Madplanet

Welcome to the twice-yearly DoCoMo cellphone handset carpet bombing

19 models at once, would you believe. Interesting that they’ve got one phone (the N906iL) that will let you make VoIP calls over a home wireless network via WiFi, though there’s an additional monthly fee required.

Every time one of these bumper phone releases happens I look at the spec sheet and think “yes—but no.” Ultimately, sticking with a smartphone means less of the cool services, but also more flexibility to install software. And a keyboard. Once you go QWERTY, you never go back.