TOKYO, JAPAN, October 17, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will begin marketing a new i-shotTM compatible phone, the  N251i, beginning October 19, 2002. |
| The company's i-shot service, which allows users to transmit still images taken with compatible mobile phones having built-in digital cameras, was launched on June 1, 2002, and has quickly became popular among users. The number of i-shot service subscribers reached 1 million in approximately two months, and currently stands at 2 million. Featuring a 1.9 inch, 65,536-color TFT LCD, the mova N251i is only 20 mm thick (folded) and weighs a mere 98g, making it the thinnest, lightest model in the i-shot handset series. The handset's 110,000-pixel CMOS camera is capable of shooting quality pictures even in dimly-lit places. Up to 200 photos can be stored in memory. Close-up shots of such items as maps, taken with the camera's macro function, can be turned into icons and pasted on the phone screen for easy access at a later time. The camera also features three standard background frames, while a variety of backgrounds are available for downloading from dedicated i-mode sites, enabling creative photos to be taken. The phone employs  text input software and a word prediction function for fast text entry.The N251i will be available at all DoCoMo sales channels. The price for the mobile phone is open (not fixed), while a standard accessory kit, which includes a battery pack, an AC adapter and a desktop holder, costs 6,200 yen. For handset specifications, please refer to the attachment. |
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| Main Specifications of N251i |
| Features | mova N251i |
| Height x width x thickness (folded) | 92 x 48 x 20 mm |
| Weight | Approx. 98 g |
| Continuous stand-by time | Approx. 500 hours |
| Continuous talk time | Approx. 140 minutes |
| Data-transmission speed | 9.6 kbps |
| Body colors | Joy Silver Pink Tutu Shanty White |
| About NTT DoCoMo NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company with more than 44 million customers. The company provides a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services. These include  , the world's most popular mobile internet service, which provides e-mail and internet access to over 35 million subscribers, and  , launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe and North and South America, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North and South America. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.comi-shot is a trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan. mova is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan. T9 is a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. |
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