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DoComo to launch Japan’s first smartphone-only TV channel NOTTV on April 1
Television broadcaster Mmbi, a subsidiary of NTT Docomo will launch Japan’s first smartphone-only TV channel on April1.The channel called NOTTV will have much higher video and audio resolution than the current 1seg digital broadcasting system for mobile devices. While a number of TV stations can already be viewed on smartphones and tablet computers, NOTTV will…
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Bonzart Ampel twin lens reflex type digital camera reminds you the classic twin reflex camera by Rollei
GLOBAL•DC, Japan showcased the new 5-megapixel toy camera Bonzart Ampel at the CP+ 2012. The twin lens reflex type camera reminds you the classic twin reflex camera by Rollei. Just like the matte focusing screen at the top of the Rollei camera, here you have the 2-inch color LCD monitor with a pop-up hood surrounding…
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Muji Japan announces hand cranked Radio with LED light and Smartphone charging
Muji .net, Japan announced OC-223 radio with built in LED light. The radio can be used outdoors also. The eco-friendly AM/FM radio model OC-223 comes with LED light-clock function, LED light and buzzer function. You can charge smartphones also with this multi-use radio. The built in 800mAH nickel-metal hydride battery has an USB DC5V 400mA…
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Japanese giants Panasonic, Fujitsu, Renesas to join forces in a chip-making venture
Three of Japan’s biggest electronics giants- Panasonic, Renesas Electronics and Fujitsu are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally. The three companies will spin off their system chip design and development divisions to create a new company in…
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NTT DoCoMo unveils first two Android smartphones under the Disney Mobile on DoCoMo brand
NTT DoCoMo announced today the first two Android smartphones under the Disney Mobile on DoCoMo brand that it is launching in cooperation with The Walt Disney Company (Japan).The Disney Mobile on docomo F-08D model will go on sale in the end of February and the Disney Mobile on DoCoMo P-05D model will launch in March.…
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Upgraded Quince robots ready for gathering data inside the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant
New Quince robots for gathering data inside the radiation-contaminated Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are ready to go into action; three months after an older version got stuck inside the No. 2 reactor building. Equipped with cameras, thermometers and hygrometers, the new pair of caterpillar-shaped robots from Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, called Quince…
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Mazda announces Special Edition Mazda Biante GRANZ in Japan
Mazda today announced the launch of the special edition of its mid-sized tall high-roof Mazda Biante minivan. The special edition Mazda Biante GRANZ goes on sale from today at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealers throughout Japan.
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AKB48 singer Tomomi Itano says Emobile’s Pocket Wi-Fi is the king of Wi-Fi
AKB48 singer Tomomi Itano, wearing a sexy animal print costume, walks with a lion in a commercial for Emobile’s Pocket Wi-Fi device that connects to the 3G network automatically and works as a Wi-Fi access point and router. In the commercial, Itano says that Emobile’s Pocket Wi-Fi is the king of Wi-Fi, in a reference…
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ROBO-G Robot visits the Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater in Tokyo
A robot that appears in the Japanese movie ROBO-G is paraded outside the Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater in Tokyo. The Japanese film stars Mickey Curtis as an old codger grandfather who finds new life as an entertainer inside a robot suit. Things turn bizarre when a young female student falls in love with the robot. Japan’s…
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LEDs to replace pesticides in a futuristic farm in Japan
Japan is planning a futuristic farm where robots do the lifting in an experimental project on land swamped by the March tsunami. Land in Miyagi Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, which was flooded by seawater on March 11, has been earmarked for the so-called Dream Project. Under an agriculture ministry plan, unmanned tractors…
