User's Manual Part 1

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Easy Search/Contents/Precautions
FOMA (Freedom Of Mobile multimedia Access) is the name of the
DoCoMo service based on the W-CDMA format, authorized as one of the
world’s standards for third-generation mobile telecommunication
systems (IMT-2000).
Main Functions of FOMA P906i
Remarkable i-mode!
i-mode is an online service that enables you to get useful information from i-mode
menu sites (programs) or i-mode web pages. This service also enables you to send or
receive mail messages with ease.
◆ i-mode mail/Deco-mail/Deco-mail pictogram P.198, P.202, P.328
Besides mail text, you can attach photo or movie file, etc. The FOMA phone supports
Deco-mail/Deco-mail pictograms, so you can change the character color, character
size, and background color of mail text, and insert images and moving pictographs.
Further, Decome-Anime enables you to compose joyful mail messages with
animations contained just by inserting messages into the Decome-Anime template.
◆International Roaming P.472
You can use your FOMA phone, phone number, and mail address overseas as they
are. (Supported in GSM/3G area)
Voice calls, videophone calls, i-mode, i-mode mail, SMS, and network services are
available.
“日英版／日中版 しゃべって翻訳 for P (J-E/J-C Speech Translation for P)”, which
translates spoken Japanese into English or Chinese and spoken English or Chinese
into Japanese, is pre-installed.
◆High-Speed Area Supported P.466
FOMA High-Speed Area is supported so that high speed communication is available
with download speed of up to 3.6 Mbps and upload speed of up to 384 kbps.
※The maximum speeds of 3.6 Mbps and 384 kbps denote the maximum speeds
specified by the technical standards. The actual speeds differ depending on the
extent how networks are congested or communication environment. Your
communication is enabled at the maximum 384 kbps of both upload and download
speeds when you are out of FOMA High-Speed area, or are connecting to an
access point that does not support HIGH-SPEED such as mopera.
◆GPS P.278
You can use the location information obtained by GPS to search for a map of your
location and information of the surrounding area and navigate yourself to your
destination. The pre-installed “地図アプリ (Map Application)” enables you to easily
use the highly accurate map.
◆Mega i-αppli/Intuitive Games P.250
You can enjoy playing games or have stock price information or weather forecasts
updated automatically. In addition, the intuitive games are supported, which you can
play by inclining, swinging, or talking your FOMA phone as you sense.
◆Chaku-uta Full
®
/Uta-hodai/Music&Video Channel
※
/Video Clips
P.193, P.384, P.390, P.392
This FOMA phone supports Chaku-uta Full
®
that enables you to download a whole
music file and Uta-hodai that enables you to enjoy listening music as much as you like
at a flat rate.
This FOMA phone also supports Music&Video Channel that, just by setting up
beforehand, automatically downloads music programs and programs containing
moving images in the night. Further, this FOMA phone supports up to 10 Mbytes of i-
motion movies, so it also supports Video Clip that enables you to enjoy a whole music
clip file.
“Chaku-uta Full” is a registered trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
※This is a pay service which is available on a subscription basis.
◆Osaifu-Keitai/ToruCa P.266, P.268
By downloading Osaifu-Keitai compatible i-αppli, you can replenish electronic money
from a site into the IC card in the FOMA phone and check your account for the balance
and usage details. In addition, the “DCMX” i-αppli program that provides the DoCoMo
credit service is pre-installed. Further, “iC transfer service” is supported so that you can
easily move data from the existing IC card to a new one when you replace your FOMA
phone such as at the time of phone model change.
ToruCa is an electronic card that you can obtain from scanning devices or sites and
can easily exchange using mail or infrared data exchange.
◆Kisekae Tool P.121, P.354
You can change the Stand-by display or Menu display of your favorite at a time.
You can change the order of displayed menus on P906i according to the frequency of
use to customize the Menu display as you like.