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Verizon Wireless and UTStarcom unveil new music phone
Jan 26, 2006 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- The CDM8945 Music Phone has been made available by Verizon Wireless, a wireless communications company, and UTStarcom Personal Communications, a provider of wireless communication devices and division of UTStarcom Inc (Nasdaq:UTSI).
The CDM8945 features a 330k pixel digital camera with flash for still images and video, a 2" 260k colour TFT LCD screen, 1" 65k colour outer display and dual band (800/1900 Mhz, CDMA).
The handset features predictive text, a 500-entry phonebook, voice activated dialling, MSM6500 chipset and a number of messaging options, and is TTY-capable. It also includes Mobile Web 2.0, a 64MB Flash/32MB RAM with up to 256 additional expandable memory, and supports various audio, image and video formats.
The handset offers Music on Demand and Video on Demand and can stream mobile video and 3D gaming through the recently introduced V CAST Music service from Verizon Wireless, which uses the company's EV-DO wireless broadband network.
The CDM8945 is available under a two-year agreement for USD129.99 after a USD50 mail-in rebate, while V CAST Music subscribers pay USD0.99 per song for downloads to PC and USD1.99 for tracks sent both to the handset and PC.
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