Samsung Will Bring EV-DO Phone To U.S.

Samsung Electronics Co. announced Monday that it would place the 'worldphone' on the U.S. telephone market in this year.

A cell phone capable of using wherever the user is, the world phone made its first appearance at the CeBIT 2004 Conference in Hanover, Germany in March.

The state-of-the-art phone is compatible for both CDMA 2000 1X and the EU’s GSM mode.

“Given the current demand for globally accessible phone, like ours, the user will increase by millions every year. After testing waters by introducing CDMA 20001X, GSM and new GPRS models this year, the company will unveil EV-DO phones by 2005,” according to a Samsung Electronics official.