ASIA : Panasonic Mobile announced that the company has started shipments of FOMA® P901i phones to NTT Docomo. The P901i is approximately 16% lighter in weight than the P900i or as light as 104 g1 when used without any decorative jackets making it the most lightweight handset in the FOMA handset family.

First adopted by its predecessor, the P900i, the new FOMA P901i offers optional interchangeable decorative jackets, known as Custom Jackets®. The new model allows users to customize their cell phone by applying one of the optional eleven Custom Jackets® that are sold separately. The P901i can also be used without any decorative jackets, known as "Non-Jacket Style." The P901i comes equipped with a "Jacket Coordinator" as an iAppli® allowing users to download and set-up menu icons and standby displays to suit different Custom Jackets®.

The FOMA P901i is equipped with an external 2.02 mega pixel ?MAICOVICON camera, producing sharper pictures at a lower power consumption. The inner CMOS camera contains 100,000 pixels. Still images can be shown in various Panasonic AV devices through the miniSDTM card slot.

The FOMA P901i allows continuous talk for 140 minutes and on videophone mode for 90 minutes. When folded, it has a dimension of approx. 104 (height) × 49 (width) × 22 (thickness) mm.

1 As of February 1, 2005. When weighed in "Non-Jacket Style" mode

Main Specifications:
1. Size (H × W × B): Approx. 102 × 49 × 22mm (24mm in jacket-style mode)
2. Weight: Approx. 104g (109g in jacket-style mode)
3. Continuous Talk Time: Approx. 140 minutes (In Voice Mode)
Approx. 90 minutes (In Videophone Mode)
4. Continuous Standby Time: Approx. 460 hours (In Rest Mode)
Approx. 350 hours (In Travel Mode)
5. Main Display:
Approx. 2.2 inches (240 × 320 dots)
65,536 colors TFT Color LCD
6. Sub-Display: Approx. 1.0 inch (96 × 64 dots)
4,096 colors STN LCD
7. Camera: External Camera:
?Maicovicon Camera - 2.02 megapixel (effective sensor resolution)

Inner Camera:
CMOS Camera - 100,000 pixels (effective sensor resolution)

"FOMA", "iAppli", "i-Mode" and "Custom Jacket" are registered trademarks of NTT Docomo.
miniSD is a trademark of SD Association.
"Non-Jacket Style", "Jacket Coordinator", "P-Jacket Creator" and "P Square" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
All other names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.