Samsung Galaxy Nexus to be released in Japan on NTT DoCoMo December 2nd
It seems as though the US will be the last country to finally receive the Galaxy Nexus on a dedicated carrier. The device is already available in Europe and is now ready to hit Japan. NTT DoCoMo will be carrying the GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus starting Friday, December 2nd. If you are unfamiliar [...]
Sharp AQUOS SH-01D heading to NTT DoCoMo with 3D HD display
After we heard the other day that NTT DoCoMo would be offering the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE, we have more good news to customers of the Japanese carrier. The Sharp AQUOS SH-01D will be available December 2nd according to press release issued by the carrier. Although it lacks the LTE support of the Galaxy [...]
LG Optimus Pad will launch in Japan first, on March 31
The LG Optimus Pad (also known as the T-Mobile G-Slate in the US) is finally going to start shipping later this week. The tablet will first become available in Japan from NTT DoCoMo, a carrier that will launch it even before T-Mobile in the US (that has yet to even confirm a release date). NTT [...]
Japanese consortium to launch new mobile app platform for Symbian and Linux smartphones
At least six Japanese companies have teamed up to create a new mobile application platform targeting Symbian and Linux mobile operating systems. The group consists of NTT DoCoMo, Renesas Electronics, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic Mobile and Sharp. As to why these six particular companies decided to work with each other, it’s still not clear. But current [...]
Japan handset vendors now ready for global limelight
Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo’s move to offer a new handset officially outside Japan was no accident. Other Japanese handset makers like Sharp, Kyocera and NEC are also eyeing to make good on sales of their notable handsets worldwide. This is a trend that has only started recently. Just as Fujitsu’s F905i handset was announced in [...]
Fujitsu F905i, the first phone released by NTT DoCoMo outside Japan
Japanese-made phones and smartphones are known for not getting out of Japan, so you’ll hardly find any of them for sale in other markets. However, NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu want to change that, as they’ve just announced the release of F905i in Taiwan. Similar to the FOMA F905i (already on sale across Japan), F905i is a clamshell [...]
NTT DoCoMo cancels Nokia E71 after Nokia ditches Japan
Rumor has it that the Nokia E71 will have the letter “X” appended to its name by the time it launches on AT&T’s network. That it will be called the Nokia E71x, and available in a color that can only be called unorthodox black. But over in Japan, a different kind of X has hit [...]
Nokia to become a MVNO in Japan, helped by NTT DoCoMo
One of the biggest surprises that Nokia is preparing for 2009 is that it will become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Japan. Or at least that’s what Reuters is reporting. It seems that the Finnish giant will collaborate with NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile carrier. Thus, Nokia will use DoCoMo’s high-speed network in [...]
NTT DoCoMo reaffirms plans to launch Android phone in 2009
Early yesterday we reported that NTT DoCoMo and KT Freetel were working on a new Android smartphone that will be released in 2009. Then, later in the day, in a statement issued by Korea’s KTF, it was made clear that the two wireless carriers actually weren’t working with each other at all, especially not on [...]
NEC N-01A, a high-tech transformer phone
Wide VGA display resolution, 5MP camera, high-speed connectivity – these are only few of the features that you can easily find in lots of the Japanese phones outed in 2008. The new NEC N-01A is itself a proud owner of a 854 x 480 pixels screen, a 5.2MP camera and HSDPA connectivity. But what really makes [...]
NTT DoCoMo and KT Freetel to launch Android smartphone in 2009
These days, it seems everybody’s working on a smartphone with the open-source Android operating system running on it. Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and South Korea’s KT Freetel are no exception. A report from Nikkei business daily cited by Reuters is saying that NTT DoCoMo will team up with KT Freetel in launching their very own Android-powered [...]
22 new handsets in four new series announced by NTT DoCoMo for Japan
The largest Japanese mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, has announced today its upcoming 22 new handsets. The devices are part of four new series that the Japanese operator will offer to its customers: docomo STYLE series, docomo PRIME series, docomo SMART series and docomo PRO series. Obviously, the docomo STYLE series is the one targeted [...]
HSUPA mobile phone prepared by NTT DoCoMo, Renesas, Sharp and Fujitsu
Japan strikes again with big plans regarding the future of mobile phones. Four of the country’s giant companies, Renesas, NTT DoCoMo, Fujitsu and Sharp have announced today their intention to develop what they call a “SH-Mobile G4 single-chip LSI device”, as well as a platform to incorporate said device. This should be able to support [...]
Panasonic P706ie headed for NTT DoCoMo in Japan
There’s no shortage of great 3G clamshell phones in Japan, and yet handset maker Panasonic just doesn’t seem to know when to stop. Starting August 15th, the Panasonic P706ie will be released through NTT DoCoMo in Japan to take advantage of its 3G network. It doesn’t really bring anything special in terms of features to [...]
NTT DoCoMo to launch Raku Raku Phone V in August for your grandmother and mine
We all know that old folks demand the latest in mobile phone technology, right? True or not, NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with Fujitsu in Japan, will launch what they call the Raku Raku Phone V starting August 1st of this year onwards. The Raku Raku Phone V is also known as the rather generically named [...]
Hit the malls remotely via telerobotic shopper and cellphone in Japan
While the rest of the world settles for the Internet and web sites like eBay, Japan thinks it should fulfill the futuristic legacy of sci-fi and anime by continuing to build robots that will somehow help mankind. The latest to come out of robot developer tmsuk’s labs is a telerobotic shopper, which lets you shop [...]
Softbank confirms $215 iPhone in Japan
As we had earlier reported, Softbank’s official iPhone pricing in Japan will bring the device near the US price of $199, as the telco subsidizes the phone bills of its subscribers. The Softbank iPhone price only goes near $199, at $215, on July 11th at the same time as the other countries that are included [...]
19 new handsets from NTT DoCoMo include LG Wine, Nokia NM706i
OK, so now we’re aware, aside from the LG KF300 Wine, NTT DoCoMo is also going to release 17 other phones and a so-called Nokia NM706i. These phones all look good in themselves. And the spec sheets assure us that any user enticed into getting such phones will be getting their daily multimedia needs filled [...]
NTT DoCoMo, KT Freetel to Jointly Procure LG Wine
While their supposed plan to jointly launch the Apple iPhone in Japan and Korea has not yet come to fruition, NTT DoCoMo and KTT Freetel resort to LG and the 3G KF300, which is also known as the LG Wine. An announcement was made today, with the two companies saying that they will jointly procure [...]
KTF and NTT DoCoMo to jointly launch iPhone in Korea and Japan?
Rumor has it that Korea Telecom Freetel, Korea’s leading WCDMA provider, and Japan’s own NTT DoCoMo are working on jointly launching the Apple iPhone in Korea and Japan. Both countries were unfortunately not included in the recent list of Asian iPhone destinations, and these carriers are trying to remedy that, possibly due to public demand. [...]