Rakuten Call Bull on Y!J-G Alliance
By Akihabara News Team - [20/10/2010 - 07:33] - 
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Rakuten Inc., the famous Japanese e-marketplace operator (along with credit cards, travel, and securities), announced today that it submitted a request to the Japanese Fair Trade Commission to investigate the agreement between Google a[...]
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Korean Android Figurines
By Akihabara News Team - [18/10/2010 - 12:25] - 0 - Phones
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Android aficionados in Korea have the pleasure of owning a box of three figures in the likeness of Google’s green Android mascot, branded ANDROSKI. One is just a standing figurine with movable arms and a spinny upper head, which [...]
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Sony launches world’s 1st Google HDTV
By Akihabara News Team - [13/10/2010 - 10:19] - 0 - Home Entertainment Internet
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Sony is launching this week Sony Internet TV: a joint project with Google that combines Sony’s HDTVs with the new Google TV service. Four TV sets are concerned for now: with 24-inch ($599.99); 32-inch ($799.99); 40-inch ($999.99); and [...]
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Smurf powered LG Optimus One now available in Korea
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/10/2010 - 01:26] - 1 - Phones
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You will have to wait a little bit longer to get your LG Optimus One in Europe, however and if you don’t mind flying to Korea you can get LG’s latest Android 2.2 Phone just right now! And on top of this you will even have the chance to[...]
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Sony brings Xplod in-Dash TomTom GPS to North America
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/10/2010 - 03:02] - 1 - Gps
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Introduced at IFA 2010, Sony’s latest of Xplod In-Dash car GPS, are now flying from Europe to lend in North America. Available in three different versions with the XNV-770BT (7” Display) , XNV-660BT AVN2 and XNV-660BT (Both 6.1” [...]
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RAMOS new T11AD MID runs on Android.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/9/2010 - 04:52] - 0 - Tablet-PDA
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The Chinese DAP and MID manufacturer RAMOS has announced a new MID to its catalog with the T11, a 5” (800×480) android based “tablet” powered by a Rockship RK2818 chipset, capable of supporting Full HD 1080p video. Just announced [...]
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[Essay] Public Wifi: United States and Japan
By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 05:42] - 6 - Internet
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Residents and visitors of New York City will get free wifi access in their public parks soon, various online news outlets announced yesterday. Apparently it’s planned to be limited to only three ten-minute sessions per month before you[...]
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Via TechCrunch
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Sharp unleash 2 new Android (Tapas OS) Smartphones for the Chinese market.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/9/2010 - 02:44] - 1 - Phones
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Tapas OS, the Chinese-centric Android based OS for smartphones just announced last week, is now available on 2 new handsets, both from Sharp. The first model is the SH828U, a 3G phone that comes with a 3.5” WVGA screen, a 5Mpix Camera [...]
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Optimus One LF-P500, the Other Optimus.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/9/2010 - 11:24] - 0 - Phones
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Ok, now I am a bit confused, since both the Optimus Chic and Optimus One come virtually with the same specs, with however the exception of the One’s 170MB of memory and 3 megapixel camera against the Chic‘s 150MB and 5Mp. O[...]
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Optimus Chic LG-E720, LG’s answer to the iPhone 4? No… Not really.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/9/2010 - 11:07] - 0 - Phones
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LG’s answer to the iPhone 4? We may over-exaggerate this a little, but at least the Optimus Chic is LG’s latest flagship smartphone that will better place the company in this very competitive market. Offered in a simple “Bar Type” desi[...]
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Sony new Xplod In-Car AV GPS now comes with TomTom Navigation.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/9/2010 - 02:42] - 0 - Gps
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Announced for IFA 2010, Sony’s latest rage of In-Car AV GPS, the XNV-L77BT/ 770BT and XNV-L66BT/ 660BT, comes in 2 different flavors with a 7 and 6.1” WVGA touchscreen, TomTom Navigation, DVD Video and even DviX playback via USB. Depen[...]
