Honda CR-Z hybrid coming next year
Japanese automaker Honda has announced that they would be launching the sporty Honda CR-Z hybrid SUV model in some international markets next year.
This new model would be sold in markets like USA, Japan and Europe.
It is likely to be priced above USD 20,000.
Honda is also working on Fit [...]
Acer Aspire Timeline laptop coming to Japan
Acer is now aiming for growth in the competitive Japanese market with the upcoming launch of their Aspire Timeline laptop.
Aspire Timeline is a brand new slim laptop that promises an eight-hour battery life and a cheap price.
The price of this new series of laptops starts at under 90,000 [...]
Google reshooting Street View pictures in Japan
US based search engine giant Google has revealed that they are going to reshoot photos in Japan for their Street View service.
They decided to reshoot all the photos after complaints raised by Japanese authorities about invasion of privacy.
Google said that the photos would now be taken at a lower [...]
YouTube Click-to-Buy now in eight more countries
Google has expanded the Click-to-Buy program on its YouTube video sharing service to eight more markets.
YouTube Click-to-Buy program enables a web user to purchase items related to the video he is watching on the service.
It could be the DVD of the movie clip being view or the music [...]
Toyota Prius 2010 model to give 50 miles a gallon
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced the fuel efficiency figures of their upcoming edition of Prius.
The company has announced that the 2010 model of Prius four-door compact would deliver 50 miles to a gallon.
Toyota said that the car would have a fuel efficiency of 50 miles a [...]
iPhone for Everybody Campaign launched in Japan
SoftBank Mobile has announced their latest marketing campaign which has been named “iPhone For Everybody”.
The company is aiming to massively boost the sales of the Apple iPhone 3G in the Japanese market.
As part of this program, they are giving customers in Japan a free 8-GB iPhone 3G with a [...]
Sales of BlackBerry Bold in Japan suspended due to overheating problems
NTT DoCoMo had to suspend the sales of the recently launched Blackberry Bold smartphone in the Japanese market.
The company received several complaints of the device getting overheated.
Reports say that the phone is getting extremely hot during the recharging process.
RIM has stated that the problem [...]
Vertu open its first store in Japan
Nokia’s luxury mobile phone brand Vertu has now opened its first retail store in the Japanese market.
Vertu would be selling their high end hand-crafted cell phones to customers in the Japanese market.
They are hoping to find customers for their expensive products even during these tough economic times.
This [...]
Pioneer getting out of plasma television market
Pioneer is the world’s fourth-largest maker of plasma televisions and they have now announced their exit from this segment of the market.
The company said that this market is no longer profitable and they are now going to concentrate on other divisions.
Pioneer said that they are going [...]
NTT DoCoMo to close down 2G networks in three years time
While, most countries are yet to get 3G networks for the mobile users, Japan is fast moving on to future generation technologies.
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo has announced that they would switch off its second-generation cell phone network in just over three years.
They were [...]
