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To: Eric L who wrote (16585)	11/15/2001 9:14:29 AM
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re: DoCoMo FOMA ``i-motion,'' with upgraded NEC N2002 The N2002's 2.2-inch screen features 65,536 colors, compared with its predecessor's 4,096, but the two phones are otherwise nearly identical. >> NTT DoCoMo to Launch Video Service for 3G Phones Reuters Reed Stevenson November 14, 2001 NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's top mobile telecommunications operator, said on Wednesday it would begin delivery of short video clips over a high-speed third-generation mobile phone to go on sale from next week. The new service, called ``i-motion,'' will deliver short news reports, mini music videos and sports highlights from more than three dozen content providers and be viewable on a new 3G mobile handset, the FOMA N2002, built by NEC Corp. The video service, which will play clips of up to about 15 seconds and includes audio, was originally slated to begin with the launch of fully commercial 3G services on October 1. It was put back because of technical problems concerning the lag time before video clips began playing during downloads. The video service can be carried on DoCoMo's 3G system FOMA (freedom of mobile multimedia access), because of the latter's high transmission speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second. Takeshi Natsuno, managing director of the department overseeing content for DoCoMo phones, said i-motion was the latest stage in the evolution of the firm's i-mode mobile Internet access service, which is available for current and 3G handsets. ``This is an extension of the i-mode service,'' Natsuno told reporters. ``The point is not to deliver video, but to find the best way to deliver content.'' I-mode boasts nearly 29 million users browsing the Web on credit-card-sized screens. Upgraded Handset The new handset, to go on sale from Monday, is an upgrade to NEC's existing 3G mobile phone and is expected to sell for the same price of around 40,000 yen ($330). The N2002's 2.2-inch screen features 65,536 colors, compared with its predecessor's 4,096, but the two phones are otherwise nearly identical. The i-motion service will not be available on the videoconferencing 3G phone that went on sale last month, a DoCoMo official said, but is expected to be a standard feature on all future i-mode-equipped 3G phones. Natsuno said the cost of downloading a 100-kilobyte video clip onto the 3G phone is expected to range from 16 yen to 169 yen, depending on the subscription plan. To minimize download costs, he said DoCoMo categorized video files into three types to make it easier to design clips. ``The first type is for full-motion videos, such as sports highlights, movie trailers and news reports. The second is for slide shows of still pictures that may or may not be accompanied by sound and the third is for audio only, up to about 100 seconds,'' Natsuno said. Content providers such as Sony Music Entertainment and Fuji Television Network Inc are lined up to provide video clips. Some services will be free while others will charge a monthly fee between 100 and 300 yen plus transmission fees. A DoCoMo official said he believed a ``significant part'' of the 150,000 3G users that the company expected to sign up by March 2002 would have i-motion, as well as the six million 3G users projected over the next two business years. << - Eric -