With the launch of their Casio W53CA, the digital camera manufacturer busts onto the high-end camera phone scene with abandon! Casio is going straight up against camera phone heavyweight Sony Ericsson’s Cybershot brand with a high-quality, high-megapixel line of their own. The sleek new Casio W53CA sports a slim figure, large 2.8 inch VGA display,…
Cry if you’re not in Japan: KDDI announces Summer 2007 Collection handsets
It’s always like that — Japanese are getting the most coolest-looking and most feature-packed devices. And it’s not just a single device, but a bunch of the handsets sold exclusively in the Land of the rising Sun sport so many features, so stylishly packed. Going with that, KDDI announced its “Collection 2007 Summer”, an array…
Sony Ericsson and KDDI launch Walkman W52S
We knew its coming. However, we were hoping to see the Sony Ericsson W52S hitting the Western hemisphere. It’s a great device nevertheless and, if we can’t, at least our readers in Japan can enjoy using it. The W52S looks even sexier than we initially imagined — it comes in two vivid colors, Arpeggio Blue…
KDDI to offer Hitachi phone with fingerprint sensor
Japanese carrier KDDI is about to introduce a great new phone to its users. The Hitachi-made W51H is a part of the company’s “win” series and integrates AuthenTec’s AES1510 fingerprint sensor as a standard feature. Interesting thing is that the sensor is located bellow the large screen — meaning there is no separate fingerprint space…
KDDI Busts Onto US MVNO Scene – KDDI Mobile To Launch In April
Japan’s KDDI just announced that their new MVNO service will go live within US borders by mid-month. The second-largest Japanese wireless carrier wants to use Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network to setup KDDI Mobile. Finally, those wacky-cool Japanese phones will hit US shores in all their feature packed glory. And, with a robust lineup of mobile…
Namco and KDDI to bring mobile games from Japan to North America
North American consumers, prepare to be flushed with mobile games, as Namco and KDDI announced the partnership to bring KDDI’s large catalog of hit mobile games from Japanese publishers and developers to the market. Utilizing BREW technology, KDDI provides popular games to its more than 25 million mobile subscribers throughout Japan. Its acclaimed mobile games…