LG continues their LTE march after North America and South Korea by announcing the availability of the Optimus LTE in the Land of the Rising Sun, where it is also known by the model number, L-01D. Japan is currently one of the largest LTE-serviced countries, so it makes perfect sense to try and break into [...]

Some of you might remember when we reported on the NEC MEDIAS E-04 phone, and you should know that there is the NEC MEDIAS WP N-06C. As you recall, the E-04 could be the slimmest phone yet, and the N-06C is pretty trim at 9.7 mm maximum. It also has some other terrific …

It’s no secret that Android is quite popular here in the United States and that popularity is continuing to grow not only here but overseas as well. Much of this popularity can be attributed to the top notch marketing techniques deployed by the various wireless carriers but it seems that Japan is taking quite a different approach. According to [...]

Sharp seems to be dong a lot of cool things with Mobile phones like the Touch Wood one and the 003SH and 005SH phones. They have now unveiled the SH-05C, a handset that has built-in DLP projector (9 lumens brightness and 640 x 360 resolution) that can be used for 120 minutes on a full [...]

Some of you might remember when we covered the Touch Wood phone from Sharp. Apparently, when Sharp isn’t making the 003SH and 005SH phones. It would appear that 15,000 of these wooden units have rolled out from NTT DoCoMo in February and March this year. I don’t have any word on a …

Besides the LG L-04C Optimus Chat that we mentioned previously, NTT DoCoMo also presented the LG L-03C which is a camera phone with a release date set for January 2011 for an unknown price so far. What makes this LG model special is being a camera phone, with a 12.1-megapixel CCD sensor that features a [...]

NTT Docomo from Japan has recently presented a new LG cellphone, more specifically the LG L-04C Optimus Chat which will become available for purchase on February 2011. In terms of features the upcoming LG smartphone packs a 3.2-inch touchscreen with a HVGA resolution of 320×480 pixels, a 3.2-megapixel Sony camera, WiFi, and a slot for [...]

I’ve heard a lot from NTT DoCoMo last summer with all their phones, and it looks like they have added the Samsung Galaxy S. This is the phone that goes by many names, and I believe that its name for the Japanese carrier is the SC-02B. It has that super-clear 4-inch Super AMOLED …

NTT DoCoMo has a cell phone from Fujitsu of Japan called the Raku-Raku Phone 7. It supports 3G/GSM compatible, with a main display that is a 3-inch TFT and an external display of 2 inches. It has a VGA camera and a main camera of 8.1 megapixels. Other features include GPS and MicroSD memory …

Man, what is with all the new cell phones coming out in Japan! First is it was KDDI (the second biggest carrier), and then the catalog from SoftBank (the third biggest). It is fair to say that the biggest mobile company in Japan would release their summer lineup, and here it is in small form. [...]