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Pioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/5/2011 - 01:34] - 1 - Gps

Along side the world first AR Car Navigation system, Pioneer released this moring three new Carrozzeria AVIC PND with improved accuracy, traffic data and forecast. Available in three different sizes with the 7”WVGA AVIC-T99, the 5.8” W[...]

Pioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in Japan

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E-Mobile announces faster PocketWiFI in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/3/2011 - 04:33] - 0 - Wireless

The very sexy pocket Wifi, designed by Huawei, is a compact autonomous 3G hotpost very popular in Japan (I even own one), and come today in a new and improved version with now the support of HSDPA+ offering a 21Mbps download speed with[...]

E-Mobile announces faster PocketWiFI in Japan

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[Review] Panasonic Let’s note Toughbook J9 Black Style

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/12/2010 - 11:04] - 6 - Review Laptops

Specs: Operating system: Windows 7 32 or 64-bits Processor: Intel® Core ™ 2.53GHz i5-460m (turbo boost up to 2.80GHz) Chipset: Mobile Intel® Express Chipset HM55 Graphics card: Intel® HD Graphics Memory: 2GB (up to 6GB) of 204-pin SO-D[...]

[Review] Panasonic Let’s note Toughbook J9 Black Style

[Unboxing] Panasonic Toughbook J9

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/11/2010 - 02:41] - 1 - Laptops

Look what just arrived at this Office this morning? A shiny new Panasonic Toughbook J9 running an Intel i5 CPU and sporting a nice little SSD… Stay tune for our (soon to come) review!

Via Panasonic

Pioneer adds 3G to its portable Air Navi PND in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/10/2010 - 10:45] - 0 - Gps

Yesterday, Pioneer released an update of its Air Navis PND with 2 new models including the AVIC-T07II and AVIC-T05II-SV/VG. Both models come with a One-Seg TV Tuner, support of WMA/MP3/AAC/WAV/WMV/MP4/AVI files as well as 8GB of intern[...]

Pioneer adds 3G to its portable Air Navi PND in Japan

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[Hands-On] Panasonic introduces fabulous business oriented compact Let’s Note J9

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/9/2010 - 03:38] - 0 - Press Conference Hands On Laptops

Panasonic new ultra compact Let’s Note J9, is just a piece of art! In just 990g and with a size of 251.9×171.7×27.3-35.1mm, Panasonic succeed to fit a 10.1” LCD panel with a 1366×768 resolution, an Intel Core i5-460M @ 2[...]

[Hands-On] Panasonic introduces fabulous business oriented compact Let’s Note J9

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Softbank Japan jumping into the Android world with the HTC Desire

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/3/2010 - 04:12] - 0 - Phones

Scheduled to be made available this April, the Android Snapdragon HTC Desire, also known as the X06HT is now, alongside with the Apple iPhone 3GS, among the impressive Smartphones that Softbank offer. Having been announced already, the[...]

Softbank Japan jumping into the Android world with the HTC Desire

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NTT Docomo gets us close to our Global Phone dream

By Akihabara News Team - [19/1/2010 - 03:20] - 0 - Phones

NTT Docomo, Japan’s leading mobile operator and provider of advanced mobile services, made a great step with the development of a “prototype eight-band power amplifier” for mobile phones that claims to cover frequencies between 700MHz [...]

NTT Docomo gets us close to our Global Phone dream

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On the way to LTE Service, Docomo to deploy new W-CDMA base stations with Remote Radio Equipment Units

By Akihabara News Team - [18/12/2009 - 05:58] - 0 - Phones

In addition to the development of 2 technologies with Fujitsu Limited for silent failures detection and location in IP networks that we talked about yesterday, this comes as another step by Docomo in preparation for its extra-high-spee[...]

On the way to LTE Service, Docomo to deploy new W-CDMA base stations with Remote Radio Equipment Units

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World’s First PHS & W-CDMA phone, HYBRID W-ZERO by WILLCOM

By Akihabara News Team - [11/11/2009 - 06:12] - 0 - Phones

WILLCOM boasts a world first with its new HYBRID W-ZERO (WS027SH ) featuring PHS & W-CDMA (3.5G) capable of HSUPA 7.2Mbit/s. Weighing just 158 gr. and 16.9 mm thick, this smart phone boasts several royal features. To start with, s[...]

