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Japan’s largest mobile-phone company NTT DoCoMo Inc. had released its first ever Android powered mobile phone HT-03A model in May an year ago. Marching ahead the company is now ready to release a new smartphone model, Xperia, as it aims to make a difference in the Smartphone market.
Xperia, created by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB will run Google Inc.’s Android operating system and is scheduled to reach the Japanese market by April. The basic features include a four-inch screen with a touch-panel display, 7.2Mbps down/2.0Mbps up, Wi-Fi connectivity, an 8.1-megapixel camera and will roll out in “Sensuous Black” and “Luster White” colors The model is said to be priced between 35,000 yen to 40,000 yen with some discount offers for a 2 year usage period by the customer.
The move is said to be Docomo’s attempt to attack its rival, SoftBank Mobile Corp., the company which sells Apple Inc.’s iPhone in Japan and is currently a major leader in the smartphone business in the country. DoCoMo already offers RIM Ltd.’s BlackBerry and mobile devices using Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile software.
At an event that was held to promote the new model, company President Ryuji Yamada said, “ This is a model that we can call the nouvelle entertainment machine. With this handset, you can handle such data as music, pictures and movies as you like…I’m confident that Xperia is superior to iPhone in terms of both hardware and software.”Image source: ubergizmo
