HTC to increase shipment of 5″ Butterfly to meet demand

The HTC Butterfly has been in the news every week, and people can’t just get enough of this monstrous 5″, 1080p device. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC was caught saying that according to initial feedback, the device has become really popular in japan due to which they will be boosting their shipment.

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Casio introduces four new Android tablets in Japan

Casio has introduced its latest tablets aimed at business users in the Japanese market. All four tablets have a 10.1″ 1,280×800 multi-touch LED display. The Paper Writer V-N500-WJ and Paper Writer V-N500-J come with a stylus and have handwriting recognition capabilities which also let it convert handwritten text to digital.

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Video : Fujitsu IS12T Windows Phone Hands On

The Fujitsu IS12T is the first phone in Japan to run Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. It is also the first waterproof and dust proof Windows smartphone.

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Panasonic to launch ultra-slim, waterproof and dustproof Android phone with 4.3 inch OLED display in March 2012

Panasonic has grand plans with it’s smartphone which is expected to hit Europe by March 2012. The company has released few details along with some pictures of the Panasonic prototype Android phone. The device uses a 4.3 inch qHD OLED display with a really slim bezel.The design will be  ultra-slim and sport a D-shape.The front shows off the Panasonic branding along with the Menu , home and Back keys. Since waterproof phones are pretty common in Japan , Panasonic is bringing its expertise to the table and claims that it’s first smartphone will be waterproof and dustproof. Continue reading “Panasonic to launch ultra-slim, waterproof and dustproof Android phone with 4.3 inch OLED display in March 2012”

NTT Docomo unveils 23 Mobile Devices, including 14 Smartphones and a Tablet

NTT Docomo has announced 22 new phones in Japan that includes 14 smartphones and 8 feature phones. They have also announced GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus SC-02D tablet. They have also launched the dmenu portal that provides apps and DOCOMO’s popular i-mode content for smartphone and dmarket content store that would offer content, including movies, music, e-books and Android applications. Continue reading “NTT Docomo unveils 23 Mobile Devices, including 14 Smartphones and a Tablet”

Samsung Backs out: Drops Apple countersuit

Just a few weeks back we had heard that Apple  sued Samsung at their home ground in South Korea, and we expected Samsung to fight back by another law Suit against Apple, but Samsung took a different route this time, they dropped the counter-suit against Apple of about 10 claims.

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Elcom Waterproof Case for Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc and Acro

Elcom just announced a new waterproof case for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc and Acro. The case is IPX7 compliant.

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NTT DOCOMO to become Japan’s first mobile operator to bring overseas mobile remittances

NTT DOCOMO has announced that they would be the first mobile operator to bring overseas mobile remittances. This would let the NTT DOCOMO customers in Japan to transfer money in a local currency or USD from the DOCOMO Kouza account to a bank account or affiliated beneficiary financial institutions in Philippines, Brazil, South Korea or China. Continue reading “NTT DOCOMO to become Japan’s first mobile operator to bring overseas mobile remittances”

Japan’s NTT Docomo Launching 24 New Devices

Japan’s largest telecom operator NTT Docomo just revealed its plans for the summer by announcing 24 new devices. These phones cover almost any kind of usage a person might have or want and gives them unparalleled choice. Android Gingerbread is the operating system of choice on 8 of the devices. The camera phone segment has been pushed up a notch by the 6 devices on offer with cameras ranging from 12 to a whopping 16 megapixels.

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Sharp and Softbank Announce World’s First Clamshell Android 2.3 Phone

Japanese love the clamshell form-factor for their phones. Thus Sharp and Softbank have announced the world’s first clamshell Android 2.3 phone. The phone is called the Sharp Hybrid 007SH and will be sold though Softbank.

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NTT Docomo announces 20 phones, including 9 Smartphones


NTT Docomo has announced 20 new phones in Japan, including 9 smarphones, 5 style series phones, 4 prime series phones, 2 smart series phones and Windows 7 F-07C, that runs desktop version of windows and dual boots Symbian. They have also announced 2 Xi mobile Wi-Fi routers and W-CDMA based 3G USB data terminal.

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Sony Ericsson Announces The Xperia Acro Smartphone

Sony Ericsson recently announced the rumored Xperia Acro smartphone. This handset is the optimized version of the Xperia Arc smartphone for Japanese users.

Sony Ericsson recently announced the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro smartphones. Along with these devices, Sony Ericsson also announced the rumored Xperia Acro smartphone. This handset is the optimized version of the Xperia Arc smartphone for Japanese users. It comes with the same 4.2 inch multi-touch Reality Display, 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, 8.1 megapixel camera and more. It comes with additional features such as Mobile TV, Infrared port, Mobile wallet, etc. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Announces The Xperia Acro Smartphone”