Shares of Sanyo Electric Co., the world's largest maker of rechargeable batteries, fell to a 31- year low after 1.3 million of its cells used in mobile phones were recalled on concern they overheat and rupture.
The lithium-ion batteries, made by a unit of Osaka-based Sanyo, are used in Mitsubishi Electric Corp. handsets on NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed service.
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Japan's mighty monopoly NTT DoCoMo has developed a tiny, SOLAR-POWERED FLIP PHONE prototype that has regular cell phone goodies on the inside, and solar panels on the outside
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Japan's top mobile-services provider, DoCoMo, on Tuesday unveiled several handsets, including one billed as the world's thinnest WCDMA clamshell, the N703i mu (left) and the D800iDS, which features a display screen and a separate touch screen.
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KDDI announced their spring 2007 handset line-up this week with ten new 3G models focused on form and function. The latest addition to their Au Design Project, the Media Skin concept by Tokujin Yoshioka, was introduced along with this announcement that it will go on display with earlier offerings - the Infobar, Talby and Neon - at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The other models on deck are coming from Toshiba (W51T and W52T), Casio (W51CA), Sanyo (W51SA), Kyocera (W51K), Hitachi (W51H), Sony Ericsson (W51S), the second-ever model from Sharp (W51SH) - a popular design originally introduced by Vodafone in spring 2006 (and also recently available from DoCoMo) - plus a first-time offer by top-tier maker Panasonic (W51P).
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A mobile Linux coalition between several major handset manufacturers and operators has finally been christened. The group was formed six months ago with the goal of creating an open-source platform for mobile phones. From Friday, it will be known as the LiMo Foundation. Its membership includes Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone.
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KDDI, the second-biggest mobile phone operator in Japan after NTT DoCoMo, aims to cater to mainly Japanese customers in the United States, a spokesman said.
The Asahi newspaper said KDDI aimed for a full U.S. roll-out by the middle of this month, offering phones made by makers such as Sanyo Electric under the KDDI Mobile brand. read more »
The Asahi newspaper said KDDI aimed for a full U.S. roll-out by the middle of this month, offering phones made by makers such as Sanyo Electric under the KDDI Mobile brand. read more »
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This is the bad news everyone wants...DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has said that the rate of growth of its 3G user base will slow down because "fully three-quarters of its subscriber base has already adopted the new mobile technology". The company had "more than 40 million 3G mobile phone services subscribers by the end of September, up from 30 million last November. The company said it's on track to have
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ACCESS, the Japanese company that has developed the ACCESS Linux Platform and owner of the former PalmSource, has signed a “memorandum of understanding” with NTT DoCoMo, Inc., NEC Corp., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., and ESTEEMO Co., Ltd. under which the companies will study the use of ACCESS Linux Platform as the basis for developing a shared Linux platform for mobile ph
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