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 phone [...]
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 on [...]
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.
Neighboring [...]
NTT DoCoMo Unveil New Branding
In an effort to express their commitment to offering high-quality mobile services and technologies around the world, the dedicated team at NTT DoCoMo has just revealed their new corporate logo, which they have been working on for the past while.
As stated in a press release published on the NTT DoCoMo website earlier today:
The new logo’s [...]
NTT DoCoMo Sound Leaf+ Bone Conducting Bluetooth headset
Those lucky Japanese. They always get to test the latest and greatest gadgets.
This time it’s one cool bone conducting Sound Leaf+ Bluetooth headset from NTT DoCoMo.
Instead of normal speaker effect, the sound vibrations from NTT Sound Leaf + Bluetooth headset are transferred directly via bone to your inner ear. This way the sound can [...]
HTC Nike P5500 announced as DoCoMo FOMA HT1100
HTC P5500 Nike, that we have told you about few weeks ago is real, and it really is the 3G HSDPA version of HTC touch with slider keyboard attached.
While not yet officially under HTC’s own brand, HTC Nike P5500 has been announced in Japan by NTT DoCoMo as FOMA HT1100 smartphone.
And now [...]
NTT DoCoMo tests Super 3G system with up to 300Mbps data transfer rates
NTT DoCoMo has always been ahead when it comes to the introduction of new mobile technologies. Japanese were already playing multimedia games when consumers in U.S. were only trying their first SMS messages. 3G speeds also arrived in Japan first.
Now NTT DoCoMo is doing it again with the test of [...]