In Japan, phones and PDAs are viewed within the industry as separate vertical markets. DoCoMo and other carriers – who control the development and sale of cellular devices – have not seen fit to create a hybrid phone/PDA. Is it fear of loss of control over the subscriber billing relationship? Fear of allowing foreign makers – like Nokia – into the market? Is it the lack of Japanese third-party developers who have worked with overseas platforms (like Symbian)? Today’s program looks at a company helping to stir up a market that needs some stirring.As announced Oct 2020, DoCoMo closed iconic i-mode deck last night. Naturally their managed platform model circa 1999, rebranded dMenu for smartphone era here, continues as mass majority standard both in Japan and globally. @tnatsu ありがとうございました。 https://t.co/Ab6DVSp5Mk pic.twitter.com/L9UFbWlngu
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 1, 2021
Samsung's SPH-4300 SmartPhone
Samsung Electronics continued its relentless stream of innovations on Monday by announcing it will put out a music phone [.jpg image] with built-in wireless LAN and a powerful sound system at the end of the month. Microsoft’s mobile operating system, Pocket PC 2003 Phone Edition, allows use of applications like Outlook, Word and Excel, while a 520-MHz CPU and 1.3-megapixel camera are also part of the gadget.