Akihabara News

NEC-CASIO Medias LTE N-04D available in Japan next week!

Daimaou - G.G-B — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:23 PST

NEC-CASIO announced yesterday in Japan that their stylish and slim Android 2.3 Medias LTE N-04D, which just weight 149g for a body of 11,3mm thin, would be available in Japan next week (Feb 15). The N-04D comes with the usual IPX5/8 waterproof body, a 1.2GHz Dual Core APQ8060 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, Bluetooth Low Energy, a 8.1Mpix CMOS Camera and a 720p video mode! A pretty descent little phone, that would be even more awesome if Docomo will stop pre-loaded its phones with ...

OLYMPUS OM-D – A New Generation System Camera

Daimaou - G.G-B — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:24 PST

The just-announced new generation system camera, the OLYMPUS OM-D, picks up where the original OM series left off. Like the popular PEN Series models, the OLYMPUS OM-D features a compact, lightweight design that’s fully compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. But whereas the PEN Series inherited the convenience, simplicity, and high image quality offered by the PEN Series in the film age, the OLYMPUS OM-D has inherited the tradition of a true system SLR from the OM Series. ...

Samsung Unveils its Flagship Smart TV ES8000

Daimaou - G.G-B — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:09 PST

Samsung Electronics presents ES8000 smart TV on the Smart TV Media Day 2012. The dual-core processor implemented on the TV allows multitasking capabilities while displaying smooth and fast rendition of HD images in a larger screen for viewers to enjoy the optimized “smart contents.” Also, this futuristic high end HDTV has voice and gesture controls as well as facial recognition technology.

Edward Nortan and Daria Webony launch Prada Phone by LG 3.0

Cutkillavince — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:00:28 PST

LG Electronics and PRADA today unveiled actor Edward Norton and model Daria Werbowy as the faces of the global advertising campaign (shot by British fashion photographer David Sims) to launch the latest smartphone, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0. This is the third phone from the collaboration and represents a key design venture for both companies. The advertising campaign features leading American actor Edward Norton, who has an illustrious film career starring in movies such as Primal Fear, ...

Finally Official, Nikon’s D800 and its 36Mpix CMOS sensor now a reality!

Daimaou - G.G-B — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:53 PST

This is now official, Ladies and Gentlemen here you are Nikon’s latest monster the D800 and its amazing 36Mpix CENSOR. Offering a body as small as the actual D700, the D800 comes with stunning specs including an ISO Speed expandable to 25,600, 1080/30p or 720/60p AVCHD limited to up to 29’59” of continuos video recording with linear PCM Audio, HDR, Active D-Lighting and a six frames per second burst mode in DX mode. The D800 will be available in Japan early march including the D800E version ...

[INTERVIEW] China’s precious metal demand to affect future hardware prices?

Ike LEUS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:34 PST

Bloomberg wrote a piece recently about China’s latest gold-buy spree. Mainland China purchased 102 779 kilogram of pure gold from Hong Kong in November 2011. A month before that, they bought “only” 86 299 kilograms. Statistics from the CPM Group show a peak in gold consumption between 1995 and 2000, a decline in annual gold demand starting from 2001 keeping a steady figure up to 2007. 2008, the year many financial professionals will call the start of Europe’s financial recession, clearly shows ...

Samsung Electronics Introduces in Korea its Super-slim Camera with F.25 Bright Lens, the ‘ST77’

Daimaou - G.G-B — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:02:09 PST

Samsung has launched in Korea a super-slim compact camera ‘ST77’ equipped with F2.5 Bright Lens in stylish design. ST77 is a super-slim camera of 90.7 mm * 16.9 mm * 10.1 g, yet empowered with smart features like Funny Face, Picture in Picture, Live Panorama and Smart Auto & Filter. In particular, ST77 is equipped with F.25 Bright Lens, enabling for photography of fine and quality images at nights or under low lights. ST77 also features a CCD with 16.10 million pixels, 25mm Wide Angle and ...

Fujitsu unleash a new 7” Android Tablet in Japan

Daimaou - G.G-B — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:52:13 PST

Fujitsu announced last Friday its latest Stylistic Tablet, with the M350/CA2. This Android 2.3 tablet comes with a 7” screen and a 1024×600 resolution, 8GB of internal memory, a Freescale i.MX 53 CPU at 1GHz, 512MB of RAM, a 1.3Mpix Front Camera/ 5Mpix Rear Camera, WiFi BGN, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR for a total weight of 420g, a 16h battery life and announced at around 34,800 Yen!

Toshiba always one step… ahead! Brings in Japan it latest CD and Cassette Tape player!

Daimaou - G.G-B — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:43:05 PST

After Toshiba’s brilliant move in the optical storage world (HD-DVD), the company has apparently abandoned all hope in bringing to the world the next generation storage medium and decided that good old stuff like cassette tape players were what all geeks needs nowadays! Unfortunately, with today’s new TY-CK1 Toshiba will not give you the opportunity to run these good all Amstrad CPC464 games, but will you at least let you listen to your grand parents oldies as well as giving you a taste of the ...

Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store

DigInfo TV — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:33:25 PST

If you go to the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, by Valentines Day, you will be able to see the Geminoid-F android casually sitting in a show window, looking as if it’s waiting for a friend. Geminoid-F has been programmed with basic emotions and behaviors. It uses them as models to create expressions and actions based on what’s happening around it. “We’re always looking for places where androids could be utilized. Show windows normally use mannequins, ...