“NTT DoCoMo Inc. said today it plans to sell two new third-generation videophone handsets and a new 3G card-type terminal for personal computers soon. The move is aimed at luring more subscribers to its 3G mobile communications service. The two new 3G videophones offer high-quality sound on DoCoMo’s ‘i-motion’ video clip distribution service and enable client authentication for enhanced network security,” reports Ron Harui for Dow Jones Newswires.
Harui reports, “DoCoMo expects to release the two new 3G videophones – the ‘F2102V’ model made by Fujitsu Ltd. and the ‘N2102V’ model made by NEC Corp. – this summer, said Atsushi Shimazaki, DoCoMo’s Director of Sales Promotion. ‘Regarding the videophone handsets, they are likely to retail at prices not so different from current handsets,’ Shimazaki said at a press conference. DoCoMo’s current 3G handsets retail for around Y30,000.”
“DoCoMo added it has upgraded its “i-motion” video clip distribution service to provide higher audio quality and to make it compatible with Apple Computer Inc.’s QuickTime 6.3 software, which enables users to share high- quality video, audio and text via 3G wireless technology. That means content providers can make ‘i-motion’ video content using QuickTime production tools and users can play both video and audio ‘i-motion’ mail on their PCs,” Harui reports.
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In about 15 other countries, quicktime 6.3 compatible phones are already available. “Three” is a provider of these phones and service in 9 countries. I am in Australia and have an NEC e606 phone and yes it does work with QT. In fact QuickTime 6.3 give most of the underpinnings that are required to make direct videocalls from the computer to the phone, which Three has just introduced support for in some of their markets.
http://www.three.com/
retroneo are there any practical uses for that?
In the near future when there is only one TV-station (yours) you will watch the news, sports, talk shows, soaps etc. on your high resolution mobile phone screen where and whenever you want. If you want longer viewing distance just attach the “big screen” adapter or plug the phone in a A/V cradle.
CNN, BBC News on your phone, yes. I bet somebody will even watch movies on them.