007".
"We are very happy to collaborate on MegaSIM-supporting phones with LG Electronics, producers of some of the most advanced handsets in the industry", said Eytan Pisetzky, Vice President of Marketing for the Mobile Network Operators Division at M-Systems.
"By including M-Systems' MegaSIM card in the U830, MNOs can provision up to 1Gbyte of secured memory that is directly linked to the SIM card, enabling advanced m-commerce applications as well as convenient storage for photos, video clips, music and other files".
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