“J-PHONE” announced today it will offer two new Movie Sha-mail (video messaging) handsets from the beginning of October 2002, the J-SA51 (manufactured by Sanyo) and the J-SH52 (manufactured by Sharp). Movie Sha-mail is a service that enables users to send video clips of up to five seconds with sound as e-mail attachments.The J-SA51 features the industry’s largest built-in, one-inch STN LCD “Notification Display” and can take pictures at low light levels with its highly sensitive embedded CCD mobile camera.

In addition, the J-SA51 can compress or expand ZIP files as well as send or receive them as e-mail attachments.With the addition of the J-SA51 and the J-SH52 to J-PHONE’s lineup, there is now a total of six Movie Sha-mail handsets available, thereby bringing the pleasures of the Movie Sha-mail service to even greater number of individuals.The J-SH52 comes with new video and voice recording features compatible with SD memory cards which allow for longer recording times. The handset can also take pictures at VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels) with its 310,000 pixel built-in CCD mobile camera. Camera functions are also greatly enhanced by a mobile light and an embedded color sub-display that can be used as a photo viewfinder.