New handsets

A few weeks ago AU has released the latest handset in its AU Design Project with the NEON, and customers are putting down their names on waiting lists at the stores to get one).

NTT DoCoMo's answer seems to be the F702i, a handset shaped to be organic, elegant and glamorous.

Vodafone has set its hopes on the new 904SH by Sharp. The handset, which is set for release in April, contains a free chat- and multiplayer game function via Bluetooth and other killer applications such as face recognition technology and a feature that identifies planet constellations when the phone is pointed at the night sky. Looking at this feature list, it seems almost as if Vodafone has given up in trying to be a major player in Japan and has switched to marketing to niche consumers instead.