• Top 10: The best new cell phones Japan gets this summer

    Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

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    Japan’s telecommunications giants NTT Docomo, KDDI au and SoftBank present new cell phones four times a year: spring, summer, fall and winter. All companies showcased their summer 2009 wares in the last few days, including some simply incredible devices.

    Japan will get a total of 40 new and shiny cell phones from the three carriers, all of which you can find over at MobileCrunch (line-ups of Docomo: part 1, 2/KDDI au/Softbank: part 1,2)

    Here are my personal top 10:

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    Top 10: Sharp AQUOS SHOT SH-06A from Docomo

    (AQUOS cell phone with 10MP CCD camera and 3.3-inch touch screen)

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    Top 9: NEC N-06A from Docomo

    (Wifi cell phone (IEEE 802.11b/g compatible, 54Mbps maximum) with rotating touch screen and 8MP camera)

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    Top 8: LG L-06A from Docomo

    (HSUPA cell phone (5.7Mbps maximum) with 3-inch touch screen, 5MP CMOS camera and quick access to various Google services)

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    Top 7: Sharp AQUOS SHOT 933SH from Softbank

    (equipped with a 10 megapixel low-noise CCD sensor, a rotating touchscreen display and a 3.3-inch WVGA display)

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    Top 6: NEC 931N from SoftBank

    (Wi-Fi cell-phone featuring a maximum performance of 54MBps, a rotating 3-inch touch screen and a 8MP camera)

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    Top 5: Fujitsu F-09A from Docomo

    (touch screen with 3.4-inch rotating WVGA display (90 degrees) and 8.1MP CMOS camera)

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    Top 4: Toshiba T-01A (aka TG01) from Docomo

    (alleged iPhone competitor with 1Ghz CPU, Windows Mobile and a 4.1-inch touchscreen, due out in Japan in June or July)

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    Top 3: Toshiba Biblio from KDDI au

    (cell phone with integrated e-book reader, a 3.5-inch LCD screen featuring a 960×480 resolution, 7GB internal memory, QWERTY keyboard and Opera Mobile 9.5 including AJAX support)

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    Top 2: Sharp SOLAR HYBRID 936SH from Softbank

    (solar-powered handset that lets you make a one-minute call time after 10 minutes of charging and features a 3-inch WVGA display)

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    Top 1: Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision CAM Wooo from KDDI au

    (yes, this is a cell phone and it lets you record video in 720p and at 30fps, and also features microSDHC/HDMI Mini interfaces and a 3-inch IPS screen (480×854))

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