Samsung partners with Indicom to launch Wideo

New Delhi, May 24: In order to strengthen its handset portfolio, CDMA services provider Tata Indicom along with Samsung Telecommuncations Pvt Ltd today unveiled, Wideo, a new wide screen mobile handset.

''Samsung Wideo has been designed to provide multimedia experience to the users. The phone offers 262K TFT horizontal swivel screen, 1 mega pixel rotating camcoder with upto two hours of video recording, dual stereo speakers, 3D gaming, MP3 player, speaker phone and a pen drive memory with 45 MB storage space,'' Samsung India VP and Head Hyunbai Kim said.

Wideo also supports multimedia communications with multimedia messaging capability to send and receive video clips and has built-in modem for internet access upto 144 kpbs.

''We expect to fuel the growth of the CDMA industry in the Indian market through consistent launch of innovative products,'' Samsung Telecommunications Managing Director H C Rahu said.

Priced at Rs 21,999, Wideo will come with 60*365 offer of Tata Teleservices, entailing the consumer to enjoy 60 minutes of local/STD outgoing calls free for every day for a period of 1 year.

Samsung also launched a website for online advertising of Wideo.

UNI