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Sky Telecom new Android Vega phone now available.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/8/2010 - 01:34] - 2 - Phones
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Announced earlier in July, The Korean mobile operator Sky Telecom announced this morning the availability of their latest Android Smartphone, the Sky Vega, also known as IM-A650S from Pantech. Powered by an 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU[...]
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Yahoo! Japan to drop Yahoo Search for Google Search by year end.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/7/2010 - 04:16] - 1 - Internet
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Yahoo! Japan announced today their plan to ditch their actual Yahoo! Search engine in favor to Google’s one as well as start using Google’s Adsense technology in Japan before the end of 2010. More information soon to come Yahoo! Japan & Google
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Sky announced its Vega IM-A650S, a new Android 2.1 Smartphone from Pantech.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [15/7/2010 - 02:10] - 0 - Phones
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Launched in Korea in order to counter attack the iPhone 4 over there, the Vega IM-A650S made by Pantech and sold via Sky, comes with Android 2.1 (2.2 upgrade possible when available), a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, , the Usual Google Gizmos, a[...]
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Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) to launch on AT&T on July 18
By Akihabara News Team - [9/7/2010 - 06:20] - 0 - Phones
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We saw T-Mobile’s version of Galaxy S Android smartphone with SamsungVibrant and now comes the AT & T version with the “Samsung Captivate”. It will be available from July 18 for $200 on-contract. It features a 4-i[...]
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LG debuts Optimus smartphone series
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/7/2010 - 10:32] - 3 - Phones
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Short on details and specification, LG announced yesterday in both Korea and UK the availability of the LG Optimus Series including the LG Optimus One with Google™ and LG Optimus Chic. Both running on Froyo (Android 2.2), LG also annou[...]
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LG to launch Android Tablet this year
By Akihabara News Team - [5/7/2010 - 03:45] - 1 - Tablet-PDA
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LG’s plan to launch an Android-powered tablet is no secret as we have known about it for quite some time and now it is confirmed with the report of Wall Street Journal. You can expect the device in Q4 2010. No further details, yet.
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Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) Android Phone available in July in the US
By Akihabara News Team - [28/6/2010 - 03:09] - 0 - Phones
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Samsung Vibrant (a Galaxy S phone) will be available in the US from T-Mobile next month from July 21 for $199.99 on a two-year contract. It features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 5 megapixel camera with 720[...]
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Exemode to sell a new Android Based Digital Picture Frame in Japan
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/6/2010 - 02:39] - 0 - Displays
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Running Android 1.5, Exemode latest Digital Picture Frame, comes with 256MB of RAM, 2GB of flash memory, a 8″ 4:3 LCD with a 800×600 resolution, an unknown CPU Speed, several USB port, stereo Speaker, WIFi, LAN, and a nifty [...]
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NEC to launch Android Tablet “LifeTouch” in Japan
By Akihabara News Team - [15/6/2010 - 05:57] - 0 - Tablet-PDA
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Also named as “Cloud Communicator” as it allows businesses to have access to NEC servers for cloud computing apps, the LifeTouch comes in 219mm x 119mm x 13.9mm dimension, sports a 7-inch TFT LCD screen with 800×480 resolut[...]
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Samsung Galaxy Apollo Android smartphone soon to hit the UK market
By Akihabara News Team - [14/6/2010 - 03:29] - 1 - Phones
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Samsung Galaxy Apollo seems to be soon available in the UK market as it appeared on the company’s UK website. Bearing great resemblance to Samsung’s M100S Android smartphone, it is highly likely to be the one with a name ch[...]
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Via Samsung UK
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Sony Google TV finally got official
By Akihabara News Team - [21/5/2010 - 02:45] - 0 - Displays
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We first heard about Sony’s Google TV project as far back as last mid-March and have even been expecting it to be announced at Google I/O event in San Francisco this month. So no surprises at all. But now at least we all can be a[...]
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