Special features include “Slow Voice”, which improves comprehensibility through embedded software that slows the other person’s voice speed, and “Clear Voice” noise-detection, which automatically adjusts voice and ringtone volume according to surrounding noise level. Enhanced “Read Aloud” audibly announces the name of the caller or e-mail sender and provides audio readouts of i-mode™ pages, while “Simple Mail Generation” offers preset messages for quick replies to e-mails.

The Raku-Raku PHONE Basic is compatible with i-channel™, DoCoMo’s push-based service for automatically delivering news and other information as telop text on standby screens, and the text can be displayed in extra-large letters for easy reading. The “Raku-Raku iMenu” within the iMenu™ site, created specifically for the Raku-Raku PHONE family, is an easy-to-view menu that aids navigation. In addition, the handset functions as a pedometer, can measure the distance the user has walked and also calculates calorie consumption.

DoCoMo plans to market the new handset from April.

via NTT DoCoMo

Specifications

• Height x Width x Thickness: 102×51 x 19.9 mm
• Weight: Less than 103 grams
• Continuous Stand-by Time: Pedometer on: Approx. 400 hours (static) or approx. 280 hours (dynamic) Pedometer off: Approx. 560 hours (static) or approx. 400 hours (dynamic)
• Continuous Talk Time: Approx. 200 minutes
• Main Display: 2.4 inches (240 x 320 dots); semi-transparent TFT LCD; 262.144 colors
• Sub Display: 1.2 inches (64 x 64 dots); STN LCD; one color
• Colors: White, Black, Gold, Pink
• Cameras: N/A