NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its 2011 summer lineup of 24 new mobile devices for launch on or after May 20, including nine smartphones, the largest and most diverse collection of smartphones ever released by DOCOMO, plus a wide variety of feature phones compatible with DOCOMO’s i-mode mobile Internet platform, as well as mobile Wi-Fi® routers for DOCOMO’s Xi (read “Crossy”) LTE extra-high-speed service.
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.
