In a sneak preview of forthcoming CES 2006 news, LG have given us a taste of some of the things they're going to be showcasing by announcing their new mobile phones for the Nokia DVB-H and Qualcomm Media FLO mobile broadcasting standards.  LG claim that these phones are the first in the world to support these standards, and give LG a real competitive edge in the mobile TV arena, as they already have handsets that support the rival DMB standard.

Mobile TV will be the mobile phone gizmo of the year, but there are a bewildering array of conflicting standards.  Nokia's DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) supports GSM, GPRS and WCDMA, thus enabling it to be used by 70% of the world's mobile market. Qualcomm's Media FLO (Media Forward Link Only) is a rival technology that will be used by Verizon in September 2006. Meanwhile, DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) is widely used across Asia, with South Korea in particular heavily supporting it.  LG has positioned itself favourably by now having handsets that support all three standards.

More news as soon as it comes in from CES, which should be any minute now!

[Source: Digital Chosunilbo]