Articles Tagged “Japan”

Sharp Galapagos A01SH Introduced

by Aerol Bibat on Aug 08, 2011 0 Comments">0

The Galapagos line is a pretty impressive line of tablets from Sharp. The Japanese manufacturer has already released the Sharp Galapagos 5.5 inch and 10.8 inch tablets, but it seems they aren’t satisfied with just two. The company is planning to fill the gap between the two tablets by releasing the new Sharp Galapagos A01SH. It’s another Android tablet that’s got a decently sized 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. This can make the device a decent e-reader and a good media/video player for when you’re on the go. So what exactly does the Sharp A01SH bring to the …

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Galapagos Android tablets from Sharp priced and dated for Japan

by James Tromans on Nov 30, 2010 0 Comments">0

Sharp’s Galapagos Android tablets look quite swish if you ask us. There are two types, the 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch versions. Both are set to land in Japan on December 10th and pre-orders will be accepted a week beforehand, on December 3rd. There are two pieces of bad news to accompany this information. First, we still have no clue or word as to whether or not this device is going to land in Europe or America any time soon. We can only assume that as the Japanese release date approaches, that a worldwide one does too. Unfortunately, the second piece of …

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Android growth report for Asia

by James Tromans on Nov 24, 2010 0 Comments">0

GfK Marketing Services Japan Ltd. have released figures that fall squarely inline with Gartner, reporting that Android OS is already the most popular in the US and has recently overtaken Symbian as the most popular smartphone software in eastern Asia. These figures are based on Q3 reports from this year. “Smartphones are the key drivers of the telecommunications industry at this moment. GfK’s retail audit findings are showing impressive, almost three-fold increase in value of the industry when we compare sales figures from the latest quarter to the same quarter* a year ago,” said Mr Gerard Tan, Regional Account Director …

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to launch in Japan with NTT DoCoMo

by Susan Ellery on Jan 21, 2010 0 Comments">0

Sony Ericsson’s flagship Android offering, the Xperia X10, will launch with NTT DoCoMo in Japan. The NTT DoCoMo branded version of the X10 will feature 4.0 inch, 854 x 480, touchscreen display 8.1-megapixel camera (photo and video recording) 1 GB ROM, 384 MB RAM microSD expansion (2GB included, supports up to 16GB) microUSB connector 3.5 mm audio jack Android 1.6 with Google services including Gmail, Google Talk, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube, and Android Market The long awaited handset will be available in both Luster White and Sensuous Black beginning in April. Hit the jump for the full press …

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NEC shows new business tablet that appears to be running Android

by Michael Oryl on Oct 27, 2009 0 Comments">0

CrunchGear has posted a story on a new NEC tablet shaped touchscreen device that the company is supposedly preparing for business users in Japan. The device features a touchscreen display that is thought to be 7 to 8 inches in size. CrunchGear has few specs at the moment, but they appear to miss an important point that can be gathered from the small image they’ve obtained. If you look closely, it is pretty obvious that it is running some version of Android. The gray status line at the top is the first hint, but the tab at the bottom of …

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Android coming to Japan July 10

by James Tromans on Jul 03, 2009 2 Comments">2

We have just stumbled across a note sent by Google’s Eric Chu on Wednesday evening to the numerous Android app developers. It was made clear in no uncertain terms that the first Android powered phone will launch in Japan on July 10th. Furthermore, Google have added the ability to target applications to both Bulgaria and Romania, despite the fact that they do not currently have an Android based devices shipping their yet. We presume that this facility is pre-empting device launches here too. We aren’t quite sure which device is going to hit Japan, nor Bulgaria and Romania. However, developers …

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DoCoMo and KTF to make a new Android phone

by Nicholas Ahn on Nov 19, 2008 0 Comments">0

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo and Korean carrier KTF have decided to jointly create an Android smartphone. While it is true, many well known phone manufacturers have announced forthcoming Android devices, and this device will not come until 2009, the significance of this announcement is two-fold.” 1. DoCoMo and KTF have stated that because the device will be running Android, which is distributed for free, the smartphone will be 20% cheaper then current smartphones in its class. This is the first time a manufacturer has made known the cost effect that a free operating system will bring. 2. This announcement brings …

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