OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2011. Fujitsu today announced that the new REGZA Phone IS04 smartphone from Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications will be available in Japan from KDDI Corporation and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company beginning February 10, 2011 in Japan only.

The IS04 is an Android™ OS-based smartphone—the first water-resistant smartphone available from au—featuring the Mobile REGZA Engine, which is based on technology for producing beautiful picture quality, and a 12.2 megapixel high-performance and high-resolution camera that is among the top of its class of smartphones. In addition, the mobile phone incorporates a variety of familiar and convenient features found on existing mobile phones, including Osaifu-Keitai®(1) and infrared communications.

The IS04 is also compatible with au's new WIN HIGH SPEED(2) service, making it an advanced high-spec smartphone that enables speedy operations with communication speeds of up to 3x(3) that of existing handsets.

Equipped with Mobile REGZA Engine 3.0—a processing engine optimized for smartphones that is based on the super-resolution technology employed in Toshiba's REGZA LCD TVs, the IS04 enables users to enjoy watching one-segment TV, YouTube™, and other videos in beautiful image quality. The handset's 12.2 megapixel autofocus-enabled camera ranks among the industry's highest performance cameras for a smartphone, and it is also capable of recording hi-definition video footage.

The mobile phone is compatible with au's new WIN HIGH SPEED service and can be used to quickly download applications, as well as send and receive movies at downlink speeds of up to 9.2Mbps and uplink speeds of up to 5.5Mbps. Furthermore, the mobile phone's 1GHz CPU chipset makes it possible for users to enjoy browsing the web and playing YouTube™ videos with comfort.

In addition, the IS04 is equipped with a number of features that have been highly requested by users of conventional mobile phones, including IPX5/IPX7(4) water-resistance—the first smartphone from au with this feature—as well as Osaifu-Keitai® functionality, one-segment TV viewing, infrared communications, and the ATOK Japanese input system, making the IS04 an all-in-one, high-spec smartphone. The mobile phone is available in two color variations: BLACK and WHITE.