NTT DoCoMo introduced new easy-to-use F671iS handset - The pulse 2: the best of J@pan Inc's newsletters: gadget watch, wireless watch and music media watch - Brief Article

Japan, Inc., Nov, 2002

NTT DoCoMo launched its F671iS handset in September 2002. The F671iS, an enhanced version of Docomo's popular F671i introduced in September 2001, offers a variety of new, convenient features, such as larger text and a function that reads aloud various content.

More info: http://www.nttdocomo.com

*** COMMENTARY: Those of you who hit their 40th birthday anytime recently (... and we know who we are ;-)) will be interested in this baby. The 2.1-inch, 65,536-color TFT LCD screen offers text display that is some 65 percent larger than on previous models, making i-mode content, email messages, stored numbers and email addresses easier (not "easy") to read. In addition, instructions on how to perform operations, such as check call and mail logs, listen to messages and create mail are supported with graphics (arrows, et cetera). Interestingly, this handset provides a read back function involving, apparently, the voice readout of mail, call and message logs, time and day, date, stored numbers, operating menus, et cetera. This is the first time we've seen this functionality on the market here.

Source: Company PR, September 2