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SoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The Summary

SoftBank Mobile held a large-scale press conference at the Tokyo International Forum just south of Tokyo Station today, in a large three-story, 1,502-seat concert hall packed full of spectators and press. CEO Masayoshi Son opened with [...]
SoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The Summary
SoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The SummarySoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The SummarySoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The SummarySoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The SummarySoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The Summary

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Samsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in Korea

Introduced for the first time this February, Samsung new Android 2.1 Smartphone known as GALAXY A or SHW-M100S is not officially available in South Korea. Our little new Android Smartphone is powered by a 800MHz CPU, comes with a 3.7” [...]
Samsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in Korea
Samsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in KoreaSamsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in KoreaSamsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in KoreaSamsung Galaxy A Android 2.1 SHW-M100S now available in Korea

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Pantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a pro

Pantech propose in Korea via Sky, a new Touch-phone the IM-S550S also known as JamBand. Our 2.9” Touch-phone with DMB, 3Mpix Camera pixel features 4 different music instruments including a Piano, Flute, guitar as well as drums and will[...]
Pantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a pro
Pantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a proPantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a proPantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a proPantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a proPantech new JamBand IM-S550S let you play music like a pro

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[From Mobius 09] Office 2010 Beta now available for your PC and Windows Phone

Alright, if you wanna see what the future version of Office 2010 will look like, just follow these links ! Available for PC (32 and 64bit version) as well as Windows Phone (6.5 only, US MarketPlace Only)…. Windows Mobile 6.5 Office 2010 for PC
[From Mobius 09] Office 2010 Beta now available for your PC and Windows Phone

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Twitter Now on a Ketai Near You!

Believe it or not but until recently Twitter was not available on Japanese mobile phones, and since just recently announced (made public yesterday) Twitter will have a mobile portal for Japanese mobile phones… Twitter hopes to penetrat[...]
Twitter Now on a Ketai Near You!

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[CEATEC 09- Live] Sony’s TransferJet Booth

We talked about TransferJet earlier today with Toshiba, Since this technology was first developed by Sony, we checked what the guys who developed the technology could show us… And well… nothing we knew… Here as well Sony displayed Tran[...]
[CEATEC 09- Live] Sony’s TransferJet Booth
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Softbank Armani 830SC, Now Available… Unfortunately

Back in May Samsung presented their new Softbank Summer 2009 line-up, and a couple of months later, just before we jump into fall, Softbank released their Armani “Bling Bling” 830SC phone available in Japan (Black and White). It’[...]
Softbank Armani 830SC, Now Available… Unfortunately
Softbank Armani 830SC, Now Available… UnfortunatelySoftbank Armani 830SC, Now Available… UnfortunatelySoftbank Armani 830SC, Now Available… Unfortunately

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Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Merge with NEC’s Mobile Terminal Unit

We heard this rumor quite a while ago, and now it’s official, Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications will merge with NEC’s Mobile Terminal Unit, in order to create… NEC Casio Mobile Communications Shares will be as follows: NEC: 66%[...]
Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Merge with NEC’s Mobile Terminal Unit

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LG Gearing Up For Assault On Smartphone Market

Finally we’ll get more cool WiMo devices in the near future. No offence to HTC who does a pretty good job, but competition is important for innovation.. Today LG announced that they will release three new WiMo 6.5 devices by the [...]
LG Gearing Up For Assault On Smartphone Market
LG Gearing Up For Assault On Smartphone Market

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Sharp Solar Panel for Mobile Devices Now Available Globally

Thanks to both AU and SoftBank, Sharp introduced a new kind of mobile with an integrated Solar Module to recharge your phone on the go. And today Sharp announced the global availability of this module, the LR0GC02, meaning that soon yo[...]
Sharp Solar Panel for Mobile Devices Now Available Globally
Sharp Solar Panel for Mobile Devices Now Available Globally

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Softbank Summer 2009: Emporio Armani 830SC… Bling Bling Mode On!

Not sure what to write about the Samsung Emporio Armani 830SC phone beside… Bling Bling… Oh yeah check out the night effect… What else??? Well nothing.
Softbank Summer 2009: Emporio Armani 830SC… Bling Bling Mode On!
Softbank Summer 2009: Emporio Armani 830SC… Bling Bling Mode On!Softbank Summer 2009: Emporio Armani 830SC… Bling Bling Mode On!Softbank Summer 2009: Emporio Armani 830SC… Bling Bling Mode On!

