Softbank releases a new Huawei Android Smartphone in Japan
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/8/2011 - 03:07] - 
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The Vision 007HW is Huawei latest Android Smartphone to hit Japanese shore this year. Available via Softbank Mobile the 007HW comes with Android 2.3, a 1GHz CPU, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi BGN, GPS, 3G 14,4Mbps, a 5Mpix Camera, a 3.7” 800[...]
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Sharp update its Android Clamshell Smartphone with a Hello Kitty Version
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/8/2011 - 01:28] - 0 - Phones
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Introduced early this may in Japan, the AQUOS Phone “The Hybrid 007SH” an Android 2.3 Clamshell phone that comes with everything you could think of! An IPX5/IPX7 Waterproof body, a 16.10Mpix sensor, a 3.4” WVGA 3D New Mobile ASV touchs[...]
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SoftBank announces the Yahoo! Phone in Japan
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [19/8/2011 - 08:11] - 0 - Phones
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SoftBank, the Owner and operator of Yahoo! in Japan, announced yesterday the launch of the first Yahoo! Phone. Based on Sharp’s Aquos 009SH, this Android Base phone will be preloaded with Yahoo Skin and Home page as well as featuring a[...]
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Computex 2011, here we come!
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/5/2011 - 05:36] - 3 - Announcement
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Arrived safely in Taipei and preparing to cover tomorrow’s Computex 2011! Just got two pre-paid SIM cards, one for voice and one for unlimited 3G Data for respectively 300 and 700 TW$ and now going to chill out around my hotel. If you [...]
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Sharp Japanese AQUOS PHONE line-up going worldwide this year!
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/5/2011 - 03:07] - 7 - Phones
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Yep you are readying this right! Sharp has made the announcement official and declare that all its new and just introduced AQOS PHONE Line-up will be soon available overseas with launch schedule later this year in North America, China [...]
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Sharp and Softbank releases the world first Android 2.3 Clamshell Phone
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [20/5/2011 - 11:27] - 9 - Phones
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Here you are ladies and gentlemen the world first Android 2.3 Clamshell phone. Heresy? Not so fast! Japanese people love clamshell phone more than anything else and it is not surprising that a company like Sharp decided to jump into th[...]
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Disney Mobile Announces First Smartphone Sale Date (Kind of)
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 03:50] - 0 - Phones
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Disney Mobile, a Walt Disney Company-operated MVNO on SoftBank that launched in March 2008 (after its original incarnation on Sprint ceased operations three months earlier), just announced that its formerly clamshell-saturated handset [...]
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IC stickers for iPhone by SoftBank
By Akihabara News Team - [28/12/2010 - 11:35] - 3 - Phones
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SoftBank, one of the three mobile phone providers in Japan, released yesterday stickers with IC capability for the iPhone 4. IC cards are very frequent in Japan and can be used almost everywhere, be it department stores, restaurants or[...]
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Subsidized iPads for Everybody (But Only if You Don’t Mind SoftBank)
By Akihabara News Team - [27/12/2010 - 03:35] - 2 - Offbeat
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I just got a text from SoftBank gently reminding me that my beloved carrier is currently running a subsidy program for Apple iPads called iPad for Everybody – in the same vein as the iPhone for Everybody campaign started three ye[...]
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Swarovski crystal iPhone 4 case featuring Softbank’s “father Shirato”
By Akihabara News Team - [9/12/2010 - 04:06] - 0 - Accessories Kawaii Phones
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The Shiratos are a family invented by Softbank Japan to promote their products. It is not your typical family. The mother and sister are Japanese ladies, the brother is a black guy and the father is a cute white dog (perhaps an America[...]
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The Recap – What you may have missed this Week
By Akihabara News Team - [4/12/2010 - 11:41] - 0 - The Recap
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Week of November 29 to December 5 2010 It’s winter time. Take a break. Play with your playstation’s move and take the warm mouse. And if you have enough energy, read the week recap. 1.Move with Sony but also with Microsoft&[...]
