KDDI's five new babies
posted Oct 13th 2004 8:20AM
It's an unspoken law in the Japanese cellphone industry that handsets never get launched alone, and KDDI abides by it
by dropping five newies on us all at once today. As ever with KDDI, the specs of the first four lack the military unity
of DoCoMo, and it's pointless trying to nail down common features; there are megapixel cameras that shoot up to
QVGA-sized movies, stereo speakers, big screens, the cellphone version of Opera, GPS, Bluetooth, USB webcam
functionality, FM radios, and a host of other things spread liberally across the range. The fifth handset announced
today is perhaps the pick of the bunch, though: a Marc Newson-designed handset called the
talby (pictured above) that has a
3.3-megapixel camera and comes in at 0.5-inches thick and 2.8 ounces.
Looks rather Apple'y. Cool but, familiar or another technology ;-) Id never buy one, but I can see something like that taking off in the US. Remember Wildseed?
The talby has a 0.33 megapixel camera - not a 3.3 megapixel one.
I noticed this phone in the magazine wallpaper many months ago. I would love to get one [green seems the most appealing]. Does anyone know where they can be bought?
I also saw it in that wallpaper issue. Liked it much, but no backside or profile shot in the article, and I find it disappointing to see the black plastic extrusion on the back. Makes it seem vulnerable. And what’s with all those small looking, but still big gadgets.
can anyone help to advice where can i get the phone and hw much? Any online payment? dying to get the phone. Sigh
Where can I buy that phone? I love it! Stefano
You can buy this phone at any kddi-store in Japan (preferrably TOKIO) for about 600 USD.