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INFOBAR C01 with Gingerbread Launching in Japan via KDDI on February 3

It appears that KDDI has just resurrected its highly-acclaimed INFOBAR series of phones that managed to amaze customers through their design. Although the last INFOBAR handset that was launched on the market, the A01 had a unique “slab” design, it didn’t have the success forecasted by the manufactur...

1 February 2012
19:01 GMT

KDDI’s WiMAX-Capable Galaxy S II Detailed

Samsung has pushed its Galaxy S II smartphone to a variety of markets and with a great deal of capabilities inside. A new model is getting ready to emerge, and will land on shelves at Japanese wireless carrier KDDI with WiMAX connectivity. At KDDI, the new smartphone will feature model number ISW11SC when made avai...

17 January 2012
19:51 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S II with WiMAX Support Arrives in Japan via KDDI

Samsung and KDDI have just announced the upcoming availability of the Galaxy S II WiMAX in Japan. The smartphone features more or less similar hardware and software configurations as other Galaxy S II variants. No pricing options or exact release date for the WiMAX version of the Galaxy S II have been disclosed ...

16 January 2012
19:31 GMT

Fujitsu ARROWS ES IS12F Waterproof Smartphone Available in Japan via KDDI

Shortly after taking Motorola RAZR's crown and becaming the thinnest Android smartphone available on the market, Fujitsu’s new ARROWS ES IS12F smartphone made its debut in Japan and is now available for purchase through KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Telephone.   Even though the ARROWS ES IS12F incorporate...

9 January 2012
19:01 GMT

Sharp AQUOS PHONE IS14SH with Gingerbread Launched in Japan

Sharp has just announced the upcoming availability of AQUOS PHONE IS14SH in Japan via KDDI carrier. The handset is unlikely to be launched outside the country anytime soon.   Sharp AQUOS PHONE IS14SH is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that features a slider form factor. In fact the AQUOS PHONE IS14SH stron...

23 December 2011
19:01 GMT

Fujitsu Arrow ES IS12F Goes Official at KDDI in Japan

Fujitsu appears determined to bring to the market the thinnest smartphones ever, and the new Fujitsu Arrow ES IS12F is the latest such handset, the one that claims the top spot on the list. Being only 6.7mm (0.26 inches) thin, the new device is as slim as the Fujitsu ARROWS μ F-07D smartphone that was seen recen...

5 December 2011
09:11 GMT

KDDI Reveals Entire Winter Lineup: Six Android Smartphones and Two Feature-Phones

Major Japanese carrier KDDI has just unveiled its upcoming handsets that are scheduled to be released by the end of 2011.It looks like that the carrier plans to launch six Android devices and only two feature-phones. The most interesting seems to be the Arrows Z smartphone.Manufactured by Fujitsu Toshiba joint-ventur...

26 September 2011
07:56 GMT

iPhone 5 Coming to New Carrier in Japan, Report Says

KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator, has reportedly secured its rights to carry the next-generation iPhone 5, effectively stealing away Softbank’s exclusive grip on Apple’s elusive handset in the country. The news comes via a Nikkei publication quoted by Marketwatch, according to w...

22 September 2011
07:48 GMT

First Mango Phone Now Available, Fujitsu IS12T

Today, the very first mobile phone to run under Microsoft's new mobile operating system flavor, Windows Phone Mango, has become available for purchase. The handset, none other than the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T, was made official only several weeks ago, and is now available for purchase in Japan via wireless ca...

25 August 2011
03:22 GMT

Fujitsu IS12T Windows Mango Phone Now on Pre-Order, Available on August 25

Officially unveiled last month, the Fujitsu IS12T smartphone is now available for pre-order at Au KDDI store in Biccamera Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan.Although the device is expected to be released on the market after September 2011, it appears that the handset manufacturer will be able to deliver the Fujitsu IS12T by the...

21 August 2011
05:57 GMT

First Windows Phone Mango Handset: Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T

Windows Phone Mango, the next flavor of Microsoft's mobile operating system, was released to manufacturing (RTM) today, and the first handset that would arrive on shelves with it on board has just made an official appearance, namely the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T. The new smartphone has just been unveiled to the wo...

27 July 2011
05:42 GMT

Samsung to Provide LTE Solutions to KDDI in Japan

The second larger carrier in Japan, KDDI and Samsung have just announced that they have signed a new partnership that will provide the operator with advanced Samsung LTE network solutions provider.The companies have also unveiled their plans to launch a commercial LTE service in 2012, which is meant to provide custom...

20 June 2011
13:31 GMT

KDDI Announces Three New Android Smartphones

Japanese carrier KDDI has just added three new Android-based handsets to its portfolio, Casio G’zOne IS11CA, Infobar A01 and REGZA Phone IS11T.One day after NTT DoCoMo, another Japanese major carrier, announced its Android devices roadmap, KDDI decided to go official with some of its scheduled handsets.However,...

