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Mobile Phones: Blackberry's Japanese debut on September 26th
Posted on Sep 19, 2006 - 11:51 AM by zmcnulty
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Posted on Sep 19, 2006 - 11:51 AM by zmcnulty
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NTT DoCoMo has announced they'll be releasing the "BlackBerry 8707h" to corporate customers on September 26th. The 8707h is a "Global Model" of the BlackBerry 8707, offering support for W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS, so it can be used outside of Japan as well. It seems to be some sort of adaptation of the 8707v available for Vodafone (whoops) in the UK. Specifications include a 320 x 240 color screen, Bluetooth, 64MB of memory.
Specs-wise, the 8707h does not support Japanese. However, the device does support Namimail, a Japanese reading/input solution offered by NTT DoCoMo USA. Namimail can be used on most modern Blackberry devices, even those on carriers in the USA, so this might be one of the first and only times in history that a handset in the states actually has the same capabilities of a handset in Japan.

Inspired by:
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/31076.html
Press Release:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/news_release/page/20060919b.html
Specs-wise, the 8707h does not support Japanese. However, the device does support Namimail, a Japanese reading/input solution offered by NTT DoCoMo USA. Namimail can be used on most modern Blackberry devices, even those on carriers in the USA, so this might be one of the first and only times in history that a handset in the states actually has the same capabilities of a handset in Japan.

Inspired by:
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/31076.html
Press Release:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/news_release/page/20060919b.html
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