NTT DoCoMo announced today that they will start selling the D901i 3G FOMA handset nationwide on February 1, 2005.

The 901i series offers surround-type 3D sound for vivid ringing melodies and realistic audio effects when playing i-appli games or using other applications.

The main features of the D901i include:

• An assist switch activated by a sliding movement to control operations, such as replying to mail and managing the scheduler.
• Super CCD Honeycomb camera with effective resolution of 2 mega pixels. Auto focus. Focus lock function to recompose photos after focus is acquired.
• Video at up to 30 frames/second. QVGA video can be recorded or played back with TV-broadcast quality.
• Multi-illumination light on the bottom of the handset changes its color and blinking pattern to indicate incoming mail, phone calls, etc.