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Currently a leading smartphone manufacturer in Japan, Fujitsu is now looking for the most suitable way to enter the North American smartphone market. Fujitsu makes both Android and Windows Phone devices and that’s not about to change. A unique approach to hardware could be enough to gain prominence in a very crowded and complex territory,…
At the start of each year, as the technology community looks back to what’s happened during the past 12 months, publications like to say things like “2011 was the year that Android caught up” or “2011 was another failed year for Microsoft’s Windows Phone”. We didn’t really do that this year since so much happened…
The Motorola RAZR isn’t the world’s thinnest smartphone anymore. Sure it will keep its crown in the western hemisphere but in Japan folks have another, even thinner option – Fujitsu Arrow ES IS12F. Available through KDDI, this Android smartphone is just 6.7mm think which is 0.4mm thinner than Moto’s smartphone. However, Fujitsu’s baby isn’t as…
Lady phones are not that popular in most parts of the world. Japan is sort of an exception as major carriers are always trying to have a special offering for the tech-savvy ladies. NTT DoCoMo launched such a device, Fujitsu Arrows Kiss F-03D, that not only looks girly, but also comes with some apps that…
The Motorola Droid RAZR is impossibly thin, measuring just 7.1 mm at its thinnest point, but it’s now officially considered obese thanks to the 6.7 mm thin Fujitsu Arrows F-07D. The Arrows will probably never leave Japan, which is a shame, but at least it demonstrates that building thin smartphones isn’t exactly impossible. Spec wise,…
Man, Japan gets all the cool stuff. KDDI au announced recently a bunch of new Android handsets, including the HTC EVO 3D, the Motorola Photon, and this beauty made by Toshiba and Fujitsu. It has a 4.3-inch 1280 x 720 touchscreen, packs a 13 megapixel camera on the back, and is running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on…
Great news for all you techies who love the outdoors. Fujitsu is set to release a new rugged tablet dubbed Arrows Tab with Japanese telecom NTT DoCoMo. This tablet will not only ship with dust and waterproof hardware, but it will sport Android 3.1 according to TCMagazine. Like most Android tabs, the new Fujitsu tablet will carry a 10.1-inch screen and…
Yesterday Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows Phone, which the industry calls “Mango”, is finally done. The code is being shipped to handset and operators around the world, and the hope is that devices running Mango will be on store shelves as early as this September. The question on everyone’s mind of course…
In case you missed Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango announcement, there are new companies on board, ready to support the Redmond giant’s activities in the mobile realm. Fujitsu is one of them, which according to Nikkei, may launch its first Windows Phone device in August. That by itself wouldn’t be worth mentioning, but the trick is…
Fujitsu is said to be working on a 7-inch Android tablet. The story comes from DigiTimes, which said the Japanese company will launch such a product at some point during the third quarter. The site goes on suggesting we should expect the Honeycomb-powered device that will cost between $347 and $694. The still unnamed Taiwanese…