NTT DoCoMo to release 22 (!) phones by March
By Simon Sage on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 2:42 PM PST In Announcements, BlackBerry, DoCoMo, HTC, Nokia, Sharp
Holy crap. Who does that? Seriously! Twenty-two handsets in one batch? That’s just crazy-talk. Well, it’s not really one batch – these phones will be released between now and March in Japan through NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), but that is still one helluva release schedule. Here’s the whole lineup, broken into subcategories, with release dates.
Style series
- F-02A: December 2008
- N-02A: November to December 2008
- N-03A: November 2008
- P-02A: January to March 2009
- P-03A: December 2008 to January 2009
- SH-02A: December 2008 to January 2009
Prime series
- F-01A: November 19, 2008 (fixed)
- F-03A: January to March 2009
- L-01A: November to December 2008
- N-01A: November 2008
- P-01A: November 2008
- SH-01A: November 2008
- SH-03A: December 2008
Smart series
- F-04A: February to March 2009
- N-04A: January to March 2009
- P-04A: February to March 2009
- P-05A: February to March 2009
Pro series
- HT-01A: November to December 2008
- HT-02A: December 2008 to January 2009
- SH-04A: February to March 2009
- BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)® Bold™: February to March 2009
- NOKIA (NYSE: NOK) E71: February to March 2009
Given they’re mostly plain flips with the odd slider thrown in for flavour, the Pro series is looking especially nice with the HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, BlackBerry Bold, Nokia E71 and Touch Pro knock-off from Sharp.On the whole, it’s a pretty crazy lineup, and must be some kind of record, somewhere.
[via DoCoMo]
RIM needs to make a 3G Pearl Flip for the Japanese market — it would KILL over there, IMHO:
http://tinyurl.com/47psv2
I think you need to get the facts stright…the phones are not simple flip and sliders each series have their own speciality…these phone are way better than the phones we have elsewhere…Also, the Sharp side slider is better than the HTC Touch Pro and NOT a “knock-off”…The Japanese market are completely different than the rest of the world…Please understand the phones and market before adding your own comment…
DoCoMo has recently bought 26pc stake in a Indian mobile service providing company Tata teleservices
http://nseries-phones.blogspot.com
What a style!!! UGGGGLYYY One looks like the other….
Hello I was looking for an touch screen phone to top the Iphone , but there is none… So i guess I will stick with the best…. Iphone rule!!!!!