WWJ: First Korean 3G Phone, New 3G Services for Vodafone KK.Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - At a Tokyo press conference today, Vodafone Japan announced four new 3G terminals including a model provided by Korean maker Samsung. This is the first Samsung model to become available in Japan. The Vodafone V804SS (image at right) is said to be the world's thinnest 3G handset and features a 2.3-in QVGA (Quarter VGA) A screen resolution of 320x240 pixels, which is used on handheld devices. Although 320x240 seems half the 640x480 VGA resolution, the "quarter" comes from the total number of pixels, which is one fourth the number (320 times 240=76800; 640 times 480=307200). main LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. display, 2 cameras, stereo twin speakers, music features and the "Deru Moji" 3D Pictogram (text) pictogram - (Or "pictograph") A symbol which is a picture that represents an object or concept, e.g. a picture of an envelope used to represent an e-mail message. Pictograms are common in everyday life, e.g. Display. The other handsets include models from Sharp (V804SH), NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (V804N) and Toshiba (V904T). The devices should be available in the market by mid-March. With these latest models, Vodafone Japan also introduced three new 3G services: "Deru Moji 3D Pictogram Display," which enables pop-up 3D animations in received messages and is compatible with the 804SS, 904T and 804N; the "Vodafone live! CAST" service, which delivers "mobile magazines" to handsets overnight and appears to be similar to KDDI's modestly successful EZ Channel content delivery service (compatible with the 904T and 804N); and, the "Vodafone Address Book," a service that lets customers back up their handset address book to a network server so information remains safe even when a handset is lost or broken (compatible with the 904T). From the Editors at WWJ WWJ Walk with Jesus . Read more at <a href="http://www.wirelesswatch.jp" target="_blank" >http://www.wirelesswatch.jp</a>. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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