Articles in the Japanese gadgets Category
Posted in Cell phones, Japanese gadgets, Waterproof Gadgets on 18 June 2008

Come the rainy season and one thing that I dread the most is using my cel phone out in open. A few showers on it and it’s gone for a toss. But seems water woes of mine and many more like me are about to hit an end. Why? Because, Fujitsu has come up their cool new waterproof wonder, the F706i series. Yes, it’s their new waterproof phone so go ahead and get drenched in showers together with catching up with your gal on your waterproof phone.
Talk about features and Fujitsu’s F706i series is loaded with them. Starting from a unique LED panel that provides all the important information about the phone, it opens to be a 2in1 phone option giving you the flexibility to hold use two numbers on a single phone. It supports HSDPA, 3G WorldRing, features 1Seg TV tuner and a 2Mpix camera and also supports PC web browser just like the real one!
The cute phone is available in four colors, and is available only in Japan as of now.
Via: Akihabara
Posted in Japanese gadgets, Robot on 12 June 2008

If your kid is has grown old enough to play with his good old macho robot and young enough to have a girlfriend, why not get him a sexy she humanoid, which is not just ultra sexy but quite a toy as well. Check out Sega toy’s latest add on – E.M.A meaning “Eternal, Maiden, Actualisation”.
This sexy female robot stands 38 cm tall and is blessed with a ‘curvy body’ and high levels of interactivity. Now a view of what all your new companion can do for you. Well, it can hand out your business cards, it can walk, sing and also dance like a ‘perfect lady’.
If you are thinking to get EMA for you and not for your kid, let me disclose it’s most exiting feature. EMA can also kiss you! All you need to get one is, bring you head close to EMA and its love mode triggers off to give you a warm pucker!
Powered by battery, the robot features infra red sensors to deal with obstacles, sounds and position.Coming to the price Sega toys will give it o you for $175 by 26th September.
Via: CrunchGear
Posted in Gadget, Japanese gadgets, LCD, Unique Gadget on 24 August 2007
Now enjoy the magic of 3D image display system in your cell phone. Capturing films and then transferring them to your friends’ phone is now an old-news. The demand-of-the-hour is to transfer images that are three-dimensional in nature.

Japan’s electronics giant Hitachi researcher Rieko Otsuka displays the newly developed 3D image display system composed of LCD screen (bottom), and 12-side inverted pyramid shaped half-mirror screens, to show live or computer graphics virtual 3D images in Tokyo.
The 3D image is replicated with 12 mirrows set inside the canister and display floating 3D images that can be viewed from any angle. Weighing only one-kilogram; this portable 3D display is expected to display exhibits of museums and art pieces at schools.
Via Yahoo
Posted in Japanese gadgets, LCD, Misc. Gadgets on 23 August 2007

Sharp Corp takes the opportunity to launch the world’s thinnest and lightest LCD TVs that ensures picture quality. Against Sharp’s old model 52-inch LCD TV that was 81mm thick, this new avatar is just 20mm thick.
Along with thickness, the weight of the prototype is 5 kgs less than the old model and weighs 25 kgs. Consuming almost half the electricity, the set displays a 100,000:1 distinction ratio and delivers five times more vibrant pictures than conservative models.

With no information about the price tag, plans are to start the production of these ultra-thin sets at its new LCD factory in Sakai, western Japan. The factory will be online and in full-process by March 2010. Sharp is considering Sony’s organic light-emitting diode TVs as it tough competitor as its features are also at par. Sony’s set will be launched by the end of the year.
Via HDTV News
Posted in Gadget, Japanese gadgets, Misc. Gadgets, USB, Unique Gadget on 22 August 2007

Pens are the tool that one would never miss to carry. Be it any corporate, geek or even a child, pens are even the targets for spycams or flashlights. Realizing this, Digix from Korea has made an efficient use of the ballpoint pen and turned it into a gadget with an in-built USB functionality.

Exhibited at Geek Alerts, the pens make use of MLC (Multi Level Cell) flash memory technology that supports USB 2.0. The cap of the pen has a storage capacity of up to 1GB and is available in black, blue, red, and silver shades. With no information about the price, these pens measuring 15.5×1.4×1.3cm are quick thick. This seems to be the only drawback. What do you say?
Via Geek Sugar
Posted in Battery, Cell phones, Japanese gadgets, Technology on 20 July 2007

Take a look at the Toshiba’s Portege smart phone (R) and prototype model of an external direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery at the Wireless Japan exhibition in Tokyo.
The fuel cell battery charger required for the mobile phone has an operating time capacity of twice the conventional lithium ion battery. It also connects to other electronic devices.
Posted in Cell phones, Japanese gadgets on 25 May 2007
Strapya World seems to be the follower of the old saying- All good things come in small pack. The latest array of DoCoMo FOMA 903i models, available online at Strapya World is to your much amaze 40% smaller than scale. Don’t raise your eyebrows as I am introducing you to its “awful” price. It costs less than a $3 usd each.

Hey, long-awaited MOBILE FIGURE COLLECTION has just arrived in ver. 8!! Get a brand new Docomo Keitai as your cell phone charm. Speciality of ver. 8 is Foma D and F, well reproduced of advanced model. “one push slide” and “swing display for one-segment broadcasting” Enjoy the coolset Japanese cell phone life as cell phone charm!
Via Wireless Watch
