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New GPS Wireless Handset for NTTDoCoMo |
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31st March 2003 |
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The easy-to-use GPS mobile phone enables users to determine their location at the mere touch of a button, and download maps and information about the area. GPS accuracy is within 10-50 meters. Users will have access to eight different types of GPS content available from eight information providers, including public transportation and restaurant data, as well as routing to help pinpoint specific locations. Users can also let others know their location by inputting the URL of their position into an e-mail, which can be sent to any i-mode compatible handset. In addition, a memo function allows users to store location information, including maps, telephone numbers and addresses, for easy access at a later date. The F661i features three highly advanced tracking functions that can be used in conjunction with the DLP (DoCoMo Location Platform), which provides fast and highly accurate positioning information. The first function enables a third party to use an i-mode phone or PC to locate the F66li user, ideal for tracking family members such as children and seniors. The second function allows one-touch location notification to pre-determined numbers, such as police or fire departments, especially valuable in emergency situations as it allows rescuers to accurately pinpoint the user's location. Third, the F66li can be used as a business management tool, helping delivery companies, for example, track the location of their vehicles to expedite smoother operations. A separate contract with an application service provider (ASP) is required to use these three advanced functions. A total of 13 applications will be available from 11 ASPs, including SOHGO SECURITY SERVICES CO., LTD., ZENRIN DataCom Co., Ltd., Home Net Co., Ltd. and NAIS Location Systems Co., Ltd.
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The
Musiwave service is now ready for launch, at a time when video ready handsets
and networks are being rolled out to millions of mobile users and demand
for entertainment content is exploding: |
Sending
an MMS will now be as easy and intuitive as sending a text. Furthermore,
from April 1st 2003, O2 customers can get half price media messages. |
The
easy-to-use GPS mobile phone enables users to determine their location
at the mere touch of a button, and download maps and information about
the area. GPS accuracy is within 10-50 meters. |
ImageFun
is a photo-entertainment application from Image Semantics Ltd which enables
new forms of image-based communication. It is a network based service
using advanced machine-learning image processing, and it is handset independent. |
Logitech
is showcasing its line of mobile phone headsets. The stylish headsets,
designed to stay put, be comfortable, and serve a variety of individual
needs, will be feat. |
XACCTmobile
significantly shortens Cegetel's time-to-market (TTM) as well as time
to revenue (TTR) for services such as Multi-Media Service (MMS), digital
images, interactive games and downloadable ring tones. |
Panasonic
unveiled the X70 mobile phone, its new stylish clamshell camera phone
for 2003. Following the highly successful GD87, the Panasonic X70 is 20%
smaller than its predecessor and packed with enhanced features. Shipments
for the European market are scheduled to begin this autumn. |
With
hundreds of millions -- and eventually billions -- of dollars up for grabs,
online gaming represents a budding new industry, which is just beginning
to spread its wings, reports In-Stat/MDR. |
Customers
of Sonera can now watch videos with his mobile phone, if he or she has
got a phone that supports moving image. The offering of the video pilot
that continues until the end of May mainly consists of news and music
programmes. |
Separate
from our CDMA phone, we have been developing a GSM phone for various markets
globally. ETSI's approval of Hop-On's application for membership gives
us the opportunity to work more closely with other member companies. |
NTT
DoCoMo announced that the company will introduce its first Global Positioning
Service (GPS) compatible handset, dubbed F661i, to the market at the end
of April or later. |
ARPU
in Western Europe in 2002 averaged EUR31 per user per month; the number
of active subscribers is forecast to grow just 5% in 2003 to 309 million. |
Telstra
became the first Australian mobile telephone company to offer local consumers
access to mobile phone services on a 3G (third generation) network. Telstra
deployed Nortel Networks Univity CDMA2000 1X technology to 3G-enable its
existing CDMA wireless network. |
The
CDMA2000 1X Wireless Data Network, deployed by Nortel Networks, will enable
Multi-Links to significantly boost network capacity to accommodate a greater
number of voice calls. The network will also enable high-speed wireless
data and secure Internet services like mobile Web browsing, e-mail access
with attachments, and other advanced wireless services. |
BenQ
Co sees the potential for sales of US$30 million (about 1.3 billion baht)
in its first year of operations in Thailand's burgeoning communications
market. |
Samsung
Electronics releases the new SGH-Z100, 3G UMTS mobile phone, which features
the most advanced technology with GPRS Class 8, WAP, MMS and Java. |
The
Samsung SGH-P400, with a rotating screen, allows users to talk, take and
send pictures or data quickly and easily through a single device, with
the convenience of a rotating viewfinder. |
Sha-mail
subscribers increased by 1 million in approximately two months, bringing
the number of Sha-mail users to approximately 65% of J-PHONE’s total
subscriber base. |
Of
the one million Vodafone live! customers, Germany now has over 375,000,
Italy 190,000 and the UK 220,000. Vodafone also has an additional 420,000 customers in these markets that now own a MMS capable device*. |
The
new camera modules offer exceptional sensitivity for capturing great images
in low-light conditions. Because they are fully integrated and require
no external components, the new modules reduce time to market for handset
and PDA designers. |
Eurotel
is Intec's first convergent mediation customer in Eastern Europe, a region
with one of the world's fastest growing mobile markets. The deal, valued
at over one million euros, will raise Intec's profile in the area. |
NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. announced that it will soon begin marketing the WRISTOMO™,
the world's first commercial wristwatch-style Personal Handyphone System
(PHS) mobile phone. |
Powerwave
Technologies recently demonstrated its latest high performance multi-carrier
power amplifier (MCPA) technology for UMTS networks at CTIA Wireless 2003
in New Orleans. |
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NTT
DoCoMo announced that the company will introduce its first Global Positioning
Service (GPS) compatible handset, dubbed F661i, to the market at the
end of April or later.