Paul Martin
12-23-2007, 04:23 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theunwired.net/?item=unveiled-lg-ks20-windows-mobile-smartphone-to-hit-the-usa-as-lg-ms25' target='_blank'>http://www.theunwired.net/?item=unv...-usa-as-lg-ms25</a><br /><br /></div><i>"LG's KS20 Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone (<a href="http://www.theunwired.net/index.php?item=review-vodafone-lg-ks20-windows-mobile-smartphone">see our previous review here</a>) caught some attraction since it is a stylish Prada phone look-alike Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone, featuring GSM/HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wifi. And wow, as the FCC recently unveiled, it looks like LG is cooking a U.S. version with adopted support for North American frequencies as well. According to the FCC, GSM/EDGE at 850/1900 MHz is confirmed as well as Bluetooth and the user manual also mentions WiFi. However, neither tested/certified nor confirmed is UMTS or HSDPA, even if this is one of the highlights of the European version."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/martin-20071223-lg_ms25_front_fcc_small.jpg" /><br /><br />The KS20 is certainly a beautiful looking phone, but it's disappointing the US market may not see UMTS or HSDPA. As Arne Hess notes above, the phone was only <a href="https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=857905&native_or_pdf=pdf">tested for GSM and EDGE</a>. The full list of FCC docs, tests, and photos <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ypck2y">can be found here</a>. So, is the possible lack of UMTS/HSDPA a deal-breaker for you?