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DoCoMo, KTF to sell Google Phone next Year: Report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc and South Korean partner KTF Co will
jointly develop a smartphone using Google Inc software for launch next year, the
Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.
DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile phone operator, is part of a global alliance to
develop phones based on Google's Android platform and has been eyeing a launch
in 2009.
DoCoMo owns 10 percent of KTF and the two companies have been jointly procuring
handsets to cut costs.
Smartphones, which combine the capabilities of personal computers and mobile
phones, have been gaining popularity in Japan, in part led by the July
introduction of Apple Inc's iPhone.
DoCoMo aims to introduce the Google phone at a price about 20 percent lower than
existing smartphones, as it will save costs on software development using the
Android software, the report said. Google is offering the software for free.
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Posted on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:52:17 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DOCOMO and AT&T Inc. extend 3G Network throughout Hawaii
What was announced in 2007 is now finished. NTT DoCoMo and AT&T announced today that the extension of a third-generation (3G) mobile network to all principal islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii has been completed.
Using AT&T's 3G network, which is based on W-CDMA technology, DOCOMO customers now have access to data and voice roaming services in the main populated areas of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kauai.
NTT DOCOMO began providing 3G roaming services on Oahu in October 2007 and then extended the services to other islands including Hawaii and Maui islands as the network was expanded.
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Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo F706i Phone lets you watch TV underwater
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo unveiled a bunch of new mobile phones in the 706i and 906i series. The 706i line includes the new F706i water-proof 1Seg digital TV mobile phone.
As you can see in the photo you can watch TV with F706i underwater. When would we need that? I cannot even open my eyes underwater without goggles.
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Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:31:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo has new Logo
Most of the time it is not a good sign when a company changes or updates its logo. Japanese carrier DoCoMo is no exception. DoCoMo is slowly losing its huge market share to smaller players on the Japanese mobile phone market.
If the new more round and red colored logo will help stop this trend is questionable.
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Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo losing Stranglehold on Japan Mobile Market
By Mayumi Negishi
TOKYO (Reuters) - After a decade as the dominant provider, NTT DoCoMo Inc can no
longer say it provides most Japanese with their mobile phones, March figures
show, with smaller rivals grabbing share in a fierce fight ahead of the start of
the academic and business year.
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Posted on Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:29:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Google ties up with Japan's DoCoMo to grow Abroad
By Yoko Kubota
TOKYO (Reuters) - Google Inc's search engine will feature on NTT DoCoMo Inc
handsets, giving it access to 48 million new mobile Internet users in Japan in
its push for overseas growth.
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Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:37:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Apple plays DoCoMo against Softbank over iPhone Launch
TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is playing Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo
Inc against No. 3 carrier Softbank Corp on selling the iPhone in Japan, meeting
executives from both companies, sources said on Tuesday.
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Posted on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:58:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DoCoMo aims to make Phone Swiping obsolete
TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc , Japan's largest mobile phone operator, hopes
to one day sell a handset that lets you make electronic payments while it stays
in your pocket.
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Posted on Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:27:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Panasonic P704i flat sliding Handset available on DoCoMo
Panasonic and NTT DoCoMo announce the availability of the very thin slider P704i in Japan.
Panasonic managed to design a slider phone that is only 13.5mm thin. There are slimmer sliders already on the market like the Pantech IM-S230, which is only 9.9mm thin. Still the Panasonic Foma P704i slider has a great design.
Features of the P704i include a 2MP camera with smart flash, Napster music service support, micro-SD card slot and a 2.4 inch color screen with QVGA resolution.
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Posted on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo and AT&T bring 3G to Hawaii, Aloha!
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that it has partnered with AT&T for their 3G mobile phone network in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
DoCoMo will provide technical and financial support of up to $24 million.
DoCoMo and AT&T plan to launch a 3G network based on W-CDMA technology on the island of Oahu by the end of 2007, expanding coverage to the rest of the state by early 2008.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DoCoMo launches 704i Mobile Phone Series
Japanese NTT DoCoMo launches a new generation of mobile phones in Japan.
As always the new phones come from different manufacturers and share a common number. The new 704i series features 8 new rather stylish mobile phones from companies like Panasonic, Sharp, Sony Ericsson and LG.
The LG L704i Chocolate phone supports HSDPA and the D704i and SH704i feature digital TV reception.
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Posted on Wed, 4 Jul 2007 04:20:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New NTT DoCoMo HSDPA Enabled N902iX HIGH-SPEED
NTT introduces the N902iX as first HSDPA mobile phone in Japan.
With HSDPA enables downlinks at up to 3.6Mbps, or 10 times faster than current FOMA handsets.
HSDPA is currently heavily advertised in Europe for 3G notebook cards. Insiders though say that the coverage is actually still spotty in most countries, contrary to provider statements. There are no handsets yet available for HSDPA in Europe.
With 106x51×25mm the N902iX is pretty big. It features a 2.5 inch screen with QVGA resolution, mp3 player and more.
