. Lobster 700Tv is the first phone in the United Kingdom to have the 'tellyphone' feature without users having to incur data costs. Television on phone is not entirely a new thing is Lobster device has reinvented the whole concept. The device has at its center a DAB digital tuner that enables the phone to tune in to more than 50 radio channels and at the moment three simulcast television channels; BBC One, ITV1 and E4 as well as Channel 4, which currently only offers made-for-mobile TV programmes.
The handset is designed like a lobster claw. Its only drawback is its huge size (11.1 x 5.8 x 2.4cm) and immense weight (140 grams!). The Lobster 700TV has a flash-less 1.3 megapixel camera that is not too impressive. The picture quality is just about okay, but it comes handy when you want to freeze and save certain majestic moments of your life.
The 2.2in QVGA (240 x 320) resolution screen of the handset is bright and lucid, and is limited to 65,536 colours. The handset is offered to the users with the standard set of Windows Mobile 5 utilities. Bluetooth and GPRS option takes care of the connectivity in this Lobster device. This tri-band GSM handset and works on 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz.
Apart from the radio and television applications, the handset boasts of all the other features that are quite regularly present in all regular mobile phones. A novel idea, rather an experiment than a mobile phone for the general public, best defines the Lobster 700Tv.
