Thanks to our friends from fullgsm.gr, we have photos from the Panasonic Eluga press event to show you. Nothing too much, just to give you a glimpse of the atmosphere from the launch. And while we still wait to get our own hands on the Japanese company’s first Android smartphone for Europe, we can’t help…
Rumor: Panasonic to launch an Android phone with a Lumix camera next week
Panasonic is going to enter the European smartphone market this year with the Eluga. It’s sexy, has an eating disorder with its 7.8 mm thin body, and it’s even water resistant, but we want more. According to the folks at Pocket-lint, Panasonic will announce a phone that’s even higher end than the Eluga at Mobile…
Panasonic Eluga for Europe officially official
So we heard Panasonic is preparing to enter European smartphone market, but up until this point we didn’t have a single device to show you. Enter Eluga, the Japanese company’s first Android device “made for export.” It’s a thin (7.8mm) phone with a 4.3-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) touchscreen, that’s also pretty durable — IP57-certified against…
Panasonic to enter the European market in March 2012, aiming to lure “businesspeople in their 30s and 40s”
Several weeks ago we heard some murmurs that Panasonic was looking for a public relations firm to handle an as yet to be announced entrance into the European smartphone market. Today they’ve made the news official. Panasonic has just announced that they’ll start selling Android smartphones in Europe as early as March 2012 with a…
Panasonic eyeing European and US market for its Android handsets
Panasonic is gearing up to make a push in both the European and US market for its Android handsets. It currently sells handsets in its home country of Japan, but needs to expand if it wants to survive in the handset business. It’s facing the growing pressure of a shrinking Japanese market caused by competition from companies like HTC, Samsung…
Panasonic reaffirms plans to bring its Android phones outside of Japan
We’re pretty confident Panasonic wants to sell phones to everyone interested whether he/she lives in Japan or not. However, it’s not as easy as it sounds even though the Japanese company makes some great products, like that LUMIX Phone 101P (arguably the best Android-based camera phone). The Japanese giant has to deal with mobile operators,…
Panasonic on the hunt for a PR firm to help them enter the European smartphone market
Panasonic is a brand one typically associated with televisions or expensive batteries, but did you know that they’re the second largest mobile phone maker in Japan? Panasonic Mobile Communications is a business unit that employees roughly 2,600 people, which seems like a lot of folks to address a market that’s only half the size of…
Greenpeace puts BlackBerry dead last in eco-friendliness
RIM made its debut in the Greenpaece Guide to Greener Electronics this month, and it’s not a good start. The maker of BlackBerry is dead last among other electronics manufacturers, including LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and Apple. RIM gets a beating in the ratings for not providing external verification of its greenhouse gas emission…
Panasonic Toughpad is an Android tablet that can take a beating
Panasonic today announced the latest addition to its rugged line of handheld devices called the Toughpad. The Toughpad includes two versions: a 10-inch and 7-inch model and both are powered by Android. The device will carry an app store, peripherals, developer tools, deployment support and you’ll be able to beat the crap out of it. Other…
Panasonic LUMIX Phone 101P is arguably the best camera smartphone in the World [Japan only]
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,…