Tuesday, July 30, 2002
NTT DoCoMo Announces New Pocket PC
Posted by Brad Adrian in "HARDWARE" @ 10:33 AM
http://investor.nttdocomo.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=86484&page=article&type=Press
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile communication provider, has announced that it will be marketing a new Pocket PC on September 6. It sports an aluminum case and a "unique" name, the musea™.
The name is meant to make us think of art museums, in order to emphasize the graphics capabilities of the device's screen (the reflective, 64k color, 240X320 kind). While the hardware seems to be in line with other available Pocket PCs, it's the fact that the musea™ is geared to take advantage of the high-speed and multimedia capabilities of the NTT DoCoMo network that is new:
"The musea™ will be the first PDA compatible with DoCoMo's M-stage , a video content distribution service for downloading or streaming content such as movies, news and sports...The musea™ will also be compatible with DoCoMo's PDA portal service --giving access to a wide range of online content and services-and supports four types of DoCoMo wireless connection: -based packet transmission, PDC packet transmission, PDC circuit-switched transmission, or PHS. Among the various -based applications available for the Pocket PC 2002 OS, is 'Auto Web Recorder', to record and store web-pages for offline browsing."
I've never used the DoCoMo service, but partnering its capabilities with those of a Pocket PC HAS to be a good thing!
No price has been announced.
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile communication provider, has announced that it will be marketing a new Pocket PC on September 6. It sports an aluminum case and a "unique" name, the musea™.
The name is meant to make us think of art museums, in order to emphasize the graphics capabilities of the device's screen (the reflective, 64k color, 240X320 kind). While the hardware seems to be in line with other available Pocket PCs, it's the fact that the musea™ is geared to take advantage of the high-speed and multimedia capabilities of the NTT DoCoMo network that is new:
"The musea™ will be the first PDA compatible with DoCoMo's M-stage , a video content distribution service for downloading or streaming content such as movies, news and sports...The musea™ will also be compatible with DoCoMo's PDA portal service --giving access to a wide range of online content and services-and supports four types of DoCoMo wireless connection: -based packet transmission, PDC packet transmission, PDC circuit-switched transmission, or PHS. Among the various -based applications available for the Pocket PC 2002 OS, is 'Auto Web Recorder', to record and store web-pages for offline browsing."
I've never used the DoCoMo service, but partnering its capabilities with those of a Pocket PC HAS to be a good thing!
No price has been announced.
