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Samsung's new SyncMaster CX913P 19-inch LCDs with crazy swivel action
We're not quite sure what kind of neck problems would be required or caused by the use of these "freedom without restrictions" 19-inchers from Samsung, but they look pretty nice all the same. The CX913P LCD comes in white and black, features a 6ms response time and a 1500:1 contrast ratio. There's also a USB 2.0 hub, which looks to reside in the base. The displays seem to be available now in Korea for W490,000 -- about $511 USD.
Sprint's mysterious SPH-M250 TV phone
We hate to get our hopes up, since so far we haven't seen a lot of desire from US carriers to offer advanced services to their apparently podunk customers -- especially not something crazy as mobile TV -- but the FCC just unveiled what could be Sprint's big move into TV land. The phone is Samsung's SPH-M250, which looks to be a version of Sammy's SPH-B250, a DMB phone for Korea (2 megapixel camera, 128MB memory and Bluetooth if you're keeping track). The interesting thing about the phone is that it is only approved for the 1900MHz band, unlike other Sprint phones which are dual-band. So while it's possible that the phone is just for watching EV-DO movies in the comfort of that swivel screen, Phone Scoop thinks it more likely that there were antenna issues with Sprint's 2.5GHz mobile TV tech. They've already been running tests on TDtv technology, a method that uses 3G spectrum for live DMB-esque TV channels up to QVGA resolution, and this SPH-M250 could be for more testing, or to maybe even launch their TV service. We won't hold our breath.[Via Phone Scoop]
LG shows another T-DMB swivel phone, the LB1500
The design team at LG is getting plenty of mileage out of this swivel shell for for their DMB phones, with the LG-LB1500 as the latest in a long line of similarly styled units. Of course, we're not complaining. There's a nice big 2.2-inch QVGA display dominating the unit, and an overall thickness of 0.77-inches. There's also some sort of "IPS method" to enhance viewing, but we're rather low on deets. The phone should be available in May -- in Korea no doubt -- so we suppose we'll know more then.
