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Filed under: Culture , Handsets , GSM , Softbank Mobile Recession? What recession ? While many in this world are grumbling about a so-called weakened economy, at least eight individuals aren't hurtin' at all. Or, at least they aren't acting like it. The (very) limited edition Softbank 823SH...
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11-09-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, Softbank Mobile, Softbank, Culture, luxury, diamond, japan, economy, diamonds, expensive, tiffany, sold out, sellout, SoldOut, 823SH, TiffanyAndCo, Tiffany and Co, sell out, diamond encrusted, DiamondEncrusted, rich
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Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Others , RIM , Sharp , NTT DoCoMo Hot on the heels of RIM's BlackBerry Bold finally hitting AT&T sales channels comes word that Japan's NTT DoCoMo has also joined in to offer the handset. As the Asian carriers dump their cornucopia of fall 2008 mobiles onto the...
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11-05-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, BlackBerry, RIM, Handsets, HTC, Others, NTT DoCoMo, NttDocomo, DoCoMo, style, Sharp, ntt, japan, smart, prime, lineup, pro, e71, Bold, BlackberryBold, BlackBerry Bold, sh-04a, ht-02a, ht-o1a
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Filed under: Culture , Handsets , GSM , Softbank Mobile Make no mistake, this whole " economic crisis " deal isn't affecting everyone, and we've all ideas the limited run of this here handset will be claimed in no time flat. Via a partnership between Japan's Softbank Mobile and...
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11-01-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, SoftbankMobile, Softbank Mobile, Softbank, Culture, luxury, diamond, japan, encrusted, diamonds, expensive, 823SH, 823SH Tiffany, jewels, 823shTiffany
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Filed under: Handsets , KDDI , Casio We had a chance to gaze through the wireframe of this 8.1 megapixel Casio W63CA Exilim cellphone back in August courtesy of the FCC's finest. Now check it in high-gloss, plastic flesh. The latest Japanese super-phone squeezes 480 x 800 pixel into a 3.1-inch OLED...
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10-27-2008
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Filed under: clamshell, Handsets, YouTube, breaking news, BreakingNews, KDDI, japan, Casio, OLED, 8 megapixel, 8Megapixel, 8.1 megapixel, 8.1Megapixel, exilim, w63ca
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Filed under: Handsets , Sharp , GSM , EDGE , Softbank Mobile Not that we haven't seen relatively ho hum handsets get cracked open to reveal their sunny side (and full QWERTY keyboard) before, but Sharp's newly unveiled 9225H does more than just look pretty in two positions. Unwrapped at CEATEC...
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10-12-2008
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Filed under: clamshell, Handsets, EDGE, mobile tv, MobileTv, GSM, Softbank Mobile, Softbank, qwerty, asia, Sharp, japan, keyboard, 1seg, 1-seg, 9225H
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Filed under: Handsets , RIM , NTT DoCoMo , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS In a land of colorful, pivoting flips with TV tuners, VGA displays, and contactless payment systems, an uptight business beast like the Bold doesn't really seem like a natural fit -- but maybe that's exactly why it's needed...
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09-28-2008
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Filed under: BlackBerry, RIM, Handsets, EDGE, UMTS, GSM, HSDPA, NTT DoCoMo, NttDocomo, japan, Bold
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Filed under: Handsets , HTC , KDDI , Windows Mobile , EV-DO , CDMA Hard as it may be to believe, not every CDMA phone out of HTC is destined for North American soil. The company clearly sees the potential for its Touch Pro to win the hearts and minds of Windows Mobile lovers the world over, so it has...
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09-19-2008
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Filed under: Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA, Handsets, HTC, KDDI, japan, au, KddiAu, kddi au, e30ht
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Filed under: Handsets , Others , GSM , Willcom We've seen some bizarre -- bizarre -- handsets in our day, but this one is just too darn cute to call weird. The conceptual Kuma Phone was recently shown off in Japan by Willcom, and according to local reports, the audience in attendance absolutely adored...
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09-02-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, Others, concept, prototype, willcom, japan, TeddyBearPhone, bear phone, teddy bear, KumaPhone, TeddyBear, Kuma Phone, BearPhone, teddy bear phone, bear
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Filed under: Handsets , KDDI As carriers go, Japan's KDDI au seems to spend more time than just about anyone dreaming up crazy concept handsets -- some of which actually go on to become production models (this is Japan, after all). Alongside those Yamaha-branded musical instrument phones , KDDI has...
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Filed under: Culture , Handsets , Misc With Japanese handset sales declining pretty much across the board (thanks, lower subsidies !), it follows logic that the government and Japanese-based handset makers would look internationally to pick up the slack. In a rather vague report, we're told that...
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08-19-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, Misc, Culture, japan, marketing, e-wallet, international, felica, walletphone, contactless, wallet, cashless, wallet phone, DigitalWallet, digital wallet
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Filed under: Handsets , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , Softbank Mobile , Apple , OS X Softbank can safely say it has a pretty decent quarter here recently, but compared to NTT DoCoMo , it's looking weak. The exclusive iPhone 3G carrier in Japan has decided to answer outcries of "too expensive!" by...
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08-13-2008
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Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Handsets, EDGE, GSM, Softbank Mobile, Softbank, HSDPA, OS X, japan, price, pricing, prices, 3gIphone, 3g iphone, price cut, PriceCut, iphone 3g, Iphone3g
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Filed under: Handsets , Others , KDDI , Casio For those still thinking that flexible displays are far from being widely accessible, think again. E Ink has just announced that its Vizplex Imaging Film-based displays will be used in handsets by Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications. For starters, the Hitachi...
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08-03-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, Others, KDDI, japan, gzone, Casio, hitachi, flexible, eink, e-ink, e ink, w61h, flexible display, Vizplex, SeKiYuRiO, FlexibleDisplay