Talk about a gorgeous screen! This, friends and pixies, is Mitsubishi’s d905i, set to form part of NTT DoCoMo’s winter line-up of its high-end 905 range. And the crowning glory really does have to be its 3.1-inch 480×864 WVGA+ 262k colour display, on which you can enjoy such pleasantries as the full MSN Messenger experience, HTML email and more.
Sometimes you read a story and it rings all too true for you. This evening I managed to ruin some chicken (stupid crappy broiler) so decided to grab some McDonalds drive-thru, only I got there and didn’t have cash on me and so had to find a cashpoint. Nearest one charged me an almost 20% processing fee for the pleasure of withdrawing my own money, then if you’ve ever experienced the UK version of “fast food” you’ll know they manage to excise the “fast” part and just leave you with “tepid crap”.
Oh to be in Japan! NTT DoCoMo and McDonalds have announced a partnership where cellphone subscribers will be able to swipe their handsets as e-payment for food.
The service will start in October 2007.
McDonalds and DoCoMo launches mobile payment in Japan [SlashPhone]
Blimey, here’s a happy looking girl! Could it be that she’s heard the news that online shopping giant Rakuten Inc. (who appear to be sponsoring her snazzy, if seasonally-unsuitable, uniform) has partnered up with carrier NTT DoCoMo to offer online cellphone and PC auctions in Japan? From Monday, DoCoMo subscribers will be able to bid for computers from the comfort of their own cellphones, while come November 20th there’ll be cellphones themselves auctioned off.
Trust the filthy minds of cellphone developers to turn innocent text messaging into depraved sex messaging. NTT DoCoMo in Japan will soon be selling a handset that, once instructed with the menstrual details of its owner (presumably female), will sound an alert three days before ovulation and then again on the day itself.
Other functions include a “recipe database” and “camouflage melody” button, the latter of which causes the phone to fake-call you should you be attempting to avoid the advances of a family-hungry man who has seen your fertile-light flashing.
Now either this new DoCoMo Sony cellphone is a whole lot bigger than the typical Japanese handsets we’re used to envying, or despite its Bravia branding it’s a whole lot smaller than the company’s range of glorious TVs. I’m thinking the latter, although the huge QVGA screen does use the same Reality MAX technology that’s stuffed into Sony HD offerings.
SlashGear Japan
