KDDI 1Gbps IR short-range data transfer (updated)

10/06/2009, [CEATEC 2009] Sharing data among gadgets has been on KDDI’s plate for a while. While last year’s demo comprised of a prototype handset, this time around KDDI is using real handsets, even if that one is still a little thick [...]

AU Ply concept phone materializes

09/09/2009, What used to be a conceptual handset has materialized into something real – the Ply cellphone from AU of Japan. It is pretty much an ordinary handset in the Land of the Rising Sun when it comes to functions, but [...]

720 DVDs downloaded in a second

07/28/2009, KDDI R&D Laboratories have collaborated with Japan’s National Institute of Information & Communications Technology (NICT), where their partnership resulted in the most advanced fiber optic cable in the world. Just how advanced, you ask? Well, both parties are proud to [...]

MicroSD cards with WiFi by KDDI

07/23/2009, At Wireless Japan, KDDI* has demonstrated MicroSD cards with a WiFi functionality. Even if there’s no lack of WIFI support, we think that the sheer feast of integration is worth a post. It’s not so much that cramming a WIFI [...]

Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam Woo

05/22/2009, With a name like Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam Woo, we can’t help but be interested with what this can offer you. It does record video in 720p resolution (although it isn’t the first), and also packs in a 5-megapixel sensor, [...]