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Softbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-on

Here’s another Sharp mobile phone, but this one ain’t no “bling bling” camera phone. No, we have here an environmentally friendly phone thanks to a solar panel fitted on top of the its lid to keep your phone charged when using it[...]
Softbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-on
Softbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-onSoftbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-onSoftbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-onSoftbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-onSoftbank Summer 2009: Solar Hybrid 936SH Hands-on

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Samsung Introduces “Blue Earth”- The First Solar Powered Full-Touch Phone

Today Samsung unveiled the first solar powered Full-Touch Phone, the Blue Earth. As you can guess, it features a solar panel, located on the back of the phone. According to the Korean manufacturer, it generates enough power to make cal[...]
Samsung Introduces “Blue Earth”- The First Solar Powered Full-Touch Phone
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Samsung’s Newest Smartphone Based On the S60 and Symbian OS

Samsung latest Smartphone, the I7110, is S60 and Symbian OS-based, and will be showcased for the first time at London’s Symbian Smartphone Show. This bar type Smartphone features 2.6’’ QVGA AMOLED screen, FM radio, DNSe 2.0, GPS [...]
Samsung’s Newest Smartphone Based On the S60 and Symbian OS
Samsung’s Newest Smartphone Based On the S60 and Symbian OSSamsung’s Newest Smartphone Based On the S60 and Symbian OS

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CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…

Besides their super modular concept phone, Docomo introduced some unfinished concepts. Just look at the picture gallery for a look at these mobile phones, notice another video projector mobile phone. Docomo also introduced a new versio[...]
CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…
CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…CEATEC 2008 Live: Docomo Introduces a New Concept, the Next-gen 3G…

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Samsung Rolls Out an 8Mpix Camera Phone: The Pixon

Samsung just announced the new Pixon, a full touch 8 Mpix camera phone. Our new mobile phone is 13.8 mm thin and features a 3.2’’ WQVGA full touch screen, an 8 Mpix camera with a 16x digital zoom, music player (MP3, AAC, e-AAC+, WMA), [...]
Samsung Rolls Out an 8Mpix Camera Phone: The Pixon
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Shake, Tap, Flip Samsung’s New Music Phones

Samsung just introduced two new music phones, the Samsung BEATb (model M3410) and the Samsung BEATs (M3200). Both feature the interesting ‘Motion Play’ that allows you to control your music with simple motion. Play or pause music by ta[...]
Shake, Tap, Flip Samsung’s New Music Phones
Shake, Tap, Flip Samsung’s New Music PhonesShake, Tap, Flip Samsung’s New Music Phones

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Concept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing Studio

Here are some other concepts from KDDI’s designing studio; very classic, very interesting, and totally crazy. The most interesting is the mobile phone projector, and printer. The craziest is the phone with a built-in tissue distr[...]
Concept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing Studio
Concept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing StudioConcept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing StudioConcept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing StudioConcept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing StudioConcept: Crazy, Nice Mobile Phones from KDDI’s Designing Studio

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Concept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI Collaboration

Yesterday, the AkihabraNews team went to KDDI’s designing studio in Harajuku where some nice concepts were on exhibition. Introducing a concept born from the collaboration between Yamaha and KDDI. All these devices are a fusion o[...]
Concept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI Collaboration
Concept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI CollaborationConcept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI CollaborationConcept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI CollaborationConcept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI CollaborationConcept: Nice Musical Mobile Phones Born from a YAMAHA – KDDI Collaboration

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More Official Picture of the Omnia

Samsung just sent us some more official pictures of the Omnia taken during the official launch in Singapore.(that we talked about earlier)… 
 Enjoy them until we get our hands on it (next week) and shoot our own photos and videos.
More Official Picture of the Omnia
More Official Picture of the OmniaMore Official Picture of the OmniaMore Official Picture of the OmniaMore Official Picture of the Omnia

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LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755

We haven’t introduced the latest mobile unveiled by LG, KF755. It’s a new version of the KF750, without HSDPA but with only GSM (900, 1 800 and 1 900 MHz), GPRS Class 10 , EDGE and WAP 2.0… Why? Good question! It’s eq[...]
LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755
LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755LG Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The KF755

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Samsung Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The i900

At last, Samsung unveiles the Smartphone’s new face, the Smartphone OMNIA (SGH-i900). Our new mobile is equipped with a 3.22″ screen with 400×240 resolution, 5Mpix camera (wth smile detection and geo tagging), a GPS re[...]
Samsung Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The i900
Samsung Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The i900Samsung Unveils Its Latest Mobile Phone, The i900

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