New Fujitsu Ultra-Thin World Phone is First to Leverage AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Security and Navigation Features
FOMA(TM) F906i is the 16th AuthenTec-enabled Fujitsu Phone and the
First to Use TrueNav(TM) Device Navigation Features
MELBOURNE, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH), the world's leading provider of
fingerprint sensors and solutions, today announced that Fujitsu's new
FOMA F906i ultra-thin world phone has integrated an AuthenTec
fingerprint sensor for Power of Touch(R) features including security,
convenience, personalization and navigation. The FOMA F906i is the
16th Fujitsu cell phone to integrate AuthenTec's award-winning
TruePrint(R) technology and is the first Fujitsu phone to offer
TrueNav(TM), allowing users a full 360 degrees of browser, menu and
document navigation via AuthenTec's integrated AES1710 fingerprint
sensor.
The feature-rich F906i, recently offered to subscribers of Japan's
leading wireless carrier NTT DOCOMO, utilizes AuthenTec's new small
form factor AES1710 low power fingerprint sensor. While millions of
NTT DOCOMO's mobile phones have incorporated an AuthenTec sensor to
authorize contactless mobile payments and for protecting access to
stored files and the user's personal information, this is the first
time a Fujitsu phone has added the benefits of AuthenTec's TrueNav
technology.
"We are pleased to collaborate with longtime Fujitsu supplier
AuthenTec on this new feature-rich smart phone that can be used
virtually anywhere in the world and is enhanced by the addition of an
AuthenTec fingerprint sensor," said Katsumi Takada, deputy general
manager for the Mobile Phone Group of Fujitsu Limited. "AuthenTec not
only brings convenient fingerprint security to our new FOMA F906i but
also helps enable new user features including fluid, touchpad-like
navigation and personalization of the device."
"Fujitsu continues to build on its market leadership with the
addition of the F906i to its world phone lineup, and we're pleased to
support the Fujitsu and NTT DOCOMO teams on the launch of this
innovative smart phone," said Kengo Kobayashi, president of AuthenTec
KK - Japan. "AuthenTec helps further enhance the F906i by enabling
full touchpad emulation via our AES1710 sensor, thus providing highly
intuitive and accurate on-screen menu navigation. Our integrated
TrueNav feature gives users a full range of device navigation by
moving their finger across the surface of the sensor to control a
full-featured browser, manipulate documents, stored files, contact
lists and to control a variety of phone functions."
The F906i features 3G/GSM international roaming, GPS map
navigation, HSDPA, "One-Segment" mobile TV, DCMX(R) mobile credit card
and iD(TM) mobile credit payments, full wide VGA LCD screen. The F906i
also features two cameras (3.2 megapixel and 320 kilopixel) and
enables access to diverse video content and services, including
DOCOMO's Music & Video Channel which provides more than 100 channels
of downloadable broadcasts spanning 14 genres.
AuthenTec's AES1710 fingerprint sensor is based on the Company's
patented TruePrint technology, which reads below the surface of the
skin to the live layer where a person's true fingerprint resides. This
unique subsurface approach enables AuthenTec sensors to read virtually
every fingerprint, every time -- a critical requirement in any
fingerprint-enabled device. Other device features include TrueNav menu
navigation, TrueFinger anti-spoofing security, and TrueMatch pattern
matching to ensure the industry's highest level of security, usability
and convenience.
About AuthenTec
With more than 30 million sensors sold worldwide, AuthenTec is the
world leader in providing fingerprint authentication sensors and
solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control
markets. AuthenTec's award-winning sensors take full advantage of The
Power of Touch(R) by utilizing the company's patented TruePrint(R)
technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective
means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond
user authentication. The company's customers include: ASUSTeK,
Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, HTC, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and
Toshiba, among others.
FOMA and DCMX are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT
DOCOMO, INC. in Japan and other countries.
AuthenTec, Melbourne
Brent Dietz, 321-308-1320
brent.dietz@authentec.com
or
Fleishman-Hillard Hong Kong
Patrick Yu, +852 9109 8121
patrick.yu@fleishman.com
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