Today Japanese telecommunications giant Softbank unveiled their cell phone line-up for sommer 2008. Starting in July, the company will roll out a total of 11 new handsets in Japan. 3 models are mady by Sharp, NEC and Panasonic each while 2 come from Toshiba.
Nothing amazing here, but some of the handsets come with a couple of cool features.
Sharp’s 923SH, for example, is quipped with a 3.3 inch Aquos screen, a 5.2 megapixel camera (29 mm wide angle) and a 6-way motion sensor (pictured above). It also features a lexicon- and a map-key for direct web access to Wikipedia and Yahoo! Japan Maps.
The so-called “PREMIUM WATERPROOF 824SH”, also from Sharp, is the world’s slimmest cell phone capable of receiving One-Seg Digital TV (at 15.3mm thickness).
NEC’s line-up includes the super-slim 820N (11.3mm thickness) and a limited “extra-glamorous” model, which was designed in cooperation with a Japanese fashion magazine (821N GLA, pictured above).
Panasonic’s so-called TROPICAL 823P features the world’s biggest screen for waterproof cell phones with One-Seg compatibility (3 inches) and comes in 3 different trendy bodies.
Toshiba mainly focused on design with both their 823T and the 824T. The former model is targeted at males in their 30s and 40s. It comes with a special button, which after being pushed delivers news specifically filtered for Japanese men in this age group. Both phones feature One-Seg-TV compatibility.
Psh, unless there’s a direct map-key to Crunchgear, I ain’t interested.
Maybe the Prada phone will have one. I will do a hands-on review next week and see myself (they didn’t deliver it on June 1st).
What’s wrong with that girl anyway? :)
Next time you report it, I hope you’ll give us some explanation behind those features like 6-way motion sensor.
Thanks!
These phones suck!!!!:)your not trustworthy:(
I really like these phones.
I hope the U.S gets them SOON.
It’s sad how our phones aren’t like these
i really love these phones, the style, everything, hopefully the usa will try to get these phones
i love these phones! i want one. where can i get one?
:D
i want them in australiaa!