OK, I own both a TiVo and a cell phone - now impress me. Seriously though, this new phone from LG with the capability to pause your cell’s satellite TV shows when a call comes in could be a hit. Well, if it ever makes it over here to the West, anyway…

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 has just been announced by LG Electronics.

The handset, called the LG-SB130 or KB1300, depending on the carrier version, was unveiled today at the Korea Electronics Show here in Ilsan, which is 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. [Read the rest]