TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said sales of its i-shot handsets have topped 3 million after six months of availability. I-shot is NTT DoCoMo’s picture messaging service, which it launched to compete with rival J-Phone’s highly popular Sha-mail picture service.
The service allows subscribers to transmit still images using mobile phones with built-in digital cameras. The operator has seven handset models available for the service on the market.
J-Phone said last week it has 1 million Sha-mail users, however, also last week Japan’s Fair Trade Commission raided the company headquarters on suspicions that it fixed prices of its Sha-mail handsets.
