All the stories tagged with CEATEC
CEATEC stands for Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies and is Japan’s largest consumer electronics show. It is regarded as most observers as Japan’s equivalent of the US-based Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The show is a platform for Japanese electronics manufacturer to show their latest products and technologies. Besides the show floor, there are numerous presentations and seminars held during the fair. In 2012, CEATEC is held in Tokyo from Oct 2 to Oct 6
Zenrin GPS application for the PSP
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] Zenrin was demonstrating a cool looking GPS app for the Sony PSP. In the 2D map mode, the application doesn’t look much different from any other PND. However, when arriving to a complex intersection (like some in Tokyo), [...]
Fujitsu Mobile Phone Design Award 2009
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] Fujitsu was showing many eye-catching concept phones and I shot photos from the best ones for the (upcoming!) photo gallery. I personally like the Kwak Yeon concept that looks like a pebble (above), and the Camelephone that would [...]
Mobile Virtual Shopping with Japan’s KDDI
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] Visiting a busy department store on a Saturday afternoon might be entertaining to some, but if you don’t enjoy being squeezed to death, KDDI has mobile virtual shopping application. KDDI lets users shop for fashion items from their [...]
Panasonic VIERA 4k2k Display
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] With 3840×2160 pixels, the Panasonic Viera 4k2k display can show awesome images… if you find any content in that format. That’s about 4 times the definition of 1080p, but today’s demonstration was not about displaying a sharper image. [...]
Transfer Jet high-speed proximity data transfer demonstrated
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] Sony and others were demonstrating Transfer Jet, a short-range point to point communications protocol for mobile device that can reach speeds of 560Mbps. There were various scenarios shown at their booth that range from streaming music from a [...]
KDDI PLY phone (as in PLYwood)
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] KDDI was showing the PLY phone that has sliding buttons on the side. They are designed so that they can’t be easily pressed by accident. HTC could learn a thing or two from this design as their side [...]
DoCoMo Virtual Assistant
10/06/2009, [CEATEC 09] This avatar is DoCoMo’s upgraded version of the Office Assistant (paper clip), except that it is indeed much cooler. DoCoMo hopes that for some users, it will become something like a virtual friend, providing advice and sometimes, conversation. [...]
DoCoMo Wooden Phone hands-on
10/05/2009, [CEATEC 2009] We had our hands on the Wooden phone concept (there are two) from DoCoMo that we published about recently. We’ve been told that the shell is made from compressed wood that is so tightly compressed that it is [...]
Sony Stereo 3D Camera and Projector
10/05/2009, [CEATEC 2009] Sony was demonstrating its most advanced stereo 3D tech in the form of a (huge) camera and the accompanying dual-image projector (above photo). The camera can shoot stereo 3D footage using a single lens (huh?) and separates the [...]
Sony Stereo 3D on PlayStation 3, Hands-On
10/05/2009, CEATEC 2009] Sony was showing stereo 3d on the PS3. I looked at a demo KillZone 2 (the intro) and it was quite interesting to watch. It looks like something that that would be done in the driver on a [...]
Toshiba Cell Regza
10/05/2009, [CEATEC 2009] Toshiba has been touting CELL-powered (the same processor inside the Sony PS3) TVs for a while, and this time around, it’s not about the video capabilities anymore, the emphasis was put on internet connectivity, applications and services. The [...]
DoCoMo eye-motion based phone control
10/05/2009, [CEATEC 2009] DoCoMo researchers are working on a new way to control your cellphone, by using the motion of your eyeballs. Sensors are placed in the earphones and they detect small electrical variations when the eyeballs are moving. Right now, [...]
Kohjinsha Dual-Screen Laptop
10/05/2009, [CEATEC 2009] Kohjinsha was presenting its 10.1″ dual-screen netbook. The photo doesn’t do justice to its size, but as you can guess, 10.1″ is much smaller than the mammoth that Lenovo came up with last year. That said, the computer [...]
