Tag: Japan
Sony introduces miniature XDV-D500 and XDV-G200 Bravia TVs
Sony has launched the XDV-D500 and XDV-G200 Bravia TVs in Japan, even throwing in recording on one of these mini models.
Forget Pokemon, gotta collect all these Kaomoji-kun!
We’ve just been alerted to a new Japanese trend! Culture vultures and Western World otaku, take note!
The above little toy-things are called Kaomoji-kun, whose faces are made from Shift-JIS/ascii/emoticon style characters. There are various…
Gundam phone! Gundam phone! Gundam phone! Gundam phone!
I just saw this over on Wired and new IO9 contributor Lisa’s blog, Tokyo Mango, and thought of you. Yes, all of you!
It’s a Gundam mobile phone, complete…
Dancing With The Stars Robots: Japanese robot teaches traditional dancing
What a cool ‘bot. Not only does it have a super-kawaii Cath Kidston-like kimono, but it’s educational to boot.
Kids in Tokyo have been receiving dance lessons from the 35cm tall robots…
The iRiver Siren – generic but pretty little MP3 player
We’ve started paying a bit more attention to iRiver press releases ever since it revealed some pretty shiny things at CES. Here’s the first fruit of our new-found iRiver love – an update about the iRiver Siren.
The Siren’s not that special, really. We could say something about art-deco-influenced squared design and its simple yet pleasing range of three traditional colours, but that’d all be a bit unnecessary. It’s an MP3 player. It comes in 1GB and 2GB sizes, no doubt with the 2GB one costing ever-so-slightly less than twice the price of the 1GB model to encourage you to go for the extra space. We know all the mind-games they play.
Japanese kids are addicted to their mobiles… or are they?
A survey by the Japanese government apparently indicates that kids there are addicted to their mobile phones. I can’t help wondering if that conclusion depends on how you define ‘addiction’ though – it’s a pretty strong word, after all.
CES 2008: KDDI's Sanyo W53SA waterproof digital TV mobile phone
Remember when Stuart went to Tokyo a couple of months ago, and shot a video of KDDI Communications’ W53SA mobile phone being dunked in a bowl of water? Better quickly add the waterproof W53SA. Here’s a couple of photos I…
Eee PC's global success story – next stop: Japan
It’s small, it’s portable, you can hack the hell out of it and even replace its cool Linux build with Vista – and soon the Japanese will have to chance to get their hands on Asus’ star portable blogging station.
Coming to Japan in February of 2008, working the poor old Asus manufacturing facility is about to get one hell of a lot harder…
Sony shows off Odo Twirl 'N Take camera prototype which generates its own electricity
My, how our Hippyshopper editor Abi must be positively green with envy right now she wasn’t able to spy this Sony eco-friendly digital camera this week at the Eco-Products 2007 Eco Style Fair over in Japan.
Not exactly known for their green initiatives, Sony showed off a digital camera prototype which generates…
Fish and sea turtles that watch you poo on an underwater toilet? Only in Japan!
More proof that Japan really is the only country to live in if you’re a tech-hound? This. Just take a look at it – it’s not just any old toilet, it’s an underwater toilet with an aquarium built…
