BAUM Straight-Type Mobile Phone Unveiled
Colorful design, equipped with electronic payment system “Osaifu Keitai®”
| | | | (This product is only available to the Japanese market.)
January 22, 2009
Kyocera Corporation (President: Makoto Kawamura) today announced the launch of the fully loaded BAUM straight-type mobile handset equipped with the electronic payment system, “Osaifu Keitai®,” for the Willcom PHS market. The BAUM design, which is modeled on the German-style Baumkuchen ringed layer cake motif, targets female customers using the Willcom Fixed-Rate Plan. Envisioning the layers of a Baumkuchen cake, the BAUM builds on the concept of a ring of communication; bringing people together and creating a sense of connectedness. The two-toned design on the side panel, circular navigation key, and the standby screen are all designed to resemble the ringed Baumkuchen cake. The handset comes in four color variations; white, pink, purple and black. The BAUM model is fully equipped with the Osaifu Keitai® electronic payment system, 2 megapixel camera, and other basic features. With the Willcom Gadget and Favorites Menu features, the user can create their own original menu screen, allowing for a personalized and comfortable interface. The BAUM is scheduled to go on sale in late March through Willcom sales channels.
The BAUM Handset: (Left to right) White (W), Pink (P), Purple (V), Black (K)
Model Number | BAUM WX341K | Colors | White (W), pink (P), purple (V), black (K) | Sales Date | Late-March 2009 | Price | Open price | Sales Company | Willcom Inc. |
Two-Tone Side Panel
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Navigation &
Touch Keys | | Main Features
Fun Design
The design of the BAUM handset is modeled after the Baumkuchen ringed-layer cake motif, with a two toned layer effect on the side panel, and double ringed navigation key. Also, the front side of the handset is glossy, while the back side is matte, adding to the design effect. The unique design includes embossed touch keys, making the phone more enjoyable to use and hold. Enhanced Capabilities
1. Comfortable Use
1) Osaifu Keitai® electronic payment system
The electronic payment feature allows for quick and easy payment when shopping simply by holding the handset up to a special terminal at the register. Also, as the handset is equipped with an IC chip, it is easy to exchange photos and contact information wirelessly between mobile phones.
*Data exchange is available with phones equipped with the same IC chip.
2) Flash® Lite™ 3.1 software
Set the main menu and standby display screen with animated images. 3) Willcom Gadget application
Widgets in the standby screen allow the user to display news, weather or other updates from the internet, making it simple to keep tabs on one’s favorite news and information, with one-touch accessibility to marked websites directly from the standby screen. 4) Favorites Menu application
Create and design a personalized main display window with the most often used content by selecting and registering photos and downloads. 5) Easy-to-use, highly-visible mail features
Mail features have become even more straightforward with the character input engine application iWinn. Also, the Auto-line Font feature makes typing or reading mails comfortable by adjusting the letters to display clearly whether the font size is set to large or small.
*iWinn is a registered trademark of Omron Corp. 2. Enhanced Capabilities
1) Decorative mail feature
BAUM original character comes with 20 preset template types.
2) 2 megapixel camera
The macro feature allows the user to take beautiful pictures of even small objects such as flowers.
3) 2.4 inch wide QVGA display screen
Equipped with a vividly illuminated 2.4 inch wide QVGA large main display screen. The toughness and highly transparent characteristics of the strengthened glass employed in the display screen is resistant to scratching, allowing the user to carry the phone in their purse or bag worry-free.
4) Infrared communication
Equipped with an infrared sensor, it is easy and smooth to exchange photos and contact information wirelessly between mobile phones.
3. Other Features
1) Java™
2) External memory slot
3) View mail during calls
4) Extended call time notification Technical Specifications
Size | Approx. W45 × H127 × D11.4 (mm) | Weight | Approx. 90g (with battery) | Standby Time / Talk Time | Approx. 560 hours / 6 hours* | Display | 2.4 inch QVGA (240 × 400 pixels) | Address Book | 1,000 entries (3 phone numbers, 3 e-mail addresses per entry) | E-mail | E-mail (POP3 / SMTP) lite-mail and decorative mail | External Memory | microSD™ memory card, up to 2GB (sold separately) |
*When used in conditions of normal signal reception The BAUM logo is a trademark of Kyocera Corp. Japanese character shift uses OMRON SOFTWARE Co.’s iWinn. “iWnn V1” © OMRON SOFTWARE Co., Ltd. 2009. All rights reserved. The TCP/IP utilized in this handset is the Elmic Wescom, Inc.’s KASAGO TCP/IP. This handset utilizes the ACCESS Co., Ltd. NetFront Mobile Client Suite. ACCESS and the ACCESS logo and NetFront are registered trademarks or trademarks in Japan, the U.S. and other countries © 2009 ACCESS Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. One component used in this handset is a module developed by the Independent JPEG Group. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, and related trademarks and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. U.S.A. “Osaifu Keitai” is a registered trademark of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. This handset utilizes the Adobe Incorporated Adobe® Reader® technology. Copyright © 1984-2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and Reader are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S. and other countries. This handset utilizes the Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe® Flash® Lite™ technology. Adobe Flash Lite Copyright © 2003-2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe, Flash, and Flash Lite are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S. and other countries. microSD™ is a trademark or registered trademark of the SD association. All company, system, and product names listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective holder. The above is subject to change without prior notice.
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