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by Andrew Martonik
May 21, 2013
Face-to-face voice and text translation across multiple languages
We're at CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas and while a lot of business and back-end technologies are being talked about here...
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by Richard Devine
May 20, 2013
Sony's latest only headed for Japan at present, but packs some good looking specs
Yet another Sony smartphone has been formally announced, but like the Xperia A before it, this one too is de...
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by Alex Dobie
May 20, 2013
HTC flagship comes to Japan with oft-requested removable storage
HTC and Japanese carrier KDDI have announced the HTC J One -- a new variant of the HTC One designed fro the Japanese ma...
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by Alex Dobie
May 16, 2013
Codename 'Gaga' device pictured, rumored to pack Snapdragon 600 CPU, 1080p display
Things could be getting a bit more crowded at the high end of Sony's smartphone range. Recently-lea...
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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2013
Mid to high-end handset looks like an Xperia ZR for Japan
As rumored, Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has announced a new handset from Sony today. The Xperia A looks set to fit in Docomo's range...
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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2013
New color option for Japanese Galaxy S4
Japan's NTT Docomo will start selling the Samsung Galaxy S4 from next Thursday, May 23 -- and as per the pre-announcement rumors, it'll be getting a...
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by Alex Dobie
May 13, 2013
Docomo could carry dark blue variant of Samsung's new handset
So far the Samsung Galaxy S4 has only been available in "white frost" and "black mist" color options, but it...
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by Sean Brunett
Apr 24, 2013
Amazon brings their tablet-optimized experience to shoppers outside the US
When Amazon launched their Amazon Mobile version that had been optimized for tablets, it was only available in the Unit...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 03, 2013
LG packs a 5-inch screen and powerful Snapdragon 600 into a smaller frame for the Japanese market
LG and NTT DOCOMO have announced that the Optimus G Pro is now available in Japan. It's...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 13, 2013
Amazon is announcing both wider-scale availability of its largest Kindle Fire -- the HD 8.9-inch -- along with a price cut of both Wifi and 4G versions. Starting today the new, larger tablet will co...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 07, 2013
This has been an exciting couple of months for Google fans in Japan. First the Nexus 10 launches, then the 3G Nexus 7, and now finally the Nexus 4. The Japanese product page is up, giving a rundown ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 07, 2013
If you're in the market for a 10-inch Android tablet, Sony's Xperia Tablet Z is one of the more compelling non-Nexus offerings out there, as we discovered during our time with the device at ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 07, 2013
Hot on the heels of the Nexus 10, the Wifi+3G version of Google's Nexus 7 tablet is set to go on sale in Japan in a couple of days. Like its big brother, the Nexus 7 3G has been available elsewh...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 05, 2013
Some two and a half months after the original launch, Google and Samsung's Nexus 10 is now available in Japan. The high-resolution, 10-inch Nexus tablet is on sale through the Japanese Google Play...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 26, 2013
Japan is well-known for its seriously interesting mobile products, and the Infobar A02 on KDDI doesn't disappoint on design or creativity in the least. The Infobar series has traditionally ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 21, 2013
As Japanese carriers tend to do, NTT Docomo has just released its complete spring lineup of devices, 11 of which are running Android. The 9 phones and 2 tablets cover a wide range of features and st...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 17, 2013
Last week in Las Vegas we saw the first of Sony's 2013 smartphone line-up, and now it may be time for a refreshed Sony tablet to join the fray. A device by the name of "Xperia Tablet Z"...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 05, 2013
Quickly following on the heels of leaked renders of two new colors of the Galaxy Note 2, we've got some real hands-on images of the Amber Brown version of the device. The device seems to be all ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 14, 2012
Here's a look at the elusive Nexus 7 docking station live and in color on Youtube. We don't have a lot of information here, just that the fellow posting the video bought it at Yodobashi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2012
It's been nearly two months since Amazon started accepting submissions for its Japanse appstore, and today it's gone live. The usual suspects are all there -- Amazon singles out Cut the Rope...
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by Victoria Ho
Nov 15, 2012
Amazon this morning announced that its users in Japan now have access to its Cloud Drive service.
The company is inviting users to store their files on the Amazon cloud and is dangling 5 gigabytes ...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 24, 2012
Amazon's Kindle Fire range continues to spread, with today's news that Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets will be heading to Japan in time for the holidays. Both devices are av...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 24, 2012
The Motorola RAZR M -- or, the full screen smartphone as it's often referred to -- is to receive a Japanese launch on carrier Softbank. Due to land on October 26, the RAZR M will take advantage ...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 17, 2012
Japanese carrier AU is set to launch what's arguably the highest-spec'd Android handset we've seen to date, the HTC J Butterfly. With 4G LTE support, a beastly quad-core Snapdragon CPU a...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 17, 2012
At this point, you almost feel like Sony is coming up on the limit of one and two letter combinations to put after "Xperia". There's at least room for one more, as Sony is adding yet a...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 17, 2012
The LG Optimus G certainly seems to be making the rounds lately, and now Japanese carrier KDDI has announced the availability of the handset on its network. Overall, its the phone we know from previ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 17, 2012
We've heard a lot of rumors swirling lately about HTC releasing a 5-inch 1080P phone, and it looks like the first proof of this device's existence has just shown up in Japan. The HTC On...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 11, 2012
Sprint today confirmed that they're discussing a "substantial investment" by Japan's Softbank and that "such a transaction could involve a change of control of Sprint". N...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 10, 2012
As Japanese carriers love to do, NTT DOCOMO just dropped a huge release of Android devices for the holiday season with 9 smartphones and a tablet. The headline phones that are bound to draw the bigg...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 09, 2012
Motorola is continuing their roll out of the RAZR M internationally, after having launched the device in the U.S. a short while ago. SoftBank in Japan is the latest carrier to take on the device,...
