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  November 15th

  News Android slate PC after web tablet space

  While the world waits (well, it sometimes seems that way) for Apple to release its OS X-powered tablet computer, a Japanese company has beaten it to the punch with an Android device that looks every inch the winner.

  Related categories : Operating-systems , Portable-computing

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  September 26th

  News Heard the one about the wooden phone?

  We love the leftfield news that Japan seems to specialise in, so it was with joy unbounded that we unwrapped a gift of a news release detailing how NTT DoCoMo has come up with a phone made of leftover wood.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  September 6th

  News Japan's NTT DoCoMo to hit US mobile market

  Giant Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is set to make a surprise move to bring its cutting-edge services overseas when it launches in the US some time next year.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  July 25th

  News Finding McD's the augmented reality way

  As we've seen a few times already, 'augmented reality' looks sure to become the hottest tech buzzword before too long, so let's add a little fuel to the fire by throwing on some hard news from Japan.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  July 18th

  News 4G mobile phones will be in shops next year

  Fans of all things wireless will be pleased to hear that the world's first 4G mobile phone network is on schedule to launch next year regardless of who backs it.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  July 4th

  News Mobile money exchange through phone numbers

  Like it or loathe it, PayPal has revolutionised online commerce for small and large traders alike, so it's no great surprise to see something similar come to the humble mobile phone.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  May 30th

  News Mobile phones to send cash to each other

  Many of us in the West have long been looking lustily at Japan's mobile phone e-cash systems with little hope of getting anything similar soon, so forgive us if it seems a little unfair to report an even more exciting development in m-commerce.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  May 3rd

  News LG and DoCoMo readying 4G network

  Mere weeks after announcing it would shut down its 2G phone network, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has revealed plans to commence 4G operations next year.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  March 28th

  News Dell to bundle HSPA 'net access with PCs

  In a move that could spell changes for its laptop PCs worldwide, Dell is starting a service in Japan that bundles new machines with built-in instant internet access.

  Related categories : Broadband , Laptops

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  February 27th

  News BlackBerry Bolds sales halted due to overheating

  RIM has suspended sales of its BlackBerry Bold in Japan after receiving complaints of the keyboard overheating.

  Related categories : Phone-and-communications , Mobile-phones

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  February 14th

  News New wireless data and power plans in pipeline

  As if we didn't already have enough wireless technologies competing for our attention (and cash), a consortium of some of the industry's biggest names is clubbing together to add a couple more to the mix.

  Related categories : Wi-fi , Future-tech , Hdtv

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  January 31st

  News 4G phone provider shutting down 2G

  Last weekend, we brought the news that Japan is surprisingly close to doling out licences for 4G mobile-phone network operators, and today we see one reason why.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  January 25th

  News 4G phone licences up for grabs already

  Remember when all the talk of mobile phones was about how the fabulous new '3G' concept would make them our best friends for life?

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  December 20th 2008

  News Bullet trains fitted with wireless broadband

  As if being ferried up and down the country at almost 300kph weren't enough for the technology-obsessed Japanese, they can now add in-train Wi-Fi access to the mix.

  Related categories : Broadband

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  December 16th 2008

  News 2008 tech predictions revisited: how did we do?

  We run the rule over our forecasts for 2008. Right or wrong?

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  December 12th 2008

  News Japanese billboards track who is watching them

  Outdoor advertising in main towns and cities isn't exactly hard to miss, but a company in Japan has started to monitor just how many people pay attention to its billboards.

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  December 10th 2008

  News Google's Android gains power as Vodafone and Sony Ericsson sign on

  The Open Handset Alliance - the organisation behind Google's Android mobile OS - has picked up 14 new members, including Sony Ericsson and Vodafone.

  Related categories : Phone-and-communications , Mobile-phones

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  November 29th 2008

  News Nokia to stop selling phones ... in Japan

  Just a week after plans leaked about Nokia's imminent move into mobile network operations, comes word that it is to stop selling handsets to other carriers.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  November 22nd 2008

  News Nokia to start own mobile network in Japan

  Reports from Japan this weekend suggest that Nokia is about to take a leap into the unknown by starting its own mobile phone service there, offering both handsets and the monthly plans behind them.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  November 5th 2008

  News Phone giant targets ever-smaller niches

  In a sign of the times where many countries have saturated mobile phone markets, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has abandoned its traditional marketing strategies and released new handsets aimed at very clearly defined niches.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones