MUMBAI: Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo has announced its 2011 summer lineup of 24 new mobile devices for launch on or after 20 May.
 
This includes nine smartphones, the largest and most diverse collection of smartphones ever released by it, plus a variety of
feature phones compatible with its i-mode mobile Internet platform, as well as mobile Wi-Fi routers for DoCoMo’s Xi LTE extra-high-speed service.

The company says that the smartphone lineup offers user-friendly features for tethering, mobile-wallet (Osaifu-Keitai) and infrared-based data exchange, plus downlink speeds up to a theoretical maximum of 14 Mbps starting from early June. The lineup also boasts the world’s first wirelessly chargeable smartphone. All Android smartphones, including the globally popular Xperia and GALAXY models, are preinstalled with Android 2.3.
 
The company says that its new lineup meets a broad range of needs for mobile users in Japan:
Numerous i-mode services and technologies available for smartphones, including Area Mail disaster information service, i-channel push-based information service and Melody Call ringback tones.

Smartphones offering enhanced convenience and operability due to the new “docomo Palette UI” feature for easy sorting, searching and management of apps.

11 high-spec, i-mode-compatible feature phones equipped variously with 3D screens for dynamic viewing, HD-quality cameras.
The i-motion video-clip distribution service for FOMA 3G feature phones now offers 50 MB capacity for both long and high-definition video. Batch downloads of various content are possible with DoCoMo’s new “content package” service.
Two mobile Wi-Fi routers compatible with DOCOMO’s Xi-brand LTE service, offering fiber-optic-level mobile connectivity for wireless devices. LTE service will include Japan’s six largest urban metropolises by July and other large cities including prefectural capitals by March 2012 .