Vodafone Japan's new TV handset
Vodafone Japan's latest handset, out in late April, is its second phone with a built-in TV tuner. The Toshiba-made V401T one-ups the previous model, NEC's V601N, by including an FM tuner as well as the TV, plus a 2.2-inch QVGA screen that should take some of the pain out of viewing at such reduced dimensions. It's possible to record stills and movies from TV broadcasts, though the lack of an external memory card limits you to 12 minutes at five frames per second using the 24MB of internal memory.
Using the TV or radio cuts battery life dramatically, though: you get about 60 minutes' viewing before everything cuts out. It is possible to prevent overuse, however, by using the "limit mode" function, which also allows nanny-like settings such as limits on TV viewing times or the amount of calls that can be made.
[Vodafone English press release (warning: PDF)]
[Via K-Tai Watch (Japanese)]
Posted by aragoto at April 07, 2004 08:01 PM | TrackBack