Legend Group announced 6 mobile handsets with multi-functions in Beijing. Since the announcement of the joint venture in February this year for the development of mobile handset business, Legend is launching mobile handsets under its own brand name for the first time.

Legend announced 5 GSM mobile handsets - Legend G808, Legend G601, Legend G608, Legend G007 and Xoceco G678 together with 1 CDMA mobile handset - Xoceco C8000, 6 in total. They are either manufactured through OEM or self-developed models. Among these models, Legend G808 is the main focus for this initial promotion, with a retail price of RMB 3,580.

Yang Yuanqing, CEO and President of Legend said, "Exploring the mobile handset business is entirely fitting into the Group's 3 criteria for new business development - with strong users' demand, tremendous earnings potential and synergetic with existing businesses. The mobile handset business will be a new growth driver for the Group."

Vice President of Legend Liu Zhijun who is responsible for the handheld device and mobile handset businesses said, "Legend has accumulated many unique and innovative technologies during its many years of experience in R&D, enabling the Group to quickly turn its mobile handset technology into core technology and launching competitive mobile handsets that best suit the needs of PRC users. With regard to its mobile handset technology, Legend has hired several highly experienced mobile handset research engineers and started research on mobile handset products, SIM production and in-depth ASIC technology development two years ago. Integration of data and voice will be the future development trend for mobile handsets. Legend therefore has a number of advantages in developing its mobile handsets into core multi-media terminals. Additionally, Legend's strong brand recognition provides many advantages for its mobile handset business."

With its advanced technology, Legend launched the first dual band mobile handset Legend G808, with 40 chord ring tones. Legend G808 applies GPRS Class 10 standard, which is able to support 53.6K downloading speed. It is equipped with a 128 x 128 pixels super-large screen and vibrating game function. The introduction of PC technology to mobile handsets make games more interesting. Additionally, Legend G808 only weighs 85g with a size of 84mm (length) x 44.5mm (width) x 21mm (thickness). It is the smallest and lightest dual LCD mobile handset available in the market.

"Looking ahead, the Group will continue to increase its investment in research, developing and launching mobile handsets with multi-functions catering for the needs of PRC users. Legend has positioned its mobile handsets in the mid to high-end market. Leveraging our vast experience gained from our computer and information service activities, strong research and technology capabilities, excellent marketing campaigns and channel management abilities as well as our stringent product planning, we are committed to developing application features which will create synergies with computer systems. By further enhancing data processing and data sharing abilities, we aim to facilitate inter-connection and communication between devices, turning mobile handsets into a kind of remote information terminal." Liu Zhijun concluded.