NTT DoCoMo Touch Wood Mobiles Announced [NTT DoCoMo Wooden Phone Prototypes Will Save the Forest]

Being green seems to be a trend these days. Another company to jump on the eco-friendly bandwagon is NTT DoCoMo who have recently announced two new prototype mobile phones that will be crafted from wood, but not any kind of wood. Only excess wood resulted from thinning operations that ensure a healthy forest will be used to build the two handsets.

The new prototypes are the result of a joint venture lead by NTT DoCoMo together with Sharp, Olympus and More Trees — a reforestation project in Japan. Dubbed the Wooden Phones, both models are made from cypress wood and have a water resistant body. Yes we know it sounds pretty weird for a wooden phone to resist water (it actually resists insects and mildew), but it’s Olympus’ 3D compression molding technology that makes it possible.

Available with a natural finish that loses paint and keeps the wood’s amazing smell, there’s not much info about the new NTT DoCoMo Wooden Phones except for the fact the they’ll be released to the market in October. No word if they’ll ever leave Japan or not …