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  • After EU Apple seeks to ban Samsung sales in Japan

    After EU Apple seeks to ban Samsung sales in Japan

    It has happened so many times that we don’t even bother to care. Apple has moved to a Japanese  and filed a new complaint against Samsung in Japan alleging that multiple Samsung devices infringe on its patents. Apple plans to ban sales of Samsung’s GALAXY S and GALAXY S II lines of smartphones, as well as its original GALAXY Tab Android tablet, Reuters reports.

     

    Ryuji Yamada, CEO of Japanese provider NTT DoCoMo, is now saying that Apple’s lawsuit will not have any effect on next month’s Galaxy Tab launch. “We have heard from Samsung that there will be no obstruction to sales,” Yamada confirmed.

  • Sharp Galapagos A01SH tablet goes on sale in Japan

    Sharp Galapagos A01SH tablet goes on sale in Japan

    Want a tablet for INR 50. ? Well the Sharp Galapagos tablet has gone on sale in Japan on contract for a mere 100 ¥, which is roughly Rs 50.

    The  Device is one of the first tablets to show instances of Honeycomb 3.2 in person, But don’t fall easy for the cheap price tag, you will need to tie yourself in a deal with the ISP for a long and problematic contract. The device is also available outright for ¥44,800 or INR. 28,000, which is still cheaper than the Galaxy 750 / tab 10.1s asking price.

    The Device is a WiFi only 7 inch device with Android 3.2 Honeycomb and a Unibody shell.

  • Fujitsu Toshiba au IS12T is the world’s first Mango phone

    Fujitsu Toshiba au IS12T is the world’s first Mango phone

    Fujitsu Toshiba mobile communications have just announced the au IS12T, world’s first Mango phone. The device is not only waterproof but also packs in decent specs including a massive camera.

    • 3.7″ WXGA screen
    • Qualcomm’s MSM8655 CPU
    • 13.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
    • 32GB of flash storage
    • Bluetooth (2.1 + EDR) and WiFi (802.11b/g/n)
    The device was just launched in Japan so don’t expect an Indian version anytime soon.
  • Japanese Supercomputer in First Place after 2004

    Japanese Supercomputer in First Place after 2004

    The Kobe based Riken Advanced Institute For Computational Science has a supercomputer capable of 8.16 petaflops of computational power, which has reclaimed the #1 spot in the Top 500 list. The new machine has handsomely widened the gap from the now #2 Chinese Tianhe 1A which delivers almost a quarter of the computational capacity at 2.57 petaflops.

    The last time Japan held the #1 spot was in 2004 with their Earth Simulator. The new supercomputer, dubbed the K Computer, uses only CPUs to deliver the massive 8.16 petaflops. It does not use any GPUs or other accelerators. It is comprised of 68,544 eight-core SPARC64 VIIIfx processors which equals 548,352 individual cores.  When the machine is commissioned, it will be capable of even higher performance and will deliver more than 10 petaflops using 80,000 of the eight core SPARC CPUs (640,000 cores).

    This behemoth comes at a price though. It uses a whopping 10MW of power. This is almost two and a half times the power used by the existing top ten systems at 4.3 MW.

  • HP to Move Part of Notebook production to Japan Factories

    HP to Move Part of Notebook production to Japan Factories

    This is not everyday news, infact it is quite the opposite of everyday news. According to Japanese Paper the Nikkei, HP has decided to move production of its Japanese selling notebooks to Japan based manufacturing units at factories in Akishima near Tokyo. HP also plans to hire 50% more workers in Akishima, boosting the number of employees there to 450.

    HP claims this will increase efficiency, be closer to the market, stand out with a “made-in-Japan” label, and push down delivery times especially to Japanese business customers. According to Nikkei the delivery of the notebooks will go down to just 5-10 days vs the current 15-30 in Japan. HP currently holds 10% market share in Japan , which makes it the number 5 PC vendor in Japanese territory.

  • Mech Warrior – Kiddie Style

    Mech Warrior – Kiddie Style

    When we  were children, we had a lot of toys that we thought were really cool. Among them were some Hotwheels cars, a few GI-Joe action figures (which we had great fun with on Diwali —- Read EXPLOSIONS), some LEGO and a few other things. Today, kids have all the fun. Japanese manufacturer Sakakibara Kikai has released a fully functional Mech Suit , with working claws, for your child to terrorize his/her peers into submission.

