The DTN-VX003 is an average PND with a nice 4.1 OLED touchscreen (480×272), 4GB of internal memory, SD/SDHC slot, Digital TV 1Seg, FM radio FM transmitter, WMV/AVI and ASF video and MP3 and WMA audio support and weighting just 160[...]
Here’s another 1Seg waterproof portable TV with AM/FM radio from Panasonic, the SV-ME850V. The major improvement compared to previous models is its increased contrast ratio, support of WMA, MP3 and AAC audio files directly from S[...]
Until today if you bought one of these tiny (20.5×56.8×11.5mm and 13g) USB 1Seg TV tuners, you’d face the horrible burden of having to always carry with you the proper CD driver or EXE file to install both the 1Seg USB [...]
Back in June 2008, Panasonic introduced the SV-ME75, a 1Seg waterproof TV. Today Panasonic refreshed things up a bit with not one, but two models, the SV-ME750 and SV-ME700. If technically both models are similar, only the SV-ME750 rec[...]
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about a Japanese PNS (Portable Navigation System)… Let’s correct this with the MoveOn NVG-M1… This isn’t the slimmest PNS in Japan, but with its 11.95mm thickness it’s [...]
What’s an already powerful digital frame that handles pictures, plays MP3s (for slideshow)s, plays movies missing??? No, this ain’t no coffee machine, even though it would have been a good idea… A TV tuner maybe? Yep you na[...]
Here’s a new “Brain,” better known as the PW-TC980, Sharp’s new compact digital dictionary. It features a nice 5” HVGA touchscreen (color), a 1Seg TV tuner, and “handwriting” PAD that allows you to write Kanji for definitio[...]
Buffalo Japan today released the DH-KONE8G/U2DS 1Seg 8GB USB memory key. What’s interesting here? This 1Seg TV / radio tuner works on both PC and Mac (starting from OSX 10.4), and can record up to 40h of TV on its 8GB of internal memor[...]
Japanese people love taking baths, it’s part of their culture and I admit that I enjoy them too! (Onsen… Yeah!!!) With this in mind it’s no surprise many Japanese, mainly women, spend a lot of time in the bathtub (about an [...]
By Akihabara News Team - [19/9/2008 - 01:03] - 0 - Misc
On October 21st, Sanyo will released the NV-BD600DT, a portable navigation system equipped with 4GB of SSD. It features a 5.8’’ LCD Touch Screen, 4GB of SSD, 1Seg TV tuner, built-In FM transmitter, built-in speakers (1 Watt), SD card s[...]
I am not talking about your average Bravia here, don’t expect a 100”+ PDP or LCD panel, but rather a more portable device, the XDV-W600. It features a 4” LCD panel, 23 hours of battery lifespan (both internal battery + AA batteri[...]
By Akihabara News Team - [14/7/2008 - 08:36] - 0 - Image
Sanrio Japan released a new Hello Kitty 1seg tuner, simply a portable 1Seg TV decorated with the famous Kitty face. It features a 2.4″ LCD screen in QVGA resolution (320×240) and built-in speaker (0.3Watts). It’s available n[...]
Released in Japan last November, the NW-A910 Series Walkman features a 1Seg TV tuner and 2.4” LCD. It’s now available in Pink with either 4GB or 8GB of memory. If you’d like to share what you’re listening to or watchi[...]
Last Friday DoCoMo released a new Raku Ralu phone (2G and 3G) featuring a speech to text function for writing email or SMS, the Fujitsu F884i. Simply press a button on your handset, talk clearly into your mouthpiece, and the Raku Raku [...]
Looking for a 4GB memory card that can also be used for watching TV? Behold the DH-KONE4G/U2DS, the latest 1Seg TV tuner USB dongle from Buffalo. It also includes 4GB of internal memory which gives you the ability of recording up to 20[...]
In January we talked about the new Softbank 922SH, a Nokia Communicator lookalike mobile phone… Last week the 922SH was released in Japan and Softbank nicely sent us one to test. While you’ll have to wait a little bit longe[...]
For less than 200€ you’ll be able to get yourself the latest waterproof TV (JL-J405PW) with a 1Seg tuner and a nice 4” screen with a 480×272 resolution and LED backlight. Has something like four hours of continuous playtime.[...]
While we’re waiting for an official announcement from Toshiba regarding the HD-DVD, Toshiba’s PR team is doing it’s best to divert our attention to another matter, like these 3 new portable DVD players. The SD-P91DT w[...]
Available in Japan for less than a year now, the Gigabeat V will see, thanks to the V81, its internal memory increase from 4GB to 8GB. This new version also features a SDHC card slot which allows you to move recorder TV/video programs [...]
While many manufacturers work hard building devices with endless functions, it’s always intrigued us geeks to see a company like Sony create a simple product with just two main functions like radio and mobile TV. The Sony XDV-G20[...]
While the rest of the world is nagging us with the iPHONE, we in Japan had to do something quick to fill our iPHONE void. Once again, thank you Softbank for the Full Face 2, aka 921 SH. When its keyboard is hidden by its screen, a slid[...]
For most of you guys not living here, Japanese phones look cool and are in a way… yes they’re cool, but they almost ALL look the same (I personally drool over the iPHONE…but no 3G version yet, damn you Steve Jobs!). 8[...]
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