Monday, February 9, 2004		IT Click

As the US wireless telephone market grows, the cellphone is evolving in a multi-faceted tool as calling becomes almost secondary to a host of other functions. The Motorola T725 mobile phone is packed with photo and gaming features with the ability to take, send and store digital pictures.

The chairman and founder of computer software company Microsoft, Bill Gates, delivers his keynote speech at the ‘Advancing Enterprise’ conference at the QEII Conference Centre in central London. Gates, the wealthiest man in the world, is to be awarded an honorary knighthood from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for his ‘outstanding contribution to enterprise’ in the UK.

NEC Corp unveils a camera equipped with a mobile phone in Tokyo, which the company says is the world’s smallest and slimmest. The mobile phone has measurements of 85mm (3.3 inch) in width, 54mm (2.12 inch) in height and 8.6mm (0.33 inch) in depth and will be launched in China late February.

A Bandai Co employee displays the company’s new version of its virtual pet toy, “Returned Tamagotchi Plus”, in Tokyo. Japan’s largest toymaker, Bandai’s new Tamagotchi, which means “cute little egg”, simulates the life cycle of a pet and has infrared-ray communication function through which a virtual pet could make a friend to give gift, marry and have a baby. The digital pet toy will sell for 1,980 yen ($18.76).