17 May 2011
05:05 GMT

The Solar Powered KDDI biblio Leaf SP02 eReader Becomes Available in Japan

Introduced all the way back in October, the solar-powered KDDI biblio Leaf SP02 is finally ready to make its market entrance, the device becoming available in Japan this weekend, December 25 to be more exact, for a yet-undisclosed amount.In order to announce the introduction of its latest eReader, KDDI held a press c...

21 December 2010
14:01 GMT

KDDI Intros the Solar Powered biblio Leaf SP02 eReader

Although a really impressive number of eBook readers have hit the streets in this last year or so, there aren't so many models that manage to stand out from the crowd, all of them offering basically the same features just at different price point, but KDDI's Leaf SP02 manages to be just a bit more original ...

20 October 2010
09:06 GMT

Samsung Unveils SMT-i9100 Tablet PC for Japan's KDDI

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has unveiled a new tablet PC that runs under Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, called Samsung SMT-i9100, and which is expected to make an appearance on the market only on the airwaves of KDDI in Japan. This is the second Android-based tablet PC that Samsung bri...

18 October 2010
02:05 GMT

KDDI Sportio Water Beat Comes with TrueTouch Touchscreen

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has announced today that its TrueTouch touchscreen solution has been used for the implementation of the new waterproof touchscreen that comes with the KDDI Sportio water beat mobile phone. The handset has been manufactured by Sharp and sports a 3-inch touchscreen, as well as a water resist...

14 July 2009
10:01 GMT

The First Solar-Powered, Waterproof Phone Goes to Japan

It seems that the first solar-powered mobile phone that also comes with waterproof capabilities is on its way to see the sunlight in Japan soon, on the airwaves of the wireless carrier KDDI. The manufacturer of the handset is stated to be Sharp, while the phone is expected to become available on the market starting J...

22 April 2009
04:49 GMT

Android on Set-Top Boxes This Fall

It seems that the increasingly popular mobile operating system developed by Google, the Android, is moving beyond the cell phone area after all, and that the first products that will not be handsets, but will be based on the platform, will be unveiled this fall at CEATEC, Japan's largest electronics show, and th...

11 April 2009
06:11 GMT

KDDI Intros iida Premium Brand

According to the latest news on the Web, KDDI, the second largest mobile carrier in Japan, has recently unveiled a new premium mobile phone brand in the country. The lineup comes under the name of iida and is reported to be currently comprised of three handsets. The first device in the new iida series is the iida G...

8 April 2009
05:06 GMT

Hitachi WOO Ketai H001 Comes with 3D Display

The latest high-tech and feature-rich mobile phone that should get launched on the Japanese market is the Hitachi-branded AU phone by KDDI Japanese cellular services dubbed WOO Ketai H001. The most impressive feature of this handset can be considered its 3D display, which can deliver games, photos and videos using th...

30 January 2009
04:41 GMT

Japan's KDDI Presents e-Paper Photo Viewer for Mobiles

For the time being, there are only three ways in which one can view the photos taken with the help of one’s mobile phone: either directly on the display of the handheld, by downloading the digital pictures onto a computer (or perhaps a digital photo frame), or by attaching the phone straight to a TV set or a pr...

15 October 2008
07:21 GMT

HTC Touch Pro Announced for Japan

HTC, the Taiwanese manufacturer of Windows Mobile smartphones and Pocket PCs, announced that it has signed an agreement with KDDI in order to bring HTC handsets to customers from across Japan. The first device to be released by KDDI, via its au brand, will be E30HT. Under this not so attractive name hides none o...

12 September 2008
09:29 GMT

Sony Ericsson W53S Now Has 100 Faces

First released back in October 2007 for the Japanese market, Sony Ericsson W53S is now available with no less than 100 different faces, created either by Sony Ericsson, Disney or by famous designers from Tokyo or around the world. This makes the device the "most customizable" mobile phone created until now. Althou...

9 June 2008
09:55 GMT

Japan's KDDI Launching Mobile Service In The US

Japan's KDDI has announced that it is preparing to launch a mobile phone service in the US, using a network that is operated by wireless carrier Sprint Nextel. The second-largest operator in Japan, after NTT DoCoMo, KDDI aims to especially target the Japanese customers from the United States, according to one of...

10 April 2007
04:00 GMT

Namco Networks and KDDI Bring Mobile Games from Japan to North America

Namco Networks, one of the leading publishers and developers of wireless games and network content, recently announced an exclusive partnership with KDDI, one of Japan's largest mobile carriers. Through the partnership, Namco will publish KDDI's large catalog of hit mobile games from Japanese publishers and...

20 March 2007
11:21 GMT


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