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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nokia leaving Japanese mobile phone market
Nokia might be the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer but they have a limited presence in Japan.
The company is now pulling out of Japan where they supply mobile phones to NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile.
Nokia had re-entered this highly competitive market some years ago but they seems to have failed [...]
Nokia to become a mobile virtual network operator in Japan?
Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun has claimed in a report that mobile phone maker Nokia is going to become a mobile service provider in the competitive Japanese market.
The company is rumored to be working on plans to become a mobile virtual network operator.
They would be using [...]
NTT DoCoMo to launch a Google phone next year
NTT DoCoMo has announced that they plan to launch a new mobile phone next year that would be developed in collaboration with Google.
A company representative said: “As we are allied with Google, we are considering a commercial mobile device together.”
This phone is going to be powered by [...]
NTT DoCoMo to offer improved services including mobile video
Japanese mobile service provider NTT DoCoMo has announced that they are going to expand their services to their customers.
The company aims to boost their revenues as they face intense competition in their home market.
NTT DoCoMo said that they are now going to focus on offering enhanced [...]
Softbank to sell Apple iPhone in Japan!
Softbank has announced that they have won the rights to sell the Apple iPhone mobile devices in the Japanese market.
They are going to introduce the iPhone in Japan within this year itself.
The company however did not reveal any information on the pricing or launch date. It is also [...]
LG Prada mobile phone launched in Japan
South Korean tech giant LG has now launched their LG Prada mobile phone in the Japanese market.
The phone is already available in several markets around the world.
The Japanese edition of Prada comes with 3G functionality which is missing from their earlier variants.
They have named this phone LG L852i for [...]