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Posted on Fri, 12 May 2006 02:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Panasonic P506iCII Mobile Payment Phone for NTT DoCoMo
The new Panasonic P506iCII features a 2MP digital camera and a built-in flash. The P506iCII features as its predecessor P506iC the Sony Felica Chip for payments.
Other features of the new NTT DoCoMo phone include a 2.4 inch QVGA resolution screen,
The folding phone measures 111×50×26mm and weighs 128g.
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Posted on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 02:09:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DoCoMo FOMA SO902i 3.2MP Camera Phone
NTT DoCoMo 3G network FOMA gets a new Sony handset with 3.2MP digital camera dubbed SO902i.
After Sony Ericsson just announced the Cyber-shot K800 3.2MP camera phone we do not have to envy Japanese consumers over this particular phone.
The FOMA SO902i features a 1.9 inch screen with QVGA resolution, Memory stick Pro Duo slot, 2nd camera with 0.1MP and a 140min. talk time.
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Posted on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:57:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DoCoMo Postpones Nokia NM850iG FOMA 3G Phone
As reported DoCoMo announced the Nokia NM850iG on February 15th. Now they issued a press-release that says that the launch planned for February 24th is canceled.
Quote from the press-release: "DoCoMo is confirming the handset's quality and will launch the handset as soon as all confirmations are completed."
Looks like Nokia did not live up to the expectations of DoCoMo at this point.
I find it interesting that DoCoMo is going to offer this Nokia phone on its 3G Foma network. Style-wise it is very different from the usually very stylish Foma handsets.
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Posted on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:21:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo Launches Nokia NM850iG 3G FOMA Phone
DoCoMo announces the 3G FOMA NM850iG handset made by Nokia.
The NM850iG works on DoCoMo's 3G FOMA network in Japan and W-CDMA, GSM and GPRS networks overseas where DoCoMo's global roaming is available.
The Nokia NM850iG features a 1.23MP camera, Bluetooth, world clock, USB and a 2.1 inch screen with 65k colors.
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Posted on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:52:33 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
3GSM 2006: DoCoMo To Demo HSDPA Handsets by Motorola, NEC and Fujitsu
NTT DoCoMo announces that they will demonstrate three HSDPA mobile phone prototypes at the 3GSM 2006 conference in Barcelona.
HSDPA is a high-speed packet transmission technology standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project. It offers a theoretical maximum downlink speed of about 14Mbps - smokin'.
The prototype handsets currently available have maximum speeds of 3.6Mbps, 10 times faster than current 3G FOMA handsets. The HSDPA enabled mobile phones come from NEC, Motorola and Fujitsu (see photo).
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Posted on Wed, 1 Feb 2006 04:37:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
New DoCoMo Foma Phones: D902i, F902i and N902i
DoCoMo introduces in Japan three new FOMA (3G) mobile phones.
The lemon yellow slider FOMA phone D902i (photo) features a 4MP digital camera, 2.8 inch QVGA screen, miniSD card slot and music player. It is only 19.8mm thin.
Looks like 4MP digital cameras are becoming the new standard in Japan. The rest of the world has still to be happy to get a 2MP digital camera. 4MP would be enough. 8MP in a digital camera phone is overkill.
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Posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:33:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
NTT DoCoMo FOMA P901iTV Digital TV Mobile Phone
NTT DoCoMo announces today the 3G FOMA P901iTV, DoCoMo's first mobile handset to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals, in addition to conventional analog signals.
Japanese broadcasters will start mobile digital broadcasting in April 2006. In anticipation for the availability of digital
terrestrial TV, NTT developed the P901iTV phone.
The P901iTV's main display will be a 2.5 inch, wide LCD screen. More than 2.5 hours of continuous viewing will be possible for digital TV programs. The TV function will be activated by twisting the screen. An antenna-embedded earphone will enhance TV signal reception.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:32:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
DoCoMo Sony Ericsson Radiden Mobile Phone and Radio
DoCoMo releases in Japan the Sony Ericsson Radiden mobile phone.
The Sony Ericsson Radiden will be available for residents of Tokyo and Osaka starting on August 30th.
This handset has a hardware controlled radio functionality, meaning it can be operated
without going through the mobile phone user interface. The channel selection buttons are on the backside of the phone. The radio phone supports AM, FM and TV audio channels.
I am not really excited about this combination, but maybe some people find it attractive.
More details on PhoneyWorld.
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Posted on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:39:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New NTT DoCoMo Micro Fuel Cell for Mobile Phones
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company together with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has developed a new and improved prototype methanol fuel cell for 3G FOMA handsets.
The new prototype enables eight hours of continuous talk time, three times the capacity of the existing prototype, while weighing the same, 190g.
DoCoMo improved the capacity by increasing the methanol concentration from 30% to over 99% and developing a method of recycling the generated water.
More details in this press-release.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Jul 2005 08:07:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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