NTT DoCoMO announces a brand new phone that will proudly carry it's very own FOMA brand -- the Panasonic p702iD. The phones under the FOMA brand, which is being offered by NTT DoCoMo, is the first commercial brands of handhelds to have 3G capability.

Since DoCoMo was the first carrier to roll out 3G network technology, DoCoMo used technologies different from the European UMTS standards, which were not ready early enough for DoCoMo's roll-out. Recently, DoCoMo is working to modify FOMA to conform fully with UMTS standards over time.

The spotless and very shiny p702iD is available in 4 types of colors-  square white, square black, round coral, and round pink...although I personally do not have a clue as to why the color choices are named as such because the phones still look the same in any color.

Moving along, the phone is blessed with a 2.2-inch QVGA TFT LCD with resolutions of 240 x 320, 0.8 inch organic external display (96 x 25), 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera with an internal 0.1 megapixel CMOS camera for video conferencing.

Also, this baby could accommodate a miniSD plus the phone has a maximum storage capacity of 2GB. If fully charged, this DoCOMo phone has a talk time of 140 minutes and standby time of 500 hours. FOMA P702iD weights 109 grams with the size of 49 x 100 x 19.7. For now, there is no available info with regards to pricing and availability.