NTT DoCoMo introduced the first Japanese mobile phone with Android OS

May 19, 2009 company NTT DoCoMo introduced the HT-03A, - this is the first mobile phone in Japan on a platform of Android. Android Operating System was developed by an American corporation Google. Develop phone HT-03A was held corporation Taiwan High Tech Computer Corp (HTC). While the development was carried out in Taiwan, the Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo in the person of its president Ruidzhi Yamada (Ryuji Yamada) hopes that in Japan, over time will also be designed phones on the platform of Android. With regard to input devices, it is worth saying that this phone has touch screen and pointing device such as "trackball" like the phone T-Mobile G1, which offers its subscribers a company T-Mobile USA. HT-03A has a built geomagnetic sensor, which allows the phone to identify the orientation in space. These data can be used by some applications. Using this sensor, for example, the Google Maps Street View can align the image on the display showing the physical location of the device in space.

Company NTT DoCoMo has not been made any changes to the platform for Android, the system adheres strictly to the standard operating features of the OS. To enter alphanumeric information on the Japanese used the software iWinn IME. Additionally, you may use the standard Latin layout QWERTY to input characters.

Telephone HT-03A has a size of 113 x 56 x 14 mm and a weight of 123 grams. Its display has a diagonal of 3.2-inch, and the camera is 3.2 MP. The phone supports data transmission at speeds of 7.2 Mb / s, it has a wireless network IEEE802.11b / g, GPS and Bluetooth.