Joint ventures between giant Japanese companies are nothing new, and this time, it’s the consumer electronics heavyweights Sony, Hitachi and Tohisba which have joined forces to create a new small display business which will be making LCD displays for smartphones, etc. The new business, called Japan Display Inc, is also funded by the Japanese government-owned [...]

Hitachi display is working on a thinner LCD touchscreen. The first prototype is just 1.5 mm thick. According to my Source, its “proprietary touch screen control software will be able to suppress the increase in noise emission that comes with thinner screens”. The good news is Hitachi is going to start mass …

Hitachi has unveiled its third generation external storage solution with the release of the SimpleDrive external HDDs. These new external desktop drives come in standard 2 Terabyte capacities and 7,200 RPM which should be sufficient for speed and proper energy consumption when needed. Compatible with a MAC or PC, these new Hitachi hard drives come [...]

The business sector gets a new storage solution option as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announces the availability of two new 15,000 RPM Ultrastar hard drives. The Ultrastar 15K600 hard drive has a capacity of 600GB at 15,000 RPM in a 3.5” form factor. They are offered in 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FCAL interface that should [...]

We weren’t expecting this to happen but that doesn’t mean we’re not anxious to see what handsets these three companies are going to bring us. NEC, Casio and Hitachi are going to work together next year to deliver new mobile devices. The deal will be inked in April 2010 and the new trio will become [...]

Hitachi has released a new mobile hard drive for people who require large storage that carry faster performance as far as reads and writes are concerned with the Hitachi Travelstar 7K500. As more people are turning to reliable mobile storage for their laptops, gaming systems and professional external storage solutions, the Travelstar 7K500 is the [...]

Techies looking for a reliable and more rugged portable drive to carry along can look forward to this new Hitachi TOUGH portable USB drive. This portable drive is water-resistant and shock-resistant, making it an ideal storage solution for people who are always mobile. The Hitachi TOUGH portable USB drive is a great option for people, [...]

Hitachi has released the Gazopa app for the iPhone. This app allows users to search for similar pages on the web by uploading any photo captured with camera on iPhone. This makes it possible for users to search for images similar to the items in front of them. Since GazoPa use image features such as [...]

Quite a bunch of KDDI phones are going to arrive soon. And they’ll sport 8.1 megapixel cameras, WVGA displays, one-seg TV tuners and much more. But Hitachi’s Wooo H001 is particularly interesting. It has a dual-hinge flip mechanism and most importantly a stereoscopic IPS display which is supposed to offer you 3D images while you [...]

Need protection when using your hard drives? Well than we have something new to play with from Hitachi. It’s the third generation 2.5 inch Travelstar hard drive, the Travelstar 5K500.B. It’s a SATA II drive that only spins at 5400rpm and it comes in capacities from 120GB to 500GB. Want it? There’s more! The HDD [...]