NTT DoCoMo announce 7 more Symbian phones

Published by Rafe Blandford at 14:10 UTC, October 15th 2006

NTT DoCoMo recently announced its new 903i range of 3G FOMA phones. Seven out eleven run on Symbian OS, the D703i, F903i, SH903i, SO903i, D903iTV, SH903iTV and F903iX. New to the 903i series is out of the box support for the WMA format for music (inlcuding DRM), support for DoCoMo's DCMX™ mobile credit card and IC cards with triple the storage of conventional cards. Some of the handsets support the new Keitai-Osagashi Service (GPS) service which adds an additional range of location based services.

One of the new GPS services is aimed at people who lose their phones. It uses the GPS capabilities a substitute for the 'ring and see if I can hear it' technique more commonly employed elsewhere. Users are able to log into a website on a PC and view a map of where there phone. This service will be available free of charge until next summer. Other GPS services include phone watching (e.g. view where children's phones are currently located), automatic notification of your location when you call the emergency services, preinstalled navigation and routing software on GPS enabled phones, and business location which allows companies to track designated employees.

ToruCa functions (includes capturing coupons from QR codes) have also been improved, after the phone communicates with the in-store reader/writer, previously saved data is automatically displayed on the phone. The reader/writer also deletes expired ToruCa promotions automatically.

D903i - Mitsubishi

• Dimensions: 109 x 48 x 18.2
  
• Weight: 113g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• FM Radio
  
• Slide form factor
  

F903i - Fujistu

• Dimensions: 102 x 50 x 24
  
• Weight: 130g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor

SH903i - Sharp

• Dimensions: 108 x 50 x 20
• Weight: 129g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor
  

SO903i - Sony Ericsson

• Dimensions: 106 x 50 x 20
• Weight: 125g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor
• 1GB Built in memory, music player controls on front of phone
• BRAVIA branded screen
  

D903iTV - Mitsubishi

• Dimensions: 110 x 48 x 19.8
• Weight: 125g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 1.3 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor
  

SH903iTV - Sharp

• Dimensions: 111 x 50 x 24
• Weight: 140g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 2 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor, and TV Mode

 

F903iX - Fujitsu

• Dimensions: 102 x 50 x 24
• Weight: 135g
• QVGA Screen
  
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Flip form factor 

 

Further details are here (in Japanese). 

Although the phone have not officially been announced as Symbian phones those listed above are from those manufacturers which use Symbian MOAP as their FOMA platform. A further 4 devices, using DoCoMo's Linux platform from NEC and Panasonic were also announced.

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