The ravishing TG01 from Toshiba will be landing in Spain by way of Telefonica and Japan through NTT DoCoMo between June and July. It wasn’t long ago that O2 made the same announcement for Germany, but what about North America? No love just yet? We’ve had a brief glimpse of the sequel handsets, which will…
Four Japanese carriers to invest $10 billion in their networks during the next five years
Four Japanese mobile operators will spend 1 trillion yen ($10 billion) during the next five years to build a next-gen mobile network with faster Internet speeds. According to Nikkei – NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank and Emobile will apply to the government for licenses for the new standard (LTE?) by May 7. DoCoMo plans to launch…
NTT DoCoMo promises ergonomic audio with new spatial audio technology
In the hip world of design, ergonomics is king. We see ergonomic design in computer mice made to fit your hand or chairs made to conform to your supple rump, but a new audio technology from NTT DoCoMo promises to bring ergonomic audio to the mobile space. NTT DoCoMo’s new “spatial audio transmission technology” allows…
HTC Magic coming to Japan’s NTT DoCoMo as HT-03A
NTT DoCoMo will be offering Japan’s first Android device this year. It will be HTC Magic, prepacked and optimized for the Japanese market. That said, DoCoMo will offer the all-touchscreen device as the HT-03A. As expected, it will run Android 1.5 (aka Cupcake) and will most likely have additional software built-in to suit DoCoMo customers’…
BlackBerry Bold Too Hot for Japan
A low-end texter I could understand having some temperature problems, but the illustrious BlackBerry Bold? Why, I never…! Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has pulled the BlackBerry Bold off shelves due to overheating issues, after having put the smartphone on them only last week. It’s not a battery issue apparently, so we can rule out explosive…
NTT DoCoMo – turning off 2G in 2012
According to pcworld.com, NTT DoCoMo has said it will switch off it’s 2G network in 2012. DoCoMo was the first to launch 3G services in 2001, and released the last 2G phone in 2004 – so you can can almost visualise the curves in the finance graph that helped them decide! Another very persuasive stat…
NEC Presenting Four Handsets for DoCoMo at MWC
NEC is presenting four handsets at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in two weeks, all based on the 22-phone lineup scheduled to be wrapped up by March. The Prime N-01A is a multi-configurable touchscreen device with 3.2 inch VGA screen, 5.2 megapixel camera with advanced face detection and auto focus and SRS TruMedia for virtual…
First Fujitsu NTT DoCoMo handset crosses Japanese borders!
We’re not all that keen on covering the Japanese world of high-style feature phones, what with them never seeing the light of day outside Japan’s borders. Call it jealously if you want, but it’s just easier to not think about the cool WiBro and electronic wallet technologies that those Japanese feature phones are rocking these…
DoCoMo Readies MIMO LSI Chip to Meet LTE Standards
Put on your engineering caps, it’s time for acronyms. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that they’re entering trial stages for a new large-scale integration chip which will meet next generation Long Term Evolution standards using Multiple Input/Multiple Output technologies to achieve target speeds. “What the hell did he just say?” “I don’t know.” “Well…
Nokia’s Vertu to start MVNO operation, open flagship store in Japan
So this is the kind of MVNO deal Nokia was preparing for Japan. Their luxury arm, Vertu, announced that they have signed an MVNO deal with NTT DoCoMo to provide communication services to Vertu customers. Beginning from Q2 2009, Vertu will start operating its service under the name VERTU Club. In addition, Nokia-owned company also…