Japanese Phone News, Information & Trends


Analysis: Japan's stay-at-home firms finally spread their wings
Reuters
"If there is a good opportunity, we want to conduct more acquisitions in the US," Motohara said by phone from Norwood, Massachusetts. "A company based in the US with global presence would be ideal." Recruit is one of a growing number of previously ...

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Japan Calendar, Feb. 6-10
Bloomberg
Earnings: 15:00~ Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914) Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (9432) Feb. 7 Economic Releases: 08:50 Bank of Japan's transactions with the government, Jan. 08:50 Monetary base and the Bank of Japan's ...




BBC News

Prototype headphones detect which ear they are in
BBC News
Mr Sakamoto and his colleague Kohei Matsumura, from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, found that a mobile phone provided the inspiration for how to solve the problem. "One day, I was calling with a smartphone which has a proximity ...

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MotorTrend Magazine

2013 Mazda CX-5 to Start at $21490, Undercuts its Japanese Competitors
MotorTrend Magazine
A $400 Bluetooth Audio Package adds hands-free phone and audio streaming, HD Radio, and a 5.8-inch color info screen. Next up is the CX-5 Touring, priced at $24690 and $25940 for the front and all-wheel drive models respectively.

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Android Community

HTC Ville leaks again in new spy photos
Android Community
The phone leaked in render form months ago, then in a surreptitious spy video showed the slinky phone running Ice Cream Sandwich. The Ville has once again popped up before its debut, this time in a series of blurrycam photos from Japanese site Ameblo.
HTC Ville out in the wild againDroid Matters
HTC Ville once more smiles for the cameraPhandroid.com
HTC Ville Makes Second Cameo Appearance On Camera, Shows More HTC SenseTmoNews

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Industry Today (press release)

Sony Xperia S-First handset with "Sony" branding
Industry Today (press release)
This phone is a miracle, and will surely help the Japanese maker to make a comeback. Posted via Industry Today. Are you into it? Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday Sony has finally dumped the ``Ericsson'' tag and unveiled several handsets under Sony ...

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Sharp's Chocolate Japanese Phone Isn't Sweet
Gizmodo Australia
What we have here is Sharp's attempt to woo their Japanese market with, uh, a chocolate-themed phone. It features a “three-dimensional melting chocolate block” on the rear, along with a special Android skin that makes it look like chocolate is oozing ...

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TechCrunch

Shocker: Fujitsu Japan's phones for girls are pink
VatorNews
These exclusive or inclusive marketing strategies have caused a ruckus in the public opinion on gender, and now a phone company in Japan is marketing two new phones for girls. On thing is for sure, when you through gender labels in the mix, ...
Fujitsu Japan Rolls Out 2 “Girls-Only” Cell PhonesTechCrunch
2 New Girly Phones From FujitsuBrunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm

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Japan's Panasonic projects record full-year net loss on weak sales ...
Washington Post
TOKYO — Panasonic on Friday nearly doubled its projected net loss for the fiscal year to a record 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) amid weak TV and mobile phone sales and ongoing restructuring costs after acquiring smaller Sanyo Electronics Co.

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Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley
STLtoday.com
1, 2011 photo, Noaoki Shibata, a co-founder of the AppGrooves, an iPhone application discovery tool, holds a smart phone in Tokyo. Small but growing numbers of Japanese entrepreneurs are jumping into the startup scene in northern California, ...

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