Type A is an AV unit aimed at emergency workers in disaster zones to help keep them in constant contact with base. While the camera transmits a stream of pictures back to the organizers every 30 seconds—there is even a slot for an SD card so you can also store images without the need to beam them back to central command—the GPS system means they will be able to pinpoint your exact whereabouts, should you run into trouble, kidnapped by a Village People tribute band, for example.

And then there's Type B, with its LED display, electrical radio unit and vibrate mode (Jason Chen will LOVE it), which is supposed to warn railroad workers when they're about to be mown down by a train.

Both models, while weighing in at more than the average helmet (around 300 grams) are, at 800-900 grams, still fairly lightweight, but FOMA is expecting to cut that by around half. [Impress through Babelfish via Slashphone]

Feel free to ogle the girl more after the jump.

– Jason Chen

ITMedia [via Gearfuse via uber phones]

NTT DoCoMo, Japan's number-one cellphone provider, went buck wild at a Tokyo press conference this morning and unveiled no fewer than 14 new handsets, all of 'em 3G wonders. The lineup consists of 11 high-end FOMA 903i series models, two dumb-but-nice Simpure phones and the N902iL Wi-Fi-ed smartphone.

There's far too much phonetastic goodness to go into here (check the press release at the link below if you dare) but standouts include IC cards preloaded with DoCoMo's RFID credit card software, One-seg digital TV, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, interoperability with Napster Japan and – get this – the Keitai-Osagashi service, which uses GPS and a PC to find lost or stolen phones. – Jonny Hiratsuka

Press release [NTT DoCoMo]

- GPS, allowing you to check where your child is, either from another
mobile phone or from a computer

- an attack alarm (activated by the big pull-out ring)

- parental-control settings that, for example, switch off access to the internet during set times every day

- a "kid's mode" featuring bright, simple menus

It's easy to get cynical and simply pass all this off as Docomo milking the market, paving the way for all manner of inappropriately child-oriented products such as My Baby's First Lexus or the Hello Kitty Colour-In Guide to Portfolio & Risk Management, and it's also a bit Big Brother-ish what with the ability to track your children wherever they may go....

BUT, as under-qualified as I am to talk on such matters (being a non-parent), as an ex-teacher who worked in Japanese schools I'm wholly of the opinion that this is a great idea. Find out why after the jump...

One of the biggest "That. Is. Insane." moments for me during my time as a teacher in Japan was watching how the elementary kids came to school. The majority of elementary school kids in Japan have to walk to school because it is believed that it is good for the children from a social and physical standpoint to do so. This I can understand, since the children have to form "walking groups" and stay in them at all times, which can help them bond socially. However as much as Japan has this reputation for being a safe country, to let small groups of children (especially when some are as young as 5 years old) walk anything up to 2 kilometers to school completely unsupervised, to me — and to many other members of the foreign community — blurs the line between teaching the kids valuable lessons and being socially irresponsible.

This phone at least shows that there is a need to be more socially responsible for the sake of children, and if more manufacturers can find similar applications for their products, then the world can only become a better place.

Hey, quit hugging me.

The Docomo
SA800i - a phone for kids [PCWeb]

Here's the rundown on the slider, D902i:

• 2.8-inch QVGA LCD screen
  
• Push-to-talk walkie talkie function
  
• Music player of some sort in there
  
• SD Memory slot
  
• Comes in yellow, white and black

  The stick phone, SO902i, is made by Sony Ericsson and also looks killer:
  

• 3-megapixel camera
  
• 1.9-inch QVHA LCD screen
  
• Memory Stick Duo Pro memory slot
  
• Comes in dark blue, white and red (shown above)

  No word on pricing or availability—even in Japan.

  FOMA (former) product summary [Product Page]