More than two years ago, a tsunami hit Japan, devastating many cities. The worst of the damage was the nuclear power plant, which was destroyed in the disaster. For the 21,000 residents of Namie-machi, this meant that they had to evacuate their homes. Years later, they can not return due to the nuclear hazard still lingering over the land. Many want to… Read more
The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a pretty impressive device, especially for the price. But it’s about to get better. Amazon has launched the device in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan today. And with the extra mass production, Amazon says that it has become cheaper to manufacture these tablets. And instead of being greedy, Amazon decided to… Read more
Sony’s new Xperia Tablet Z follows in its little brothers footsteps, the Xperia Z. They look pretty much the same, aside from size. But where can you get a Tablet Z? Come March 9th, you’ll be able to pre-order an LTE version for Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. Both the black and the white models are set to launch on March 22nd. There is no official price, but it’s… Read more
In the latest legal suit between the Apple and Samsung, a Tokyo court has ruled in favor of Apple stating that the Cupertino, CA did not infringe upon 2 Samsung patents wiith its iPhone 4 and 4S models. According to The Asahi Shimbun, a decision on September 14th found Apple had not violated a patent related to app downloads, rather that Samsung… Read more
Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, was in Japan to announce the Nexus 7 being available there, and he left us with a few words on the Maps debacle on iOS. If you didn’t know, with iOS6, Apple decided to drop all Google apps (Maps and YouTube) and use their own variants. They included Apple Maps, built off data from TomTom and another company… Read more
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was in Tokyo earlier today to show off the company’s flagship tablet, the Nexus 7, to a Japanese audience for the first time. The tablet is now available from the Play store at ¥19,800 (about $254) for the 16GB model. This coincides with the new launch of Google Play Books in Japan with a fairly solid selection… Read more
The Sony Xperia GX and SX are the phones that Sony should have released in the US and Europe, though they’re Japan exclusives. NTT DoCoMo confirmed that preorders for the GX and SX are coming August 2nd and 3rd, and the phones are coming out August 9th and 10th, respectively. The Xperia GX will be 4.6″, while the SX will be lower end at 3.7″. The… Read more
We’ve stumbled upon an array of alleged photos of an upcoming addition to Son’y Xperia family of smartphones. The images show the Sony Xperia LT29i, codenamed “Hayabusa”, an international version of the Xperia GX. The angular LT29i has already passed through the FCC in the US, although this particular model looks to be heading to Japan. Details are… Read more
First of all, I wanted to express how crazy this phone looks. Sure, it’s just customized Android, but my nerdy side is screaming. It’ll be released on NTT DoCoMo in Japan in very limited quantities. Only 10,000 will be available, and they’ll be scattered across the country. 1,000 will be sold each day at noon for 3 days on DoCoMo’s online store, while… Read more
Though Sony announced the Xperia GX and SX a few days ago, they gave no date on release. An estimated “summer” was all that we got. Fortunately, we never have to rely on official news! A leaked document obtained by XperiaBlog says the GX will launch in Japan in July and the SX in August. The document also reveals some size information on the Xperia… Read more
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