KDDI's Infobar 2 announced for Japan

KDDI is back to show LG, Apple, and Samsung that a keypad totin' candybar can still bring the sex-ay. Meet the Infobar 2 for KDDI's CDMA-based au network, first peeped as a concept back in November as a possible follow-up to the wildly popular (in Japan anyway) first generation Infobar launched in 2003. Measuring 47 × 138 × 15.5-mm / 104-grams, it packs a 2.6-inch 240 x 400 pixel OLED display, stereo speakers, microSD expansion, EZ FeliCA support, 2-megapixel camera, and built-in 1Seg mobile TV tuner. It'll squeeze in about 290 minutes of talk time or 350 hours of standy when these hit Japan in November. Call us spoiled, but we still can't help but to think that it would look better without those dedicated keys.

Gallery: KDDI's Infobar 2

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[Via Impress]

[yelohbird @ Sep 26th 2007 4:46AM]

Forgive me for being old-fashioned, but the narrow proportions strike me more as a remote control than a phone. If this was placed on my coffee table with my remote, I might pick up the wrong one when my number rings.

[Deluxe @ Sep 26th 2007 5:16AM]

Call me spoiled, I like tactile feedback.

[Yojimbo @ Sep 26th 2007 10:18AM]

I had one of the original infobars back in the day... This is a nice evolution. I wonder if it will be as popular as the first one (which, to my disbelief, was pretty damn popular). Oh Japan!

[deniz @ Sep 26th 2007 10:38AM]

i thinks its brilliant. this single photo doesnt it.

the shape, color variations, its just great.

[Steve Jobs @ Sep 26th 2007 11:30AM]

Coool phone since its CDMA based, does anyone think it'll work with verizon if you could manage to get one shipped over here? All the current VzW phones are poop-fucking-tastic and I'm up for renewal in dec.

[XenoX101 @ Nov 15th 2007 7:44AM]

They seem to have taken the term "candybar" literally.