Another week, another round of new handsets. Inside, we take a look at the:-Easy Phone Simple-Music Porter II-Prosolid II-MUSIC PORTER XAll for NTT DoCoMo. This announcement happens to come exactly one year after the announcement of the original Prosolid and Music Porter [1]. Coincidence? I think not!
-Easy Phone Simple
The "Rakurakuhon Simple" was developed by Mitsubishi, and is for talk only. It has a 1.3" STN monochrome display, and large buttons with 7.2mm size. It also has basic SMS functionality.  
Inspired by: http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/25893.html [2]
Product Information: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/easy_phone/simple/index.html [3]
-Music Porter II
The Music Porter II is a FOMA handset that can play audio for as long as 20 hours, and it supports the playback of ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, MP3, and AAC. A 128MB Memory Stick Duo is included. It also supports tracks downloaded from "Mora." Other features seem to be standard FOMA fare, such as a 320 x 240 fot LCD, 1.3MP camera, and so on.  
Inspired by: http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/25894.html [4]
Product Information: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/concept_model/musicporter2/index.html [5]
-Prosolid II
Panasonic Mobile Communications' Prosolid II is a FOMA handset with a thickness of 16.7mm, and it has no camera. At such a thickness, it is the thinnest of all FOMA handsets, and offers a 2.2", 320 x 240 dot LCD. It's primary feature? "The fact that it has no primary feature is its primary feature." OK, Panasonic, we'll take your word for it.  
Inspired by: http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/25892.html [6]
-MUSIC PORTER X
NTT DoCoMo apparently developed this one on their own -- it's a handset that supports "Moba Ho!" mobile satellite audio broadcasts. It features a rather large 1GB of internal memory, and can record these satellite broadcasts, and also supports the playback of ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, MP3, and AAC files. A nice 3.2MP CMOS camera is also included, and the display is an oddly shaped 2.8 screen at a resolution of 240 x 400. Probably the most interesting of the bunch...  
Inspired by: http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/25891.html [7]
Product Information: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/concept_model/musicporter_x/ [8]
Press Release: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/news_release/page/20051003.html [9]
Music Porter, Prosolid
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