TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo released a new Java-enabled handset, which is manufactured by NEC. The handset will be put into the market on 3 March. The NEC handset will be the third handset for NTT DoCoMo’s Java-based services called iAppli.
NTT DoCoMo launched Java-based services on 26 January. So far, two types of handsets are available-one manufactured by Fujitsu and the other manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial. The NEC phone will be the third. So far, 242,000 Matsushita handsets and 140,000 Fujitsu handsets have been sold.
