smartphones
May 04, 2013
Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest smartphone manufacturer, is focusing on the Japanese market as a testing ground to refine its technologies.
April 15, 2013
Panasonic Corp. is considering entering the smartphone market in India as early as May to gain a foothold in the rapidly expanding Asian market, working with a local mass...
March 22, 2013
NEC Corp. announced March 22 it has developed technology for smart devices that suppresses "tapping" sounds from touch screen operations, helping to ensure clear voice...
January 28, 2013
The Asahi Shimbun AJW site is now optimized for smartphone screens. On a bus, train, busy street or in a coffee shop, you can easily access the latest news on Japan and the...
January 19, 2013
Line, a free-telephone app for smartphones, has won 100 million users worldwide, establishing a dominant lead over rivals hoping to emulate its success.
November 28, 2012
An online photo-processing service operated by Canon Inc. and Canon Marketing Japan Inc. is to accept uploads from smartphone and tablet users, the companies said Nov. 28.
October 20, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. has suffered a setback in its worldwide legal battle with Apple Inc. over alleged patent violations after a Tokyo court rejected its request for...
September 19, 2012
Fujitsu announced Sept. 19 that it has developed technology for future long-haul and metropolitan optical networks that can alter the architecture of optical network resources...
September 03, 2012
Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda expressed confidence on Sept. 1 about reaching an agreement on a lifeline extended by Taiwanese component maker Hon Hai Precision Industry...
August 28, 2012
Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo Inc. announced on Aug. 28 the upcoming release of three new smartphones and two new tablets, all compatible with the company’s Xi LTE...
August 20, 2012
Sony Corp. announced on Aug. 20 the release of its “Exmor RS,” the world's first CMOS image sensor incorporating a unique, newly developed "stacked structure" for use in...
August 06, 2012
Itochu Corp. announced Aug. 6 it has started sales of its portable large capacity batteries in response to anticipated power shortages this summer.
August 01, 2012
Epson Atmix Corp., an Epson group company and the world's leading manufacturer of fine-grained alloy powders, announced on Aug. 1 that it has recently begun production of...
July 03, 2012
Rakuten Inc.’s new e-book reader will cost 7,980 yen ($100), less than half of the price of its major competitors, while books for the device will be free from the...
June 11, 2012
People who have difficulty differentiating color can now get a better picture of how images look on their smartphones through a free app available on iPhone.
May 29, 2012
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co. launches its latest Galaxy S smartphone in Europe on May 29, with the third generation model expected to be even more successful than its...
May 11, 2012
Panasonic Corp. has developed a foldable substrate that it says could eventually be used to allow consumers to wear smartphones on their wrists like a watch.
April 27, 2012
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has developed technology for an attachable device that allows users to shoot 3-D images with cameras found in ordinary cellphones and smartphones.
April 10, 2012
Renesas Electronics Corp. announced April 10 the availability of eight new low-loss P- and N-channel power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) products...
February 29, 2012
Toshiba Corp. announced Feb. 29 that it will buy parts of Western Digital Corp.’s 3.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) business, while transferring a Thai subsidiary in the other...