DoCoMo announce 3 new FOMA handsets
December 10, 2002
NTT DoCoMo announced today that it will introduce three new 3G
mobile phones featuring continuous dynamic stand-by of approximately
170-180 hours or 230-250 hours of static stand-by time, approximately
3.3 times longer than the original FOMA models. The three models
are the N2051 (mid December release), F2051 (late December) and
P2102V (late January).
The new models will be compatible with i-motion mail, a new service
DoCoMo will launch in mid December to enable FOMA phones to e-mail
photos and 15-second / 100-Kb video clips. FOMA customers can use
the new service to e-mail content recorded with the phones' built-in
cameras, as well as sound/video clip files, as e-mail attachments
(in MP4 file).
Photos can be taken and transmitted as e-mail attachments even
when the user is talking on the phone, and the P2102V offers the
same feature for video clips and live video (conferencing) as well.
DoCoMo also announced that from mid December its i-motion video
clip downloading service for FOMA phones will accept files of up
to 300 Kb, three times larger than at present. The enhancement means
users can enjoy video clips of higher quality and longer length
(up to about 40 sec, compared with about 15 sec at present).
The F2051 comes with its own built-in CCD camera and both the N2051
and P2102V boast two built-in CMOS cameras. The cameras record both
photos and video (15 frames/second). Beginning with these models,
all standard FOMA models will have built-in cameras.
The new models all support Java Archive applications and data of
up to 200 Kb, about 20 times larger than previous models, enabling
the use of richer content with Java applications under the i-ppli
service.
Both i-ppli and i-motion applications stored in the phones can
be used as stand-by screens.
The new models, as well as all future FOMA handsets (except data-card
type), are equipped for infrared communications to exchange data
directly with all other DoCoMo phones equipped with an infrared
port.
In addition to the above common features, the following are unique
to each model:
N2051
- Stand-by time: 180 hours (dynamic*), 250 hours (static**)
- Twin CMOS cameras: 310,000-pixel and 100,000-pixel
- 2.21-inch, 65,536 full-color TFD screen
- Cursor trackball to move screen cursor 360 degrees.
F2051
- Stand-by time: 170 hours (dynamic), 230 hours (static)
- 100,000 - pixel CCD camera
- Camera rotates 270 degrees
- 2.2-inch, 65, 536 full-color TFT screen (with semitransparent
stand-by)
- Photo cropping (to paste in other photos) and automatic brightness
adjustment
- Each "memory number" stores up to 5 telephone numbers, e-mail/postal
addresses, names, photos, etc.
P2102V
- Stand-by time: 180 hours (dynamic), 250 hours(static)
- Twin CMOS cameras: 310,000-pixel and 100,000-pixel
- 2.35-inch, 262,144 full-color TFT screen (with semitransparent
stand-by)
- Screen rotates 360 degrees
- Accepts SD Memory Card to store up to about 3 hours of video,
which can be shared with any PC equipped for SD Memory Cards.
- Records and transmits video clips while user videoconferences
* Dynamic stand-by time: An estimate of continuous stand-by time
when the terminal is in transit and remains closed within an area
where reception is normal
** Static stand-by time: An estimate of continuous stand-by time
when the terminal is motionless.
Currently, FOMA is available to 95% of the population in the Kanto-Koshinetsu
area and 82% of the populated area nationwide. By the end of March
2003, FOMA will be available to 90% of all populated areas nationwide,
and 97% by the end of March 2004.
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