Archive for August, 2009

NEC to Join Hitachi and Casio?

NEC rumored to merge handset operations - by spring 2010 - w/existing Hitachi-Casio venture creating #2 domestic player: http://bit.ly/WHUrc

Posted: 28 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Blue-Ray Handsets by KDDI

KDDI announces co-op plan with Sony indicating the AU fall/winter handset models will incld. Blue-ray functionality [J] http://bit.ly/a3Y6G

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Sharp NetWalker Ultra-Mini PC

Sharp announces ultra-mini NetWalker PC on Ubuntu 9 with WSVGA display and Open Office, release targeted late Sept. [J] http://bit.ly/zCN5f

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Au × VOGUE My Style Campaign

KDDI announces Au × VOGUE = FASHION NIGHT OUT! “MY Styling” mobile campaign launches Aug 28th w/proceeds to chariety [J] http://bit.ly/udGpI

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Adobe AIR SDK for FeliCa

Adobe Edge announces Sept release of SDK for developers to create FeliCa app combined with AIR/Flash for mobile & PC [J] http://bit.ly/T1SqM

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DeNA Opens 3rd Party API

DeNA announces open API for 3rd party game developers, using OpenSocial, on Mobaga Town, Allow in-game ads rev. share [J] http://bit.ly/RVyYU

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo Handset Rankings

DoCoMo opens attention ranking results page for top 10 handsets - Android ranks #1 and Toshiba T-01A #2 in Aug July [J] http://bit.ly/2yiwrb

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Acer Mini-Note with Wimax

Acer Japan and UQ Comminications introducing mini-note PC with WiMAX embedded, release date Sept 11 priced at $500 [J] http://bit.ly/iP2Aw

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

New Mobile Biometrics by Hitachi

Hitachi unveils finger vein pattern reader module - already deployed at ATMs - reduced to 3mm & targeted for mobile [J] http://bit.ly/49LSuH

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo Mobile Health Research

DoCoMo announces 4-year project with Univ of Tokyo Hospital for research on Health Space Informatics [J] http://bit.ly/ZctRO

Posted: 27 August 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >>