Friday, 14 July 2006

NTT DoCoMo to Start Sales of HTC Handset with Windows Mobile

NTT DoCoMo Inc. and High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has announced that they have developed a handset, "hTc Z," equipped with the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Japanese-edition operating system. DoCoMo will start sales in late July.

The hTc Z will enable a variety of useful mobile business solutions using Windows Server and Exchange Server, in addition to Bluetooth and many add-in applications.

DoCoMo plans to sell the handsets to corporate customers as part of its comprehensive business solutions.

Features of hTc Z handset are:

• Standard QWERTY keyboards
• Supports POP3 and IMAP4 mail. Enables editing of MS Word, Excel attachments and viewing of PowerPoint and PDF files
• Dual-mode W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS capability
• ActiveSync wirelessly synchronises personal information management (PIM) data between the handset and PC
• Secure access to intranet via the 3G FOMA network
• Compatibility with wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g)