New PHS Phone with ACCESS Browser
Japan Radio Co. will release their new AH-J3003S candybar phone [.jpg image], intended for use with DDI Pocket’s Air-H” PHS network, on 15 July. In addition to being loaded with ACCESS’s HTML-supporting Web browser, Compact NetFront, the phone supports up to three POP3 and SMTP email accounts and is SSL-enabled. It also comes equipped with an onboard Mini-B-type USB port for synching data with your home PC.
The handset measures 44 x 129 x 16.5mm at 79g. Continuous talk time is 6.5 hours, with a standby time of 500 hours and the phone has a 1.8-inch, 128 x 160-dot, 65,536-color STN LCD display. Also, as a function intended for business use, the phone can be registered on a PBX and used as an extension phone. It also seems to support international roaming to Taiwan. Press release [in Japanese] Here.