KDDI showcases a fuel cell powered Toshiba T002 smartphone
Japanese mobile service provider KDDI has displayed a fuel cell powered smartphone at the Ceatec show in Japan.
The company displayed a modified edition of Toshiba T002 handset which is powered with a direct methanol fuel cell.
KDDI did not reveal whether they aim to start selling such [...]
Honda U3-X personal mobility vehicle showcased
Japanese automaker Honda has showcased a new prototype vehicle.
The company displayed their Honda U3-X personal mobility vehicle.
Honda U3-X is essentially a battery powered unicycle capable of traveling at speeds up to six kilometers per hour.
The rider can turn around by leaning towards the direction he wants to [...]
NEC, Casio, Hitachi merging their mobile phone operations
NEC, Casio, Hitachi have announced that they are collaborating together to merge their mobile phone operations.
These three companies are aiming to have a single entity manage their mobile operations by April next year.
The companies said that they decided to take this step to become more competitive [...]
Sony Walkman manages to outsell Apple iPod in Japan!
Sony has managed to accomplish the impossible.
The company’s walkman branded digital media players have managed to outsell the Apple iPod for the first time in several years in the Japanese market.
This was achieved in the week ending August 30.
Apple still managed to sell [...]
NEC and Panasonic showcases 9 new LiMo powered devices
NEC and Panasonic have announced as many as nine new mobile devices which are powered with the LiMo platform.
With this the LiMo platform now powers as many as 42 mobile phones.
Limo Foundation claims that this number makes LiMo platform one of the most popular which [...]
Toyota working on an affordable sports car model
Toyota President Akio Toyoda has revealed that the company is working on a new sports car model that would be priced affordably.
He said: “My hope is I can transfer some enthusiasm from the race track to our vehicles. Toyota plans to build an exciting, fun-to-drive affordable sports [...]
Nissan Leaf electric car showcased
Japanese automaker Nissan has finally showcased their upcoming electric car they have codenamed Leaf.
This vehicle was showed at the company’s new plant in Japan by Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn.
Nissan is aiming to introduce it in the market next year. It would go on sale in Japan, Europe and [...]
Fujifilm showcases a 3D digital camera
Fujifilm has announced a new product which they claim is the world’s first 3D camera.
This new product has been named Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1. It would go on sale in September this year.
The company said that this model would revolutionize the digital photography world as users would [...]
Disney to offer movies on microSD cards in Japan
Walt Disney Japan has announced that that they are now going to offer their movies on microSD cards along with DVDs in the market.
This would allow customers to carry along their movies inside their portable media players on the move.
Disney is planning to have these [...]
Toshiba set to launch Blu-Ray media players?
Toshiba was the company behind the HD DVD format which challenged Blu-Ray for the next generation storage media format.
Toshiba lost the war to Sony as they gave up and discarded the HD DVD format.
The latest reports in the media claims that the company would finally enter the market [...]
