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To: foundation who wrote (26058)	8/26/2002 9:35:50 AM
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KDDI to Launch GPS Mobile Phone with Alternative 'Hello Kitty' Dress-Up Panels August 26, 2002 (Tokyo) -- KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co. are to introduce a GPS mobile phone featuring a popular character of Sanrio Co., Ltd., "Hello Kitty," to the market in mid-September. The mobile phone will be bundled with three versions of alternative "dress-up" panels with designs of Hello Kitty. It is a newly designed model developed from "A3014S," a Sony-made mobile phone supporting a global positioning system (GPS) "eznavigation." In addition to the alternative panels, the mobile phone also features Hello Kitty for the standby screen and the start button. Its price is set open, but expected to be around 12,800 yen at shops. (119.88 yen = US$1) The alternative panels are three types: "Normal" colored in pearl pink with an embossed Hello Kitty, "Rose" with a Hello Kitty and roses, and "Zebra" featuring a Hello Kitty and roses on the mirror ground. The top of the antenna, the hinge, the body under the main liquid-crystal display (LCD) and the start button carry the face of Hello Kitty, and the sub LCD in the back of the phone body features the face and the logo of Hello Kitty. On the LCD screen, Hello Kitty appears in the standby screen and the screen saver. Animations of Hello Kitty also appear when making/receiving calls and sending/receiving messages, as well as when operating on or off the phone. On the stand-by screen, Hello Kitty shows the level of radio waves (strong, moderate, weak and no service) by its facial expression. The phone also employs the "voice of Hello Kitty" for alarms. It voices "Hello" when a folded phone is opened. When it checks a new e-mail, it says "Any mail coming?" The specifications of the new phone are as follows. It is capable of high-speed data communications at 144kbps. It enables a constant call for about 160 minutes. It has about 2MB capacity for its data folder and some 58KB e-mail, sender-box capacity, which stores 250 messages. It also has about a 125KB e-mail, receiver-box capacity, which stores 500 messages. The phone body measures about 48mm wide by 29mm thick by 95mm high, and weighs about 110g. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com