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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Verizon Wireless is negotiating a deal with Clearwire to lease its spectrum. Verizon allegedly offered Clearwire $1.5 billion to use some of Clearwire’s spectrum in larger markets. This offer was disclosed in Clearwire’s recent SEC filing, with insiders claiming that the bidder, “party J,” is Verizon…
SoftBank Mobile wants to be prepared when the next disaster strikes. Following the earthquake and tsunami on March 2011 that left the communications networks struggling to cope, the Japanese carrier started working on a backup solution… and they came with an elegant way to keep the networks running. The emergency relay system uses a balloon…
Softbank, which will soon become the second largest mobile operator in Japan after acquiring EMOBILE, unveiled a new Disney-themed Android smartphone. I know what you’re thinking – it’s an underpowered device made for kids. Perhaps you’re right about the second part, but bear in mind Japanese kids are savvier than their Western counterparts. That said,…
Japan’s Softbank is acquiring smaller rival EMOBILE in a deal that would make it the country’s second-largest mobile operator behind NTT Docomo. The carrier [Softbank] is paying 180.2 billion JPY (about $2.3 billion) to buy stock in eAccess, the firm behind EMOBILE. According to Reuters, the 52,000 JPY per share deal represents a premium of…
Samsung may be dominant in its home country of Korea but its influence doesn’t extend to all Asian countries. According to a recent report from MM Research Institute, one in every three smartphones sold in Japan between March 2011 and March 2012 was an Apple iPhone. While Apple grabbed 30 percent of the Japanese smartphone…
Behold, the Sharp AQUOS 104SH, the world’s first smartphone to run Google’s next version of Android dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s launching in Japan on Softbank in “Spring of 2012”, meaning it might not be the first Ice Cream Sandwich device to hit the market, but hey, it’s at least the first one to officially…
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Like those two smartphones from Dell and Sharp are not enough, Japanese SoftBank is further beefing-up its portfolio with Panasonic’s LUMIX Phone 101P. As you can imagine, this baby is all about making great photos and videos, rocking a 13.2-megapixel camera sensor with “Mobile Venus Engine” along with what seems as Xenon flash. In addition,…
Not sure why Dell needs Japan’s Softbank to show us what they’re capable of accomplishing. Their newly unveiled Streak Pro 101DL is an awesome device by any stretch of imagination. Heck, it’s arguably the best phone unveiled to date (except that waterproof Sharp AQUOS PHONE 102SH). Specs wise, it rocks a 4.3-inch qHD (540×960 pixels)…
Cry if you’re not in Japan cause we’ve no idea when a comparable handset will be available elsewhere. SoftBank unveiled a new Sharp-made device called AQUOS PHONE 102SH, which is arguably the best Android smartphone in the world. Here are the specs that justify such a bold statement: 4.5-inch glasses-free 3D LCD screen with 720×1280…
Remember the Sharp AQUOS Hybrid 007SH, which as far as we know is the world’s first Android Gingerbread clamshell smartphone? Well it just got better at least if you ask Hello Kitty fans. Yep, it’s now available in pink with that cute cat logo on it. Aside from the change of color, the specs are…