KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Launch 5 New 3G Handsets

KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Launch 5 New 3G Handsets

KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular recently announced plans to launch five new handsets from the end of May increasing their new lineup of 3G mobile phones (CDMA 2000 1x), a format that enables high-speed data transmission of up to 144 kbps. All the new phones are Movie Mail-compatible, a function that allows users to shoot and send seamless movies. The new handsets scheduled for launch are the A5401CA manufactured by Casio, the A5402S produced by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the A5306ST and A1303SA both made by Sanyo, and the A5303H II manufactured by Hitachi.

The new additions bring the total of CDMA2000 1x handsets to 23, of which 12 phones, or almost half, are Movie Mail-compatible.

Main features of the new phones are described below.

A5401CA First au handset with a megapixel camera (1,240,000 pixels) A5402S First au handset with QVGA (240 bits x 320 bits), an LCD screen capable of displaying highly detailed images A5306ST Equipped with BREW™, a platform enabling high-speed execution of high-performance applications A5303H II Includes SH-Mobile which enables real-time encoding of movies shot by the user, and a twin light A1303SA First Global Passport handset with a camera and compatible with Movie Mail

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