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NTT DoCoMo hopes to expand content game with Buongiorno buyout

Posted on May 16, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

Japanese mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo , is making a play at the Italian firm Buongiorno, a mobile content provider that boasts two billion customers across 57 countries. The €224 million offer must still be approved by Italian regulators, and would reflect a purchase price of €2 per share for the entirety of Buongiorno’s outstanding stock. For its part, NTT DoCoMo hopes the buyout will help bolster its reach outside the home country of Japan, although the purchase is a bit of a gamble just the same

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Canon ditching humans, cameras hand-made by robots by 2015

Posted on May 14, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

Canon has announced that it’ll ditch human production line employees and rely entirely on robots to build its cameras. Several Japanese companies have felt the pinch thanks to the soaring value of the yen and have acted quickly to move production overseas, but Canon has resisted doing the same. Company spokesperson Jan Misumi has said that the move won’t cause job losses as those employees will be moved into other parts of the organization once the switchover has been completed — which could be as early as 2015. Now we just need to check our diaries as to when the Robopocalypse is due to begin. Canon ditching humans, cameras hand-made by robots by 2015 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 14:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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NTT DoCoMo expands its instant translation trials to 10 languages and 10,000 users

Posted on May 14, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

NTT DoCoMo’s high-speed over-the-phone translation service has hit its second wider trial, aiming to test its skills with 10 languages and 10,000 subscribers — up from 1,000 during its initial tests in 2011. DoCoMo has thrown in a few more details on how its real-time translator working.

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Panasonic sends 100,000 LEDs down Tokyo river, mates tech with tradition

Posted on May 12, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

If you’d been by the shore of the Sumida River in central Tokyo this past weekend, you would have noticed that it was glowing a distinct shade of blue. That’s because Panasonic decided to kick off the first-ever Tokyo Hotaru (fireflies) festival by sending 100,000 EVERLED light bulbs down the river, both to mimic fireflies as well as to pay homage to a Japanese tradition of floating candles on the water. Before you cringe too much at the thought of the environmental impact, rest assured that Panasonic minimized the footprint of its aquatic LED parade. All the bulbs ran on solar power (presumably, charged during the day) that kept Evolta batteries fed inside, and the entire lot was scooped up in a large net afterwards. We love the exhibition as a large-scale demo of sustainable lighting — you may just want to avoid fishing along the Sumida’s shoreline for awhile in case you catch a straggler

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Panasonic outs Let’s Note B11 laptop series in Japan, Ivy Bridge in tow

Posted on May 11, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

Okay, it may not be one of the sleekest laptops we’ve seen of late, but Panasonic’s B11 is packing a hefty amount of horsepower underneath that beastly shell to make you forget its looks. This Let’s Note B11 is a worthy refresh to the B10 series we showed you a while back — although aesthetically it didn’t change much. Inside the Japan-bound B11 is Intel’s latest Core i7-3615QM chip, which you can pair alongside a 750GB hard drive or a 256GB SSD

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iPhone was Japan’s best-selling smartphone in 2011, Android more than comfy as well

Posted on May 10, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

It’s deemed likely that Apple had the top-selling cellphone in Japan this past fall, but how did it do in all of 2011? Quite well, if you go by MMRI’s estimates. The iPhone had 30 percent (almost 7.3 million) of the Land of the Rising Sun’s 24.2 million sales among individual smartphone labels, or nearly double Sharp’s 17.5 percent. Don’t think that Android-powered smartphones like the Aquos SH-12C didn’t make an impact, though: virtually every other smartphone in Japan, 69 percent, was running some flavor of Google’s mobile OS. Apple managed to shake up a sometimes insular overall keitai market as well, having come just short of Fujitsu for the top spot in all cellphones.

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NEC’s 13.3-inch LaVie Z Ultrabook weighs just 2.2 pounds, brings lithium-magnesium into your life

Posted on May 10, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

Just in case you thought NEC was done with its PC updates this week, the Japanese PC builder has thrown its hat into the Ultrabook ring with a unique contribution of its own. The LaVie Z has a 13.3-inch screen like your garden variety ultralight, but it weighs just 2.2 pounds through a new lithium-magnesium alloy shell about half the weight of the aluminum that some companies love to use . Unfortunately, that weight and the slim frame are about all we know so far: NEC isn’t providing any internal specifications, possibly because it’s waiting on Ultrabook-ready Ivy Bridge chips . Even so, if you’re hanging around Japan and want the lightest possible laptop you can get at a 13-inch screen size, the wait until the planned summer release will feel like an eternity. NEC’s 13.3-inch LaVie Z Ultrabook weighs just 2.2 pounds, brings lithium-magnesium into your life originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 May 2012 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Sony Xperia GX packs 13MP camera and 4.6-inch HD display, joined by Xperia SX to offer LTE in Japan

Posted on May 9, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

Sony’s announced its first two LTE-capable phones for its Japanese customers — and there’s two of ‘em. The Xperia GX is up first, with a 720p 4.6-inch display squeezed in alongside a new 13-megapixel camera — a first for Sony’s mobile family, and presumably its new CMOS sensor . A 1.5 GHz dual-core processor ensures it should all tick along nicely, while the hardware design follows the curves of last year’s Xperia Arc , this time with a matte finish. The camera upgrade and huge screen makes a good case for this to be Sony’s new flagship device — mere months since the Xperia S debuted in Europe — and before the Xperia Ion has even had chance to launch in the US

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Fujitsu app analyzes zits and skin tone, delivers professional advice to your phone

Posted on May 8, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

That’s right, you can finally get rid of that Tamagotchi you’ve been using to pick those perfect skincare products. Fujitsu is teasing a new app that’s capable of measuring specific characteristics of the skin, even with less-than-ideal lighting conditions. We normally have to put up with the hassle of having to visit our friendly neighborhood skincare professional every time we need accurate info about our zits, blemishes or what color makeup to wear to the Star Trek convention. Fujitsu wants to put that power in your pocket, identifying appropriate products before you get to the beauty bar. Maybe this one isn’t destined for record downloads , but it could make life a little bit easier — take a look at the descriptive graphic above if you don’t believe us.

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Sharp Cocorobo vacuum avoids obstacles, embraces small talk

Posted on May 8, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

With iRobot cleaning up in the robotic vacuum game, it’s only logical that some major manufacturers like LG and Samsung want a piece of the dirt sucking action. Sharp has gotten into the game as well — though the company’s ‘bot goes the extra mile for cleanliness. Cocorobo TX-V100 has voice recognition functionality and will happily talk back, courtesy of its “voice communication,” which includes phrases like the ominous “I understand.” The little floor cleaning disk also has infrared sensors for avoiding obstacles and a built-in camera, so you can observe your sparking abode from a carpet view while you’re out. Cocorobo will be invading Japanese households this June.

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Sony unveils Crystal White PlayStation Vita, limited digital diva edition

Posted on May 8, 2012 by droidmike| Leave a comment

Remember that line-up of colorful consoles we eyed back at TGS? One of eight of those mock-ups is about to become a reality, at least in Japan. On June 28th, color conscious gamers will be able to pick up a WiFi or 3G Crystal White PlayStation Vita for

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