If you didn’t think mannequins were creepy enough already, maybe this will change your mind. In an attempt to lure shoppers, Japanese department store Takashimiya installed an eerily lifelike interactive robot for its Valentine’s window display.
If you didn’t think mannequins were creepy enough already, maybe this will change your mind. In an attempt to lure shoppers, Japanese department store Takashimiya installed an eerily lifelike interactive robot for its Valentine’s window display.
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Hiroshi Ishiguro’s android mannequin creeps out Japanese shoppers (video)
The next time you buy an iPod dock , ask yourself this important question: can I put a lamp on it? If not, what’s the point, really
The next time you buy an iPod dock , ask yourself this important question: can I put a lamp on it? If not, what’s the point, really
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JVC’s NX-BX3 is an iPod dock that you can put things on top of
It’s pretty tough out there for TV manufacturers. Sharp ‘s reporting its financial results for April-December last year, announcing a profit of 9.14 billion yen ($120 million), a drop of 57.37 billion yen since the same period in 2010. Despite announcing a whole gang of new displays for the year, Sharp has cut its profit forecast correspondingly, down to zero for March 2012
It’s pretty tough out there for TV manufacturers. Sharp ‘s reporting its financial results for April-December last year, announcing a profit of 9.14 billion yen ($120 million), a drop of 57.37 billion yen since the same period in 2010. Despite announcing a whole gang of new displays for the year, Sharp has cut its profit forecast correspondingly, down to zero for March 2012
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Sharp struggles with TV competition, Q3 2011 results reveal 86 percent drop in profit
Many Japanese thumbs still love that classic ten-button keypad, so they should feel right at home on the newest model in KDDI’s designer INFOBAR range. The 3.2-inch, 854 x 480 touchscreen shows off the same tile-based custom UI as last year’s A01 , once again running on top of Gingerbread and a single-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. The rear camera captures eight megapixel stills and HD video, while dual-mode GSM / CDMA connectivity makes it worth taking abroad — if only so foreigners can remark on its checkerboard aesthetics (available in three different color schemes) and 1Seg TV tuner.
Many Japanese thumbs still love that classic ten-button keypad, so they should feel right at home on the newest model in KDDI’s designer INFOBAR range. The 3.2-inch, 854 x 480 touchscreen shows off the same tile-based custom UI as last year’s A01 , once again running on top of Gingerbread and a single-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. The rear camera captures eight megapixel stills and HD video, while dual-mode GSM / CDMA connectivity makes it worth taking abroad — if only so foreigners can remark on its checkerboard aesthetics (available in three different color schemes) and 1Seg TV tuner.
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KDDI’s INFOBAR C01 coming soon: ten keys and very Japanese (video)
It appears Disney’s mobile efforts in Japan are going pretty well , and with the help of carrier NTT DoCoMo they’re expanding under the joint “Disney Mobile on DoCoMo” brand name.
It appears Disney’s mobile efforts in Japan are going pretty well , and with the help of carrier NTT DoCoMo they’re expanding under the joint “Disney Mobile on DoCoMo” brand name.
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Disney Mobile on DoCoMo brand launches with two new Android phones in Japan
Those NEC artisans have been at it again, shaving even more from its smartphone profiles.
Those NEC artisans have been at it again, shaving even more from its smartphone profiles.
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NTT DoCoMo launches NEC Medias ES N-05D: Is 6.7mm thin enough?
Since kicking off its free 3D Experience channel, Sony has managed to notch up 10 million viewers in just short of six months. The channel offers up samples of music, movies, sports and documentaries for free, in an effort to tempt viewers into ponying up cash for the full experience. The channel, available on its Bravia 3DTV range and Blu-ray players, has now expanded from its five initial launch countries to 60
Since kicking off its free 3D Experience channel, Sony has managed to notch up 10 million viewers in just short of six months. The channel offers up samples of music, movies, sports and documentaries for free, in an effort to tempt viewers into ponying up cash for the full experience. The channel, available on its Bravia 3DTV range and Blu-ray players, has now expanded from its five initial launch countries to 60
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Sony’s 3D Experience channel tops 10 million views, some people like the extra dimension
In the wake of a relatively strong Q3 , Canon today unveiled a slightly less rosy earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net sales for the quarter reached
In the wake of a relatively strong Q3 , Canon today unveiled a slightly less rosy earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net sales for the quarter reached
After releasing a revised financial forecast for FY 2011 that predicts an annual $1.3 billion loss, its third in the last four years, NEC announced it will cut around 10,000 jobs. Bloomberg Businessweek reports President Nobuhiro Endo announced the cuts, revealing most of the cuts will come from the company’s mobile-phone handset business, with 7,000 of them expected to be in Japan
After releasing a revised financial forecast for FY 2011 that predicts an annual $1.3 billion loss, its third in the last four years, NEC announced it will cut around 10,000 jobs. Bloomberg Businessweek reports President Nobuhiro Endo announced the cuts, revealing most of the cuts will come from the company’s mobile-phone handset business, with 7,000 of them expected to be in Japan
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NEC will cut 10,000 jobs after forecasting $1.3 billion annual loss, mostly in mobile phone biz
If you’re gonna be late to a party, you should at least be fashionably late.
If you’re gonna be late to a party, you should at least be fashionably late.
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Toshiba announces color e-reader in Japan, hopes people buy more e-books from its store
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