Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, will apparently offer its subscribers the unusual Sony Ericsson SO-01A, aka SO907i. Aside from the fact that most phones that go to Japan are coded SO, by the looks of it, this is a new model that was perhaps especially designed for this territory.

Not much information about this handset is available on the Internet and other media, so we are left with only assuming what it will bring to NTT DoCoMo subscribers by looking at the photos. As you can see, SO907i is designed to be a smartphone that comes with an interesting design since it features a flip-style form factor. This will allow users to access different functions of the phone depending on the way it is used at a particular moment. One side has a regular keypad along with a smaller display, but if the phone is turned over, users will have a full touchscreen display at their disposal.

Since the phone will be launched by NTT DoCoMo, it is very likely that it will work in 3G/W-CDMA networks. Also, still judging by the photos, it seems to have advanced music playback capabilities.

Another supposition we can make is that it will provide users with other multimedia features, aside from the standard talk/text ones that any device known as a mobile phone has. It is very likely that this phone will run on either Windows Mobile or Symbian OS, knowing that Sony Ericsson usually gives its smartphones one of these two. Also, yet another assumption would be that, in true Sony Erricson fashion, SO907i will have the standard connector, meaning no USB or 3.5 mm jack, and will require an M2 card, supporting at least 8GB, in order to expand the memory.