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Softbank invest $150 million in Zynga, makers of Farmville
By Akihabara News Team - [2/12/2010 - 05:17] - 0 - Announcement Gaming
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Softbank and Zynga have just announced their partnership in Japan. Together, the companies hope to take advantage of Zynga’s social game expertise and pair it with Softbank’s mobile and web technology to expand the mobile social gaming[...]
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WebCrew Agency Inc. Announces Battery Charger With Those Chicks from That Game
By Akihabara News Team - [2/12/2010 - 04:38] - 0 - Phones
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Some of us would be embarrassed to be seen with anything that had the characters from Konami’s Nintendo DS “communication game Love Plus printed on it. WebCrew Agency Inc. has come through for those of us you fine with it, [...]
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Apple, SoftBank Really Wants Us to Update – Why?
By Akihabara News Team - [29/11/2010 - 11:09] - 2 - Offbeat Software
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I just got an SMS from SoftBank – their preferred way of pushing us short bubbles of information – strongly encouraging us iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 4.2. This follows on an email from Apple four days ago, also extollin[...]
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[Offbeat] Horiemon Loves iPhone, but Hates SoftBank’s Corporate Stance, SIM-locking
By Akihabara News Team - [22/11/2010 - 01:47] - 2 - Internet Offbeat
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Takafumi Horie, controversial enterpreneur and former CEO of Japanese web portal service Livedoor (before being arrested on suspicion of securities fraud and money laundering, which many claim was a politically-motivated conspiracy to [...]
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[Hands On] Sharp’s 3D Smartphones, the Future is now in your pocket!
By Akihabara News Team - [15/11/2010 - 05:38] - 4 - Press Conference Hands On Phones
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Sharp held a press conference for its new cell phones and mobile devices today at Tokyo Midtown, in Akasaka, Tokyo. The main presentation primarily introduced their five smartphones on the three cell carriers here in Japan, and their p[...]
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The Recap – What you may have missed this Week
By Akihabara News Team - [13/11/2010 - 10:12] - 0 - The Recap
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Week of November 8 to 14, 2010 NEC and Samsung works very well. Mario open a store for his birthday. Microsoft and Sharp copy on Apple (default and design). So normal week on Akihabaranews. Read the Recap. 1.Mario has 25 years… on tiss[...]
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Camangi FM600 Coming to Japan this December
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/11/2010 - 02:28] - 1 - Tablet - PDA
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Camangi, a Taiwanese based company has scheduled to launch its FM600 Android tablet in Japan before Christmas. The FM600 comes with a 600MHz MSM7227 CPU, Android 2.2, a 7” screen with a 800×480 resolution, GPS, AGPS, WiFi, Bluetoo[...]
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SoftBank Winter2010 & Spring2011 Press Conference – The Summary
By Akihabara News Team - [4/11/2010 - 07:21] - 0 - Press Conference Phones
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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 [...]
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SoftBank Announces New High-Speed Cellular Network
By Akihabara News Team - [4/11/2010 - 05:32] - 0 - Press Conference Phones
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SoftBank announced a new dual-carrier HSDPA network at a press conference held in Tokyo today. Named Ultra Speed, it has a theoretical download limit of 42Mb/s – just under six times faster than highspeed 3G – putting it in[...]
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SoftBank’s Kids’ Phone Gets Smaller: SoftBank 005Z
By Akihabara News Team - [4/11/2010 - 05:12] - 0 - Press Conference Phones
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One of SoftBank’s most interesting new devices is ZTE’s 005Z, a 46.6×76.6×16.3mm crime prevention buzzer (a kid under attack pulls the pulling thing and a loud buzzer goes off, scaring off the attacker and alertin[...]
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Sharp Premium Waterproof Featurephone (Also: Paul & Joe Collaborative Model)
By Akihabara News Team - [4/11/2010 - 04:47] - 0 - Press Conference Phones
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The SoftBank 004SH phone is a Sharp entry, with a waterproof and dustproof body, 3.4-inch touchscreen, 9.6-megapixel CCD camera with autofocus, and Wi-Fi. It supports pretty much every Japanese cell phone feature in the wild today, alt[...]
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