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You're in the Army Now!

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:44:13 GMT

NTT DoCoMo recently presented their latest emergency communication systems, to use in case of a major catastophe (and you know that Japan is not the most stable country on that point), on a military facility which location I can't tell you, it's secret!

Just kidding.

Anyway, this was a "2 in 1" for me and provided me the opportunity to get a closer look at the Japanese military system.

I was welcomed very nicely and pretty easy to spot anyway, being the on...

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Notebook Pron Gallery with Panasonic

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:06:00 GMT

Believe it or not, but NO I'm neither a Sony or Apple Fan Boy… But I have to admit I'am very fond of Panasonic products, like the AMAZING tiny R7… When Panasonic announced that they'll sell two new R7s in black as well as black & blue, I couldn't resist asking them to send me these two new devices plus a regular silver version!

I don't believe that there's a need for the R7, but briefly this is a compact PC (229x187x29.4mm for 940g), powered by a Core 2 Duo CPU of ...

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A New Dual SATA HDD Case from Evergreen

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:02:34 GMT

Fed-up with white or black aluminum USB HDD cases? And what about blue, purple, red, or silver?
The DN-HS-207U supports up to 1TB max (2x500GB) and will let you decide to either combine these 2 HDD in one or treat them as two separate volumes....

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Prime Monarch XE: A Base de Xeon E3110

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:59:07 GMT

We at Akihabara News are big fans of the prime line-up from DosPara, a Japanese BTO PC reseller. Actually most of our desktops here at the office have been bought there (even our home made server below).

This morning DosPara launched a new desktop, the Prime Monarch XE, a PC based on the P35 Express chipset and an Intel Xeon E3110. Available BTO (Build to Order), you'll start with a basic 2GB of Ram (Samsung), 500GB of HDD Sata II and a GeForce 8800GT with 512MB of...

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Casio and It's New Mobile Business Data Collector

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:28:55 GMT

It seems that Japanese companies are creating new mobile business terminals/data collectors everyday! What about doing something more glamourous like a nice iPHONE killer?

This new device, the DT-X7, is somewhat more attractive than what we're used to. It'll help people quickly grab relevant information in any store or storage area, and can be transmitted quickly to a network since it supports both Wifi B and G. Another nice features is VoIP capability, if a staff m...

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Two New 3D Ready PDP TVs from Samsung

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Want to jump into the 3D madness? Suit yourself with these two new PAVV TVs from Samsung in Korea, available in 42" and 50” and 3D Ready PDP TV” (PDP = Plasma). Samsung worked in collaboration with Electronic Arts to ensure these TVs will give you the best gaming experience possible, and to tweak the 3D display rendering. It's also important to note that our TVs were given the DNIe+ (Digital Natural Image engine+). On a side note we have here USB 2.0 Support, HDMI 1.3, and full ...

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MU-D: The New Multimedia Dictionary from Inkel

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:38:00 GMT

Inkel is a Korean based company which produces all kinds of electronic goods ranging from TVs, audio systems and PDA. Today they came to us with the MU-D Multimedia Dictionary which is in fact a hybrid device between a PMP with a DMB TV Tuner (Digital TV), and a dictionary.

Powered by WinCE 5.0, our MU-Ds have a 4.3” LCD with a 480x272 resolution, 4GB of internal memory support, support SDHC cards up to 12GB, and is only available in Korea....

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Dragon Ball Online… News from Korea

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:26:00 GMT

Bandai Korea unveiled more information regarding the upcoming new MMORPG, Dragon Ball Online. Basically, it seems that the Japanese Animation/Manga has been adapted to the MMORPG world by Bandai Korea. Well not too surprising here since Korea is the leading country when it comes to cool and funky MMORPG. Dragon Ball Online take place 250 years after Dragon Ball Z and Majin-Bu (Age 1000)…

More information can be found on the video and pictures below. .

For those who wo...

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The iAUDIO U5 Finally Reaches Japan

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:07:00 GMT

While you lucky little fellows in the USA have had the chance to play with the latest U5 from iAUDIO, those of us living in Japan had to wait until today to finally see this new DAP in the flesh…

Anyway, since this device is definitly not new, I'll just copy and paste its basic information:

Supports Windows Media DRM 10, MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
MP3, WMA, WAV Playback / FM Radio, Recording / Voice Recording
Built-In Flash Memory 4GB, 8GB<...

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Two New Mobile Business Terminals Running WinCe: From Fujitsu

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:51:00 GMT

Fujitsu this morning is proud to announce the release of two new business terminals:

TeamPad 7500Ws - a tablet like terminal running Windows CE5.0 Professional Plus, a PXA320 (624MHz), 1GB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, a 10.4” XGA touch screen, wireless lan, Bluetooth, RS232, USB, CF slot, and 7h battery life span at a size of 290x205x25mm for 970g.

Patio300 - PDA like with an integrated printer, which also runs under Windows CE5.0 Professional Plus. It has a PXA270 (520M...

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