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Docomo Winter Mobile Phone Lineup – 3D, Android, LTE – short video, including Docomo/Sharp 3D display & 3D camera phone

On the 8th of November 2010, Docomo presented their spring product lineup of mobile phones.

Docomo’s focus for this lineup was on smart phones, feature phones and brand collaborations.

The Sharp LYNX 3D features a 3.8″ 480×800 pixel Wide VGA 3D display as well as a 9.6MP CCD sensor camera.

This Android phone uses a 2D interface for regular use, but also features a 3D interface for accessing and viewing 3D content such as movies, photos and games. 3D photos can be taken with the phones camera and additional 3D content will be available from the Docomo Market and the Sharp web site.

The Fujitsu Toshiba REGZA Phone, features a 4″ 480×854 pixel display and a 12MP CMOS sensor camera. It is also the first waterproof smartphone available for the Japanese market.

Both smartphones support GPS, the One Seg and Mobile Wallet functions, SDHC memory cards up to 32GB and feature native Flash support in the browser.

They will be shipped with Android 2.1 with an update to 2.2 available in Spring 2011.

Feature phones include:

The SH-06C from Sharp, which features an nHD 640×360 pixel pico projector and can connect to and transfer content from compatible BluRay Recorders for watching on the phones 3.7″ display,

The L-03C from LG which features a 12.1MP CCD sensor as well as a retractable 3x zoom lens,

and the Touch Wood, which is limited to 15,000 units, is an eco-friendly phone made from surplus wood from forests in Japan, and features an ergonomic shape and natural-wood feel.

For other market segments such as high school students, the focus was on brand collaboration, with seven phones designed in collaboration with companies such as fashion brands Cecil McBee, Pinky Girls and Coco Lulu and snowboard manufacturer, Burton.

Docomo also introduced data terminals for their LTE service, Xi, which will be the high-speed successor to the current 3G network. Docomo will begin rollout of Xi in urban areas of Japan from December.

source: http://www.diginfo.tv/2010/11/10/10-0234-d-en.php

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