Handset gives users TiVo-like ability to pause broadcasts to take a phone call LG Electronics has developed a cell phone that can receive satellite TV programs and “pause” them, just like a living-room digital video recorder, when the user needs to take a phone call.The handset, called the LG-SB130 or KB1300, depending on the carrier version, was unveiled Tuesday at the Korea Electronics Show. The exhibition opened on Tuesday at the Kintex exhibition center in Ilsan, just north of the South Korean capital of Seoul.Cell phones that can receive satellite TV began appearing in South Korea earlier this year when TU Media began to offer a service that beams a handful of video and audio channels to mobile devices from a satellite that was launched specifically for that purpose. Handsets from LG, Samsung Electronics, and Pantech are available for the subscription service but the TiVo-like ability to pause broadcasts while you take a phone call is new. In a demonstration at KES the phone was shown tuned into a satellite TV program. When a call was received a message appeared on screen offering the user the option to pause the program and take the call. When the option is accepted, the phone immediately begins recording the TV broadcast to its internal memory and freezes the image on the screen. When the call is done the phone begins showing the recorded program from when it was paused while continuing to record the program in its memory. In such a way users have the illusion that they have paused a live broadcast.The phone packs 80MB of internal memory and can record up to an hour of programming, said Lee Chang Kyu, an LG Electronics representative at KES.Other features of the phone include a QVGA resolution (240 pixels by 320 pixels) 2.2-inch TFT (thin film transistor) screen, an MP3 player and TV output. It’s designed for South Korea’s CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) networks and versions won’t be available outside of the country largely because the TU Media satellite signal has only domestic coverage. LG hasn’t decided on a price for the handset but Lee estimated it would cost around $700 and be available later this year. Technology Industry