Mobile Phone Reviews
 
 
New phones feature touch panel, smell

Fri, 19 Jan 2007

There are a great many mobile phone models that are launched elsewhere in the world that the UK and US markets never get to see.

Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo has unveiled new handsets with a Nintendo DS-like touch-screen and another model that produces a relaxing scent.

DoCoMo's "D800iDS" made by Mitsubishi is a clamshell handset that incorporates two touchscreens, rather than a screen in one half and a keypad in the other.

The DoCoMo "D800iDS" opens like a book with a normal screen on one half and a touchscreen on the other, allowing users type phone numbers on an on-screen keypad, and write and draw with either their finger or a stylus. It will be able to send hand-written text messages as well as drawings made on the touchscreens.

Among other models unveiled this week, Sony Ericsson also have produced a new "aroma" handset for DoCoMo, the "SO703i," which comes with scented sheets designed to relax the users while making calls. The phone offers nine scent choices, each one having a different panel design .

DoCoMo said its new handset is due to go on sale in Japan in February.

No pricing details have been announced.
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