EMOBILE, a young 3G operator in Japan, has launched preorders (effective from March 1) for the S11HT communicators with a threatening name “EMONSTER”. Other regions know this device under the name of HTC TyTN II. The operator timed the sales of the communicator to the launch of voice services in its networks. EMOBILE was positioned as the carrier of HSDPA data transfer services and thus lacked voice ones.

Reportedly, the S11HT runs on a Japanese version of Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition and is the first smartphone in Japan with GPS onboard.

The short technical specs of the S11HT (EMONSTER):

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition (Japanese version)
• Display: 2.8” touchscreen TFT, 240x320 pixels
• Slide-out QWERTY-keyboard
• Wireless: HSDPA / W-CDMA (1700 MHz), up to 3.6 Mbps downstream/ max. 384 Kbps upstream WLAN (IEEE802.11b/g) Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Main camera: 3-megapixel auto focus (CMOS)
• Camera for video calls: VGA (CMOS)
• microSD 2.0 slot
• miniUSB jack (USB2.0 Full Speed, charging and audio connector in one)
• Dimensions: 112x59x19 mm
• Weight: 190 g