NTT DoCoMo unveiled eight new FOMA “9 Series” handsets, all of which are preinstalled with “i-appli” software for DoCoMo’s “DCMX” credit card. 
The series includes Japan’s first HSDPA-compatible handset, the N902iX HIGH-SPEED, supporting downlinks at up to 3.6 Mbps, or 10 times faster than current FOMA handsets. All models in the 9 Series also have music players. Some other key features include:
- “Data Security Service” — which enables phonebooks to be stored on the DoCoMo network.
- “Omakase Lock” — which enables users who lost their phone to telephone a 24-hour call center to have the phone’s smart card and personal data locked immediately.
- Biometric Authentication — which requires confirmation of the owner’s fingerprint, facial or voice features prior to accessing most features of the phone.
- “ANSHIN” manager application — which enables corporate administrators to lock phones and delete/backup phonebooks remotely via computer.
- “Chaku-moji” — the caller’s phone can transmit a 10-character message that displays on the receiver’s screen as the phone rings (5 yen per message excluding tax).
- The ability to transfer phone content to external memory
- Chaku-Uta, i-motion, i-appli application data can be stored on a removable miniSD disk, as well as internal memory.
- 3G roaming and compatibility with DoCoMo’s WORLD WING service for international roaming via W-CDMA networks in 33 countries/regions.
- Deco-mail Signature — which enables graphics to be automatically inserted in e-mail signatures and subject lines.
- Compatibility with 1.7GHz bandwidth
- Compatibility with communication congestion control — DoCoMo will control voice and packet communications separately to ensure that congestion on the packet network will not affect the voice network, and vice-versa (available this summer).
- Remote control of A/V equipment — the “9 Series” handsets can be used outside the home to program audio/video equipment, such as DVD recorders, for recording TV programs.
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