Samsung launch two new mobile phones.

Mobile phones aren’t the stuff I aim to usually include on the SEDA website, however, these two caught my eye today.

There’s a fair few sites reporting the announcement of these  at the Mobile World Congress ‘09 in  Barcelona. This apparently is where all the big happenings in mobile phones are announced each year (a bit like MobileBeat or maybe Plasa I suppose).

According to the blurb the Samsung BeatDJ and BeatDisc are just cellphones, but they promise “deep rich bass and crystal clear treble” through stereo speakers featuring Bang & Olufsen’s ICE power amplifier.

Otherwise, the DJ has a 2.8″ touchscreen and MicroSD slot for storage while the Disc features an slightly smaller screen but adds a numeric touchpad.

The reason they caught my eye? Well what sets the BEATDJ apart from other phones is the music playback software. Budding DJs can remix their favourite tracks by adding effects, mixing them together or even performing scratches through the M7600’s specially designed music playback interface (called DISC UI).

The BeatDJ, left, and BeatDisc on the right

Full details:

Samsung BEATDJ (M7600) Product Specification

Network
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900Mhz)

Display
2.8″ 16M Full Touch WQVGA AMOLED (240 x 400)

Camera
3 Megapixel CMOS
Auto-Focus / Geo-tagging / Smile Shot / Face Detection

Audio
Full Touch Music Evolution: DISC UI, Spin Wheel Touch, BEAT DJ application
- DISC UI : Advanced Music Play UI
- BEAT DJ (DJing): Music Filters, Scratch, DJ Mix (Effect Sounds, Recording)
Poly 72 / SP-Midi / MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA
Powerful Stereo Speaker / 3.5? Ear Jack / Motion Sensor
Audio by B&O ICEpower Technology / SRS Virtual surround sound 5.1ch / DNSe™
Find Similar, Find Music (Music Recognition), Find Tag
FM Radio with RDS, FM Radio Recording
Bluetooth Stereo Headset Profile

Video
MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 / DivX / XviD
Video Recording (VGA 15fps )
Video Editing (Trim video / Image capture)
Value-added Features
GPS and Geo Tagging, My Location Find
New PC Studio v1.0 / Mobile widget / SharePix (Mobile Blog )

Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.1 / USB 2.0 (microUSB) HS

Memory
50MB + External Memory : microSD (up to 16GB)

Size
112 x 51 x 13.9 mm

Battery
960 mAh

Samsung BEAT DISC (M6710) Product Specification

Network
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900Mhz)

Display
16M Half Touch WQVGA TFT LCD (2.6″, 240 x 400)

Camera
3 Megapixel CMOS

Audio
Half Touch Music Evolution: DISC UI
DISC UI : Advanced Music Play UI
Poly 72 / SP-Midi / MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA
Powerful Stereo Speaker / 3.5? Ear Jack / Motion Sensor
Audio by B&O ICEpower Technology / SRS Virtual surround sound 5.1ch / DNSe™
Find Similar, Find Music (Music Recognition), Find Tag
FM Radio with RDS, FM Radio Recording
Bluetooth Stereo Headset Profile

Video
MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264
Video Recording (QVGA 15fps )

Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.1 / USB 2.0 (microUSB) HS

Memory
80MB + External Memory slot : microSD (up to 16GB)

Size
106.8 x 50.9 x 14.7 mm

Battery
880 mAh