Articles on Japan, Mobile
Eneloop Stick Booster for powering mobile gadgets - Nov 13, 2009
Crave Sanyo is introducing a portable USB recharger that can power mobile devices, such as the iPhone, that require a higher current for charging. The Eneloop Stick Booster, part of the ... Read story »Mobile projector for your handset--the old-fashioned way - Nov 20, 2009
Crave Pico projectors are great, but they are also prohibitively expensive. The HypnosEye Projector compromises a little on the experience with an old-school technology, and at US$80, costs only a fraction ... Read story »iPhone apps making life in Japan a little easier - Oct 6, 2009
Blogs The always awesome Asiajin had a post today about "Koe-tan", a public transit application for the iPhone (iTunes link). The app allows you to speak two train stations into your iPhone ... Read story »Methanol fuel cells for gadgets forge forward - Nov 3, 2009
Crave Direct Methanol Fuel Cell has licensed a patent from CalTech to build methanol-based gadget chargers, a week after Toshiba took the wraps off its own portable fuel cell. Toshiba introduced a ... Read story »QR codes in the wild in Japan - Nov 17, 2009
Blogs I've been fascinated by QR codes in Japan even before I came here. For anyone wondering what this technology is about, here's a great explanation by Mobile Ojisan from a few ... Read story »Will Android phone and iPhone succeed in Korea? - Nov 15, 2009
Blogs KT confirmed to launch Apple iPhone within this year. But I'm still unsure of this since KT has been delaying the release. I am also still curious whether this will be ... Read story »Intel funds mobile WiMax effort in Japan - Jun 9, 2009
Crave The venture capital arm of chipmaker Intel has announced an investment in Japanese WiMax company UQ Communications, which intends to provide coverage to most of Japan by 2012. Intel Capital announced ... Read story »NTT DoCoMo eyes US market - Sep 9, 2009
Crave Considering many MVNOs have failed or been acquired in recent years (Helio, Disney Mobile, Virgin Mobile, just to name a few), we can't help but think they're a bad idea. (MVNOs ... Read story »Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5 with My Phone Premium - Oct 7, 2009
Features Offered as part of the premium package is a new "lost phone" feature that can be activated as an ad-hoc paid service. Read story »Futuristic phones from Fujitsu - Oct 7, 2009
Crave The winning design, titled "Gesture". Out of 2,000 design concepts for mobile phones of the future, the winning entry in Fujitsu's Mobile Phone Design competition was not the flashiest or ... Read story »Japan to prevent pandemics with GPS phones - Jun 10, 2009
Crave The iPhone 3G is one of the most popular GPS-enabled cell phones. Just recently, Softbank Mobile, Japan's biggest cell phone carrier, signed a deal with Aoyama Gakuin University to provide ... Read story »Sleepbox for 40 winks in a mobile box - Nov 11, 2009
Crave Sleepboxes can be installed at train stations, airports and shopping centers. With more devices dedicated to the sleep deprived on the move, the Sleepbox is one concept I'm rooting for. ... Read story »Philippines remains swine flu free, chairs Asean+3 health summit on A(H1N1) - May 20, 2009
Blogs The Philippines, which thankfully still has no cases of influenza A(H1N1) a.k.a. swine flu after a baby suspected of being infected with the virus tested negative, is batting for greater regional ... Read story »WWDC and the iPhone 3GS - Jun 10, 2009
Blogs Apple's WWDC keynote address had many of us here in Tokyo awake well into the early hours of Tuesday morning. There was no earth-shattering announcement (no tablet as many anticipated), but ... Read story »IEA: Little gadgets consume gigawatts of power - May 14, 2009
Crave Without more efficient consumer electronics, the world will need to build hundreds of gigawatts worth of new power plants to run the exploding number of electronic gadgets, according to the International ... Read story »Jump to page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [Next 15]
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