NTT DoCoMo Working With Various Players to Bring 3G to Handheld Game...
When it comes to video games in the hand, having a WiFi connection isn’t necessarily a newfangled feature. In fact, some handheld consoles out there require a WiFi connection to actually be viable. And...
View ArticleSharp DoCoMo LYNX SH-10B Android MID hits Japan this month
It looks like Sharp are playing the field when it comes to carrier partnerships for their IS01 Android-based MID. Having already been picked up by Japanese network KDDI, a strikingly similar looking...
View ArticleBuggy Sharp DoCoMo LYNX SH-10B Android MID sales frozen; only 7k bought in 2...
Looks like NTT DoCoMo aren’t having much luck with Sharp’s LYNX SH-10B Android MID. The company froze sales of the QWERTY handheld a week ago, after discovering a security loophole that could allow...
View ArticleSamsung Predicts Selling 40 Million Smartphones in 2011, plus an Array of...
Samsung’s mobile devision head Shin Jong-kyun has told reporters in Seoul that the company expects to sell more than 20 million smartphones by the end of 2010, (up from 18 million units projected...
View ArticleSony PSP2 has OLED touchscreen, 3G & new CPU tips Nikkei
Further details on the upcoming Sony PSP2 have leaked, with the gaming handheld tipped to use an OLED touchscreen larger than the display on the current PSP. According to Nikkei, the PSP2 will have an...
View Article7.7mm NEC MEDIAS E-04C Android smartphone bests chubby Arc and Galaxy S II
How skinny is too skinny? NEC obviously reckons Android smartphones aren’t quite slender enough, since the new NEC MEDIAS E-04C is a waifish 7.7mm at its slimmest point. Packing Android 2.2 Froyo and,...
View ArticleJapan pre-orders on LG Optimus Pad start March 15
One of the more interesting of the new and coming Android tablets to me is the LG Optimus Pad. The little tablet has some interesting features like an 8.9-inch screen putting it between devices like...
View ArticleNEC MEDIAS E-04C super-slim Android gets hands-on treatment
Almost as wafer-thin as the proverbial wafer-thin mint, NEC’s MEDIAS E-04C has been well pawed in the wild at its launch event in Japan. Impress carefully fondled the 4-inch Android smartphone, finding...
View ArticleElfoid P1 humanoid cellphone is bizarre telepresence attempt
Back when we were initially befreaked by the Telenoid R1 robot midway through 2010, the last thing we wanted was a pocket-sized version of the creepy, fleshy telepresence ‘bot that could lurk in our...
View ArticleNTT DoCoMo sets launch date for Optimus Pad for March 31
The LG Optimus Pad is a very cool tablet and will eventually be making it to the US on the T-Mobile network. T-Mobile hasn’t offered any details as yet, on when the tablet will hit stores in the US....
View ArticleCommercial for the Touchwood SH-08C from NTT DoCoMo is cooler than the phone...
The only time I ever watch commercials and actually look forward to them is during the Super Bowl. I like the commercials that are funny or otherwise interesting for one reason or another. A Japanese...
View ArticleSharp Aquos Phone SH-12C surfaces with 3D video and photo capability
There are a lot of consumers that are aware of 3D TV and have still not adopted, many people are waiting for the tech to get cheaper and for 3D to advance to the point where you don’t need glasses, or...
View ArticleNTT DoCoMo AQUOS PHONE SH-12C: 8MP, 3D recording, more
NTT DoCoMo has launched a 3D Android smartphone to take on the HTC EVO 3D and LG Optimus 3D, the AQUOS PHONE SH-12C. Made by Sharp and running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the SH-12C has a twin 8-megapixel...
View ArticleNTT DoCoMo Windows 7 smartphone F-07C gets official
The number of smartphones on the market today continues to grow at a very impressive rate. It seems like each time you check the news, there are a few more smartphones coming to the market. With all...
View ArticleNokia To Exit Japanese Market In August
Nokia has already shut down its US and UK online stores and now reports are saying that the company may completely exit Japan by the end of August. The report comes from Japanese newspaper Nikkei,...
View ArticleFujitsu Arrows Android 3.2 tablet boasts dual-core, LTE and water resistance
Fujitsu is getting ready to release a new Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet that will not only boast some nice internal specs but will also be designed to protect its innards from unexpected rain showers or...
View ArticleGoogle Galaxy Nexus confirmed for November by NTT DoCoMo
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has prematurely confirmed Google and Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, set to be officially revealed in a few hours time in Hong Kong....
View ArticleGalaxy Nexus release dated for Japan, USA release hopes dashed
If you were here yesterday checking out the story that many publications were saying was “confirmed” on how the Galaxy Nexus was going to be up for pre-order on Verizon today, you may well be sort of...
View ArticleLTE iPad 3 rumored for summer 2012, LTE iPhone 5 in fall
Apple may be preparing for an LTE-based iPad 3 to launch by summer of next year and an LTE-based iPhone 5 to arrive by fall, if a new report from Nikkei Business is to accurate. The story claims that...
View ArticleFujitsu Arrows Tab waterproof tablet hands-on
I’d say I always get a bit wary when a device toots its own horn about one specific specification it has and doesn’t speak much at all about the rest, but who am I kidding: I love strange ideas like...
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