NTT DoCoMo is considering offering communication services for Apple's "iPad"

NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile phone company,Apple's tablet terminal "iPad" announced early January 28 in Japan timeIt is clear that we are considering providing communication services to the Internet.

It has 9.7 inch multi-touch compatible touch screen, 1 GHz Apple A 4 processor, 16 GB to 64 GB SSD, supports IEEE 802.11 b / g / n compatible wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, motion sensor, GPS, electronic compass Despite being built-in, it is a lightweight and extremely thin model called "iPad" with a thickness of 12.5 mm and a weight of 680 g (in the case of the lightest model), but with overwhelming superiority in the area aspect of NTT DoCoMo If you can use the line, is not it a strong presence as a mobile device that can be used throughout Japan?

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DoCoMo to Sell "SIM Card" for iPad: Economic News: Money · Economy: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun news report, NTT docomo is considering the launch of the "SIM card" compatible with the same model in accordance with the release of the 3G compatible model of "iPad" which is said to be after June 2010 That's right.

"SIM card" is a card in which a unique ID number for identifying a telephone number of a communication method such as W-CDMA or GSM adopted by NTT DoCoMo or Softbank Mobile is recorded, and " Micro SIM card "standard has been adopted.

Unlike traditional mobile phones, iPad, as long as it adopts a compatible communication method, can be used for any mobile phone company's communication service by simply inserting a SIM card into the body "SIM lock free" , It is possible that not only NTT DoCoMo but also SIM card corresponding to SOFTBANK MOBILE selling iPhone may be released.

Incidentally, although eMobile adopts the same communication method as NTT docomo and SOFTBANK MOBILE, it does not support the frequency band of 850, 1900, and 2100 MHz that the iPad supports, and the iPad has PC card slot and USB Because there is no port, we can not provide communication card, but mobile wireless LAN router "Pocket Wi-FiAre you going to set up a sale with "What is it?"