    Weighing in at a whopping 340kg, the suit is 1.6m in height, 1.6m wide and 1.3m deep. It runs on a gasoline engine and is perscribed for children of ages 4 and up. The suit costs 1,800,000 Yen. it looks like they’re working on a model for adults as well.

  • Windows Phone 7 to come with over 500 new Features; says Ballmer

    While at the Japanese Microsoft Developers Forum, Microsoft’s CEO confirmed that the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Mango, will add “over 500 new features” to the mobile operating system. Microsoft had earlier detailed the new Mango Update showcasing the basic new features including

    • Bing Audio
    • Bing Vision
    • Turn-by-turn navigation in Bing Maps
    • Native podcast player
    • Speech recognition

    To name a few, Check out the Video of Steve Ballmer, at the Forum below.

  • Sharp Releases First Android Clamshell – Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH

    Sharp Releases First Android Clamshell – Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH

    Right out of your clamshell dreams, the Sharp Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, is a hybrid traditional clamshell design which packs a 180 degree flipity-flopity touch-screen. Whats more the Old-School looking phone, also packs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, A 6 MegaPixel Camera and 3D capable display. This device will be available to SOFTBANK in Japan.

    [Softbank Mobile]

  • Who needs 1080p when you get 7680x4320p in a TV with Sharp’s Prototype

    Who needs 1080p when you get 7680x4320p in a TV with Sharp’s Prototype

    Sharp managed to force a whole lot of pixels in their laters 85 inch prototype television. 33,177,600 pixels to be precise, Giving a total Resolution of 7680x4320p with 103ppi. Sharp calls it SUPER HI-VISION. In comparison the average LCD / LED TV has a density of 35ppi – 55ppi.

     

     

     

    [VIA]

    Press Release

    Sharp and NHK Successfully Develop 85-Inch Direct-View LCD
    Compatible with Super Hi-Vision, a World First*1

    NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Matsumoto) and Sharp Corporation (Abeno Ward, Osaka; President: Mikio Katayama) have jointly developed an 85-inch LCD compatible with Super Hi-Vision, a next-generation television broadcast format. This is a world first for a direct-view display.

    NHK began R&D into Super Hi-Vision, which has dramatically higher resolution than current HDTV, in 1995 and aims to begin trial broadcasts in 2020. With approximately 33 megapixels (7,680 [H] x 4,320 [V] pixels), or 16 times the resolution of HDTV, Super Hi-Vision will offer powerful, life-like image reproduction.

    Under the joint development, Sharp’s UV2A*2 LCD technology was used to create for the first time in the world a direct-view LCD compatible with the unprecedentedly high display performance of Super Hi-Vision. The combination of the Sharp technology and NHK’s expertise and know-how in Super Hi-Vision will make possible ultra-detailed, super-high-quality images. The incredibly detailed images on the giant screen will immerse the viewer in a virtual-reality-like experience.

    Super Hi-Vision-Compatible LCD
    Screen size 85 inches (approx. 1.9 x 1.05 m)
    Pixel count 7,680 (H) x 4,320 (V) pixels
    Brightness 300 cd/m2
    Gradation 10 bits for each RGB color
    *1 As of May 19, 2011, for direct-view displays compatible with Super Hi-Vision.
    *2 UV2A: Ultraviolet induced multi-domain Vertical Alignment. A photo-alignment technology for precisely controlling the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in a simple LCD panel structure.

    This LCD will be shown to the public at NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Tokyo from May 26 to 29, 2011

  • Fujitsu LOOX F-07C launched with dual boot Windows 7 and Symbian

    Fujitsu LOOX F-07C launched with dual boot Windows 7 and Symbian

    NTT DoCoMo’s Fujitsu LOOX F-07C has been officially announced. Specs include

    • 4-inch 1,024 x 600 LCD
    • 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor
    • 1GB of LPDDR400 RAM
    • 802.11b/g/n WiFi
    • 32GB of eMMC disk space
    • Expandable memory via microSDHC
    • 5 megapixel autofocus camera with face detection
    • VGA front-facing camera
    • 600 minutes of standby time
    • 370 minutes of 3G talk time
    • Windows 7 mode  gives 120 Mins
    • HDMI-out via a USB adapter
    • ¥70,000 ($860) – Approx INR 42,000

    Pricing is possibly high , but decent for a Phone with a real life processor and a real life operating system.