World’s First PHS & W-CDMA phone, HYBRID W-ZERO by WILLCOM

Pioneer to Release Four New GPS in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/5/2009 - 03:58] - 1 - Misc

Here’s the AVIC-VH9900, AVIC-ZH9900, AVIC-H9900 and the AVIC-T20… Pioneer’s latest car GPS which will hit Japan early next month. While the first three are common, your average in-dash style GPS with the usual 7” WVGA touch displ[...]

Pioneer to Release Four New GPS in Japan

Sharp and KDDI to Launch Two New Mobile Terminals

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/1/2009 - 02:26] - 0 - Phones

Oddly enough I tend to forget about the Japanese carrier Au by KDDI, maybe due to the lack of interesting handsets in their catalog. Anyway, there’s no doubt that CDMA technology is superior to W-CDMA when it comes to building pe[...]

Sharp and KDDI to Launch Two New Mobile Terminals

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Fujitsu’s DoCoMo PRIME F-01A Hands-on, the Ultimate Japanese Mobile Phone

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [19/11/2008 - 02:58] - 9 - Phones

It’s been a long time since I’ve been impressed with a Japanese mobile phone, but today Fujitsu and DoCoMo succeed in doing just that with their Prime F-01A! What’s so special about it? Although appearing like a typic[...]

Fujitsu’s DoCoMo PRIME F-01A Hands-on, the Ultimate Japanese Mobile Phone

920SH: The Stock Watcher Phone from Softbank

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/3/2008 - 07:45] - 1 - Phones

As you may have noticed we’re getting screwed by major economical glitches… If you’re wondering how your personal finances are doing, or if you’re a Japanese broker… you may want to run and get the latest 920SH from S[...]

920SH: The Stock Watcher Phone from Softbank

The new High Tech helmets presented at the WJ2007

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [19/7/2007 - 02:52] - 0 - Misc

The Tanizawa (Japan) company presented a new generation of helmets (for work) at the Japan Wireless Show 2007, 2 versions where shown; The “A” features a W-CDMA (FOMA) card, built-in telephone, GPS, RFID chip, a camera good[...]

The new High Tech helmets presented at the WJ2007

New cellphones by HTC in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/7/2007 - 12:16] - 0 - Phones

No matter how good the Japanese cellphones are they all feature the same problem cause by the major operators (DoCoMo, AU, SoftBank): the SIM LOCK! If ever you want to quit one and test the other then you have to buy a new cellphone! H[...]

Via HTC JAPAN

The HTC Hermes running WM6, soon for all !!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/6/2007 - 07:14] - 5 - Phones

I recently received a Dopod 838 Pro, unfortunately it crashed during a ROM update so I had to send it back to Taiwan and…today it was back! So I start it and what do I see? A new Official Windows Mobile 6 ROM! Excellent news but [...]

The HTC Hermes running WM6, soon for all !!

Windows Mobile on new SoftBank PDA phones

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/5/2007 - 05:23] - 8 - Phones

Windows Mobile 6 is finding a new home in some of the new PDA Phones sold by SoftBank, for example the X02HT (Smartphone) coming with a 2.4 inches screen, 2MPix, Wifi b/g, Bluetooth, GSM, W-CDMA and 120g in your pocket but also the X01[...]

Windows Mobile on new SoftBank PDA phones

SPH-W2500, the new Samsung HSDPA phone

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/3/2007 - 06:18] - 0 - Phones

This is some news that should please our Third World readers, ooops sorry I meant Europe… Samsung offers in Korea the SPH-W2500, a new W-CDMA/HSDPA/GSM/3G phone with a 2Mpix camera, a VGA screen, 3D menus, an MP3 player, and a microSD [...]

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Foma M2501, the 3.5G card for your PC

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/9/2006 - 07:41] - 0 - Phones

DoCoMo announced yesterday their new HSDPA, W-CDMA, GSM, and GPRS FOMA PCMCIA card, able to reach a theoretical speed of 3.6Mbps. Quite a very good news for mobile Internet users in Japan, but we have a problem with the format of the c[...]