User's Guide Part 1

Easy Search/Contents/Precautions
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Main Functions of the FOMA SO905iCS
“FOMA” is the name of NTT DoCoMo’s mobile service based on the W-CDMA
(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) system, which has been approved as a
global standard of third generation (3G) wireless communication systems (IMT-2000
or International Mobile Telecommunications-2000).
It’s amazing because it’s i-mode
i-mode is an online service that enables you to take advantage of valuable
information from i-mode Menu sites (Program) and i-mode compatible sites.
This service also enables you to exchange e-mail with great ease.
i-mode mail/Deco-mail/Deco mail pict.
Besides the main body of text, you can attach up
to 10 files (JPEG, ToruCa, PDF, etc.) of up to 2M
bytes in total. The FOMA terminal also supports
Deco-mail and Deco-mail pictographs, allowing
you to create and send more impressive mail
by providing a diversity of expression, such as
changing font color and size and using effect of
background color on mail main body (P.202).
Mega i-
α
ppli/Virtual game
By downloading i-
α
ppli from a relevant site, you can
enjoy games or obtain automatically updated information,
such as about market shares and weather.
Mega i-
α
ppli is supported, enabling you to enjoy games
that require large amounts of memory, such as high
resolution 3D games and full-featured role playing games.
Additionally, the virtual games which are operated by
sensuously such as “tilting” the mobile phone are also
supported (P.234).
Compatible with High-Speed Communication
The FOMA HIGH-SPEED Area is supported a high-
speed communication of the maximum reception
speed 3.6Mbps and maximum transmission speed
384kbps can be achieved (P.400).
International Roaming
You can use the same FOMA terminal, phone
number, and mail address as used in Japan when
you are overseas (supported GSM/3G areas). A
voice/videophone call, i-mode, i-mode mail, SMS,
and network services are available (P.406).
GPS
You can use various services using the location
information you obtain by GPS, such as viewing
the map of your location, searching for information
on your neighborhood, notifying your location
information by attaching it to mail, letting the
FOMA terminal to navigate you to the destination.
The Map appli is preinstalled and allows you to
use the high-definition map easily (P.260).
Chaku-Uta Full
®
/Uta-hodai/
Music&Video Channel
※
/Video clip
※
Music&Video Channel is a paid service that
requires a subscription.
Chaku-Uta Full
®
that allows you to download a
whole track of music and Uta-hodai that allows you
to enjoy favorite music as much as you want by
the fixed fee are supported.
Also, Music&Video Channel is supported to
download a music program during the night only
by setting it in advance and enjoy it. You can enjoy
program with video by the SO905iCS. Moreover,
because i-motion up to 10MB is supported, video
clip which allows you to enjoy a music clip of a
whole track of music is supported (P.334, 340).
Osaifu-Keitai/ToruCa
Once you download the Osaifu-Keitai-compatible
i-
α
ppli, you can use the FOMA terminal to
deposit e-money to the IC card incorporated
in the terminal as well as to check your credit
balance and purchase history on a relevant site.
Furthermore, the i-
α
ppli for “DCMX” credit service
provided by DoCoMo is preinstalled (P.240). The
“iC transfer service” is also supported, which
allows you to easily transfer data stored on the IC
card to another one in a case such when replacing
a FOMA terminal with a new model.
ToruCa is an e-card which you can obtain from
a reading device (reader/writer) or site and
exchanges with others easily using e-mail or
infrared communication (P.250).
Kisekae Tool
You can download data such as a display of your
favorite character from i-mode and change the
stand-by display and menu display to the data
at once. For SO905iCS, you can also change the
orders of the menu items based on your usage
and customize the menu display to your taste
(P.123, 125).