    PRESS RELEASE

    NTT DOCOMO Unveils 24 New Mobile Devices
    – Including biggest and most diverse lineup of smartphones –

    TOKYO, JAPAN, May 16, 2011 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its 2011 summer lineup of 24 new mobile devices for launch on or after May 20, including nine smartphones, the largest and most diverse collection of smartphones ever released by DOCOMO, plus a wide variety of feature phones compatible with DOCOMO’s i-mode™ mobile Internet platform, as well as mobile Wi-Fi® routers for DOCOMO’s Xi™ (read “Crossy”) LTE extra-high-speed service.

    The smartphone lineup offers user-friendly features for tethering, mobile-wallet (Osaifu-Keitai™) and infrared-based data exchange, plus downlink speeds up to a theoretical maximum of 14 Mbps starting from early June. The lineup also boasts the world’s first wirelessly chargeable smartphone. All Android™ smartphones, including the globally popular Xperia™ and GALAXY models, are preinstalled with Android 2.3.

    DOCOMO’s new lineup meets a broad range of needs for mobile users in Japan:

    Numerous i-mode services and technologies available for smartphones, including Area Mail™ disaster information service, i-channel™ push-based information service and Melody Call™ ringback tones.
    Smartphones offering enhanced convenience and operability thanks to the new “docomo Palette UI” feature for easy sorting, searching and management of apps.
    Eleven high-spec, i-mode-compatible feature phones equipped variously with 3D screens for dynamic viewing, HD-quality cameras and much more.
    The i-motion™ video-clip distribution service for FOMA™ 3G feature phones now offers 50 MB capacity for both long and high-definition video. Batch downloads of various content are possible with DOCOMO’s new “content package” service.
    Two mobile Wi-Fi routers compatible with DOCOMO’s Xi-brand LTE service, offering fiber-optic-level mobile connectivity for wireless devices. LTE service will include Japan’s six largest urban metropolises by July and other large cities including prefectural capitals by March 2012.

    The new models and their planned launches are as follows:

    docomo Smartphone (9 models)

    AQUOS™ PHONE SH-12C
    May 20
    Android smartphone with 8.0-megapixel 3D twin cameras. LCD panel and image processor based on AQUOS technology for high-resolution images.

    Optimus bright L-07C
    Mid June
    Equipped with a world’s brightest display*. Body is 9.5 mm thin and weighs only 112 g. Interchangeable rear cover comes in 3 colors.

    GALAXY S II SC-02C
    Late June
    Android smartphone with 4.3-inch SUPER AMOLED Plus display. Powerful 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU enables fast app launches and stable video.

    MEDIAS WP N-06C
    June or July
    Waterproof Android smartphone in world’ first 7.9-mm body**. Mobile wallet, infrared-based data exchange and one-seg TV. Premium model designed with appliance brand amadana.
    BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780 June or July Featuring the new BlackBerry OS 6.0 for faster, richer web browsing.

    Xperia™ acro SO-02C
    June or July
    Android smartphone with mobile wallet, infrared -based data exchange and one-seg TV features. 4.2-inch “Reality Display” delivers brilliant, crystal-clear images.

    F-12C
    July or August
    Android smartphone features Bright Color Liquid Display and voice-enhancement capability for extra-clear audio. Designed in collaboration with luxury luggage brand Globe-Trotter.

    P-07C
    July or August
    Stylishly beautiful Android smartphone with 4.3-inch touchscreen. Screen position of keypad and touch-speed selector can be customized for easy one-hand operation.
    AQUOS PHONE™ f SH-13C July or August First smartphone capable of wireless charging*** merely by placement on top of a pad. Compact body is both dustproof and waterproof.

    *As of May 13, 2011, according to LG Electronics Japan.
    **Among 3G mobile phones as of May 13 2011, according to NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    ***Requiring no other accessory, and among smartphones of IEC-member/Taiwanese makers as of May 15, 2011.

    docomo STYLE series™ (5 models)

    SH-11C
    May or June
    Dust/waterproof phone with combined mat/glossy body scheme. 8.1-megapixel camera, over 2,000 preinstalled Deco-mail™ pictograms/animations, and various mail-decorating functions.

