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  • September 9th, 2011

    Smart Bar: Japan Gets Another Special Android Handset

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    First KDDI’s iida INFOBAR, then Sharp’s clamshell Android phone HYBRID oo7SH, and now the so-called Smart Bar [JP]: Japan is getting more and more specially designed Android handsets. As you can see on the pictures, the Smart Bar adopts the “traditional” candy bar form factor but is actually powered by Android Gingerbread.

    The device is manufactured by Huawei and will be distributed in Japan by… → Read More

    May 4th, 2009

    Japan ready to pump $10 billion into 3.9G network infrastructure

    Japan already has the most advanced cell phone infrastructure in the world and it seems it will get even better and faster in the very near future. The country’s four major cell phone carriers (NTT, KDDI, SoftBank and Emobile) say they intend to invest a total of $10 billion into 3.9-generation cell phone services. → Read More