au by KDDI/Okinawa Cellular have announced the world's first cell phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera, to be available in June. As usual, it's a Japan-only model.

In the event that I ever become exceedingly rich, I will get a phone from a Japanese provider and just pay international roaming charges all the time JUST so I can use o­ne here in the USA.
The "A1305SA" features a Japanese-English dictionary, though is actually pretty slim o­n other features. I suppose they need a lot of circuitry to make the thing work internationally, so they had to cut a bunch of "excess" features so typical of Japanese cell phones.

This is good...KDDI has extended their international roaming service to include 260 American cities and 14 Canadian cities. Apparently, they're using the Verizon Wireless network in America, and the Telus network in Canada.
Is this the first step to being able to use Japanese cellular phones outside of Japan? Time will tell...

K-Tai Watch had a handy chart comparing the costs of new FOMA "All You Can PACKET!" unlimited data plan with au's "EZ Flat" unlimited data plan.
And I ripped it off.

Au announced their new phone today, clearly intended as competition for NTT's 900i series.

The INFOBAR is cellular phone that looks like a bar. If you imagine o­ne of those "Concept Car" type experiments turned into an actual product, this is what you'd get. But the phone version.
I suppose it's easiest to just look at the picture and reach your own conclusion.

Clearly, these are meant to be competition to the recently announced/released FOMA 900i series from NTT DoCoMo.
The new models include the W21H from Hitachi, the A5405A from Sanyo, and the A1402S from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.
More details and pictures inside.

AU has released a personal navigation system for their cell phones called EZ Navi-Walk. EZ Navi-Walk functions just like a car navigation system, with voiced directions and everything. This article describes its functions and goes through some pro's and cons.Original Article is here.