    F-10C
    June
    11.8-mm waterproof phone with 12.2-megapixel camera for shooting Full High Vision video. Prism glass illumination and beautiful jewel-like design features.

    P-04C
    June
    Elegant body embedded with Swarovski-brand white crystals. 13.2-megapixel camera features synchronized operation of quick-action auto focus and shutter release.

    P-06C
    July
    Waterproof body with 12 color variations for personalized styling. Equipped for mobile wallet and one-seg TV. Preinstalled with Snoopy screensavers and wallpapers.

    L-10C
    Sept.
    Elegantly simple phone with four dedicated keys for quick access to favorite functions/contacts. “Clear voice” function for enhanced audio.

    docomo PRIME series™ (4 models)

    SH-10C
    May or June
    Dust/waterproof body with 3.4-inch Full Wide VGA mobile 3D touchscreen. 16.1-megapixel camera shoots Full HD video. Beautiful function-linked illumination on side edge.

    F-09C
    June
    High-spec waterproof body with responsive touchscreen. Vibrant 3D experiences on large 3.5-inch rotating screen. 16.3-megapixel camera with CMOS sensor shoots Full HD movie.

    CA-01C
    June or July
    First EXILIM™ Handset for DOCOMO. 16.3-megapixel camera shoots Full HD video. 3D screen for enjoyment of dynamic images and games.

    P-05C
    July
    LUMIX Phone™is world’s first phone with optical anti-shake*. “My Color Mode” enables easy creation of highly artistic photos taken with 13.2-megapixel camera.

    *For photo/video functions as of May 13, 2011, according to Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

    docomo SMART series™ (2 models)

    F-11C
    July
    12.8-mm waterproof phone with security features such as fingerprint sensor. Business-support features including business card reader linked to address book and “whiteboard photo” mode.
    N-05C June or July Waterproof slider phone with quick-shooting 8.1-megapixel camera equipped with highly sensitive lens. Professional/personal tool equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity, various dictionaries, etc.

    Xi™ Data Terminals (2 models)

    L-09C
    June or July
    Stylish mobile Wi-Fi router for FOMA 3G/Xi LTE services. Robust battery lasts up to 6 hours for Xi and 8 hours for FOMA. Works simultaneously with up to 10 devices.

    BF-01C
    July or August
    Mobile Wi-Fi router for FOMA 3G, Xi LTE, WLAN and wired LAN. Connects to 6 devices. Preinstalled with Network Attached Storage (NAS) and media server function.

    FOMA USB Data Terminal (1 model)
    L-08C
    May or June
    FOMA USB data terminal with protective cap. Stylish design and weighs just 25g.

    Windows® 7 Handset (1 model)
    Windows® 7 Handset F-07C
    June or July
    World’s smallest Windows 7 PC (Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit Japanese edition)*. Enhanced security and practical mobile-wallet functions preinstalled. USB/HDMI cradle optional.

    *According to Fujitsu Limited as of May 13, 2011.

  • Panasonic to launch 100GB BD-RE XL this month in Japan

    Panasonic to launch 100GB BD-RE XL this month in Japan

    Panasonic will launch the worlds largest Rewritable Blu-Ray Disks this month, with a capacity of 100GB the new BD-RE XL also carries a whopping price tag of $118 US for each. These Blu-Ray Disks will be available on the 15th of April in Japan. and the newer version of the BD players from Pioneer and Buffalo already support these.

    [Panasonic Japan]

  • Sony rolls out MDR-XB1000, MDR-XB41EX and MDR-XB21EX headphones, Heading to India in MAY

    Sony rolls out MDR-XB1000, MDR-XB41EX and MDR-XB21EX headphones, Heading to India in MAY

    Sony has just announced 3 new headphones in Japan, sticking to product numbers as model names. The MDR-XB1000 cans offering enhanced bass. The MDR-XB41EX and MDR-XB21EX earbuds will come in a choice of several colors , with Sony’s own Bass enhancement technology, and new sound isolating processor.

    We spoke to Sony India, A rep was able to tell us that the earbuds are confirmed for May 2011 launch, the HPs may come later.

    Source Impress, Sony

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