Softbank Mobile Corp. said Thursday it will release 24 new cell phone models, including the Galapagos 003SH, a smartphone that can offer 3-D images without special glasses.
All the smartphones to be launched will run the latest version of Google Inc.'s Android operating system. New Galapagos models, made by Sharp Corp, will have such capabilities unique to Japanese mobile gadgets as "one-seg" digital TV broadcasting and e-wallet functions.
Facing competition from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and KDDI Corp, Softbank Mobile aims to further expand its market share, which it has built on the popularity of Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The Softbank Corp. unit is the exclusive Japanese service provider for the Apple smartphone.
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