South Korean cell phone giant Samsung Electronics today announced the Beat Disc music phone with technology from Danish audio maker Bang & Olufsen. The result of a four year collaboration between the two companies, B&O's ICEpower amplifier offers rich and powerful sound -- producing deep bass and clear treble.
Inspired by the iconic jukebox, the Beat Disc has a 2.6-inch 16.7 million color touch screen and an integrated 3.0-megapixel CMOS camera to capture photos and videos.
Additional features include a slide-out keypad, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth technology, HSDPA high-speed Internet, and music recognition and tagging software.
"The Samsung Beat Disc will take music on mobile phones to a whole new level of quality and exciting user experience," said JK Shin, Samsung Electronic's Head of Mobile Communication. "With amazing sound quality and advanced music application, the Beat Disc will appeal to a growing base of consumers that want to consolidate their music playing devices without compromising on style, function and experience."
Samsung has yet to release a launch date or price