Yeah, it's ugly and out-dated but dig a little deeper and it's very easy to see why this phone is heading to NTT DoCoMo.
Firstly, it's a WCDMA/GSM device. That will be a big plus to Japanese business who want to use their phone abroad.
Secondly, it's a true smartphone. NTT DoCoMo releases a lot of phones based on Symbian and Linux - but you're limited to Java apps if you want to install anything on them. The only smartphone they've released so far is the M1000 and this will be their first S60 device. I'm sure Japanese users will appreciate being able to install web-browsers, GPS navigation, console emulators, etc. on their phone for almost the first time.
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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Yeah, it's ugly and out-dated but dig a little deeper and it's very easy to see why this phone is heading to NTT DoCoMo.
Firstly, it's a WCDMA/GSM device. That will be a big plus to Japanese business who want to use their phone abroad.
Secondly, it's a true smartphone. NTT DoCoMo releases a lot of phones based on Symbian and Linux - but you're limited to Java apps if you want to install anything on them. The only smartphone they've released so far is the M1000 and this will be their first S60 device. I'm sure Japanese users will appreciate being able to install web-browsers, GPS navigation, console emulators, etc. on their phone for almost the first time.