Japan's top wireless operator NTT DoCoMo unveiled it's new mobile phones featuring a touch sensitive screen like the popular Nintendo DS portable game console and another model that gives off a relaxing scent.

DoCoMo's "D800iDS," made by Mitsubishi Electric Corp, opens up like a clamshell and is equipped with screens on both upper and lower halves, rather than the typical design of one display and a number keypad.

DoCoMo's "SO703i," made by Sony Ericsson with a new "aroma" handset which comes with scented sheets designed to relax the users while making calls. The phone offers nine aroma choices for the consumer, each coupled with a different panel design. >>

• The mobile phone gamers surveyed are frequently playing mobile games with the vast majority playing at least once a week and 34% playing every day
• The average length of time spent playing mobile games is 28 minutes
• Nearly two thirds of the respondents preferred the richer experience of Nokia’s next generation mobile games offering over existing Java 2D and Java 3D games offerings, particularly following game trials
• The majority would prefer to pay for a full game outright rather than buy a subscription
  
• When it comes to getting games, over-the-internet (OTI) distribution is almost as popular as over-the-air (OTA) distribution
  
• Multiplayer gaming is a regular part of mobile phone gamers lifestyles with 45% playing multiplayer games on their mobile phones at least once a month
• 62% would send demos of games they like directly to their friends and 79% would try a demo received from a friendMethodology

David Williamson Shaffer, an education science professor says schools should use games to prepare children to compete in the work force, where juggling technology is a daily requirement. According to him, "the children's should be given the chance to use their innate skills of simultaneously listening to music while playing games, watching videos, surfing the Web and messaging friends from computers or cell phones, while learning about things like biology, history or physics. The Epistemic computer games by David Williamson, help students learn to think like engineers, urban planners, journalists, architects, and other innovative professionals, giving them the tools they need to survive in a changing world. >>

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