Willcom, a Japanese mobile phone operator is far from being in excellent health since now most companies in Japan are switching to their PHS data Card to the good old 3G and even WiMax ones. Still Willcom is fighting hard to be relevan[...]
The most interesting booth of all at Wireless Japan was without a doubt Willcom Japan’s with several concepts we hope to see one day like: Image Tube from Kyocera, an always connected PDA giving you all necessary information rega[...]
Remote wipe isn’t anything new and is performed today on any Windows Mobile running on a Exchange SP2 network… But there are few high scale solutions for PCs available, mainly due to their lack of networking capabilities, beside [...]
Here’s an interesting concept from Willcom and Toshiba, the Willcom NS, a PDA phone stuck in a basic Filofax elegantly mixing both hi-tech and old school note tracking. The Willcom NS, better known as WS026T, is made by Toshiba a[...]
Willcom Japan (PHS Network) today announced two new mobile phones. The BAUM or WX340K features a 2.4” QVGA screen, 2Mpix camera, and a POP/SMTP feature (few phones except the iPhone and other WM devices in Japan support POP/SMTP)…[...]
By Akihabara News Team - [28/10/2008 - 06:39] - 1 - Phones
David was also at the Willcom press conference where they introduced several new mobile phones. Here’s the Willcom 03, a Windows mobile phone already introduced here. It comes in a a new color, Black, and features a new function,[...]
Yesterday HTC announced the S740 with dual keyboard (qwerty and keypad), another Touch Diamond clone that looks similar to what we’ve had in Japan for years… (Willcom). It can still be argued that the HTC is 2/3G, has a GPS[...]
Here’s a new Willcom D4 photo gallery of it running Vista in English, and a small HD video musical walktrough of our little beast. Willcom D4 walkthrough videoUploaded by AkihabaraNews New photo gallery and Walkthrough HD video o[...]
By Akihabara News Team - [3/7/2008 - 02:19] - 0 - Phones
David M. is back from a Willcom press conference where they introduced the Willcom 9, a new mobile phone. Nothing particular, but this new mobile phone is very small. Not very thin, but smaller than a business card. According to the Wi[...]
By Akihabara News Team - [29/5/2008 - 01:40] - 0 - Pc
Willcom and Honda released a small W-SIM module for Honda GPS. It’s plugged into your GPS via a USB port. The W-SIM can only be used with the Honda GPS and the Japanese PHS network.
By Akihabara News Team - [26/5/2008 - 03:00] - 3 - Phones
We’ve just returned from a Willcom press conference where they presented the Willcom 03, a pretty Smartphone running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic (the first WM6.1 in Japan). Our Smartphone is equipped with an LCD WVGA (800×[...]
Last week we were invited by Willcom in Tokyo to test their hot new Willcom D4 aka Sharp WS016SH (don’t get the idea we flew thousands of klicks… their office is next door to ours). We have here a 1.33GHz Centrino Atom Z520 CPU (one of[...]
I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of the AirPen, or its equivalent. Thanks to a proprietary system glued to a notebook, it allows you to save all your writing as is in a digital format. What many of us are waiting for is a Pocke[...]
Last week we were invited by Willcom in Tokyo to test their hot new Willcom D4 aka Sharp WS016SH (don’t get the idea we flew thousands of klicks… their office is next door to ours). We have here a 1.33GHz Centrino Atom Z520 CPU (one of[...]
You loved our stunning D4 photo gallery Over 80 pictures? Who else but Akihabara News brings you REAL live photos from Japan . Back to the topic… You loved our D4 photos, well you’ll adore our 5 minute D4 video … And [...]
Finally we’re back, and GOOD Lord this new Atom powered device is impressive! Stunning design, stunning size (84x188x25.9mm), stunning weight (470g), stunning screen (5” with a 1024×600 resolution and LED backlight), but ave[...]
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/4/2008 - 12:19] - 12 - Pc
OH MY GOD, today Sharp and Willcom unleashed one of the coolest UMPCs ever created! The Willcom D4 aka WSO16H ! At just 470g and with a size of 84x188x25.9mm, here’s a stunning device running 1GB of RAM, 40GB of HDD, a Centrino A[...]
If you’re a frequent reader of Akihabara News, or if you’re a Japanese tech savvy guy/girl, you must know what a Willcom WSIM card is… For those who don’t, a WSIM card is a kind of SIM CARD (like on 2G or 3G phones) w[...]
UMPC fan-boys, rejoice! The Japanese Company Willcom just announced this morning that they’re working closely with Microsoft and Intel on a new UMPC integrated with Willcom’s W-SIM technology (PHS). While there’s litt[...]
X Plate is the latest and trendiest mobile phone from Willcom, with W-OAM (Willcom-Optimized Adaptive Modulation) technology. Our Japan only handset can also be used in China, Thailand, and Taiwan with the proper PIM Card. (Similar to [...]
While most major mobile phone manufacturers are getting 3.5G (HSDPA) crazy, Willcom continues to release PHS phones for both voice and data. PHS may a bit old-fashion when it comes to communication, but Willcom is still working hard br[...]
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