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Drunken man kicks a Pepper robot in a fit of rage and gets arrested in Japan
A drunken 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage at a SoftBank store, police said. According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, Kiichi Ishikawa from Yokosuka entered the local SoftBank branch Sunday morning and kicked a Pepper there. Security footage shows the drunken Ishikawa kicking the robot. The…
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Fujitsu Arrows A Softbank 201F 4G smartphone is capable of download speeds up to 76Mbps
Fujitsu today announced that the new Arrows A Softbank 201F smartphone will be available only in Japan from SoftBank retailers beginning February 16, 2013.Representing Fujitsu’s second model offered through Arrows A Softbank 201F runs on the ultrafast SoftBank 4G data communications service and features a 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU, offering the user an excellent experience…
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Kyocera completes its solar modules installation for the first phase of the SoftBank Kyoto Solar Park in Japan
Kyocera announced that it has completed installation of its solar modules for the first phase of the SoftBank Kyoto Solar Park (Kyoto City, Japan), and that the approximately 2.1 megawatt (MW) installation began operation yesterday to coincide with the start of the new Japanese feed-in tariff (FIT) for renewable energy. The SoftBank Group subsidiary in…
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Softbank BB Bluetooth headset can displays song details
Softbank BB Bluetooth headset from Softbank will be launched in Japan in late July. Softbank BB is a Bluetooth headset that supports AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). . Equipped with an organic EL display (128 × 64 pixel), when playing music, the Bluetooth headset can display song titles, artist names, album names, etc (up to a…
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Softbank to launch high-speed wireless Internet access service featuring speeds of up to 110 megabits per second
Japan’s third-largest mobile phone operator Softbank Mobile, will launch a new high-speed wireless Internet access service featuring speeds of up to 110 megabits per second in Japan. Softbank 4G service to be launched on Friday is 7-8 times faster than current services in Japan. Monthly charges will be 5,505 yen ($69) or 3,880 yen ($48)…
