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DoCoMo: Tight Pants Meet Tight Tech

P900iVHe’s hot, he has superhuman fighting skills, an enormous broadsword, black leather pants, and a really big motorcycle — and he uses a DoCoMo P900iV 3G celly. Yeah, baby! He’s Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII and the all-new DVD Advent Children — and he’s not afraid to talk on the phone. NTT DoCoMo and handset maker Panasonic scored big time in a comprehensive tie-up with Final Fantasy series producer Square Enix securing very visible handset placement in the hugely anticipated DVD movie of Square’s most enduring Final Fantasy saga.

Sony Ericsson Triples 3Q Profit

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson today reported that it had more than trebled third quarter pre-tax profits, but the market leader, Nokia, reported a 20% fall. Sony Ericsson, the world’s fifth-biggest handset maker, made gains on the back of soaring demand for its camera phones. It said it expected sales to grow further during the crucial Christmas shopping quarter.

Japan Cellphone Sales Off 8.5%

IT researcher and consulting firm Gartner Japan has announced sales in Japan of cellular phones between January and June. Sales reached 22,133,100 units, down 8.5% over the same period last year. The company attributes the decline in sales to the fact that demand for camera phones was not as brisk as a year ago. Gartner also reports that W-CDMA phones accounted for almost 15% of total cellphone sales.

Casio's New 3G W21CA Handset

WWJ Editors, 14 October 2004
Casio has announced a Japan mobile industry first handset equipped with 2.6inch QVGA liquid display ‘Wide View Style’ screen and Opera browser. The W21CA [.jpg image] comes complete with a 2mega-pixel camera capable of making images at UXGA (1600×1200) this swivel style design also has BREW, GPS, and Flash functions built-in. It can even shoot mpeg movies for up to 15 minutes at 320×240 to the 24MB onboard memory.