Posted by Simon Perry on 10 December 2007 | Tagged as: Japan, Platforms, Solid State Drives, Storage
There’s been some discussion over the last year or so about Solid State Drives (SSD) becoming a serious competitor to ‘normal’, moving hard drives. One of the barriers to serious and wide uptake has been the relatively limited capacity of the SSDs.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 27 November 2007 | Tagged as: Japan, Portable, Sony, Wireless
The slimmer shape brings boosted sales figures, but Sony still lags behind the DS Lite.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 July 2007 | Tagged as: 3G, Broadband, Cellular, Japan, Mobile
3G is a bit old hat in Japan. It’s been available commercially there since 2001 thanks to the dominant mobile provider there, NTT DoCoMo. On Friday, NTT DoCoMo started talking to the world about where they see the standard evolving to. Named in an almost 1970s tribute – Super 3G, has a anticipated maximum download [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 4 July 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Gaming, Japan, News In Brief, Nintendo
The Wii is thrashing all competitors in Japan – by a growing amount.
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 June 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Financials, Japan, Nintendo, Sony
What is going on with Sony? Now tiddler Nintendo has had a higher stockmarket valuation than Sony!
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 13 April 2007 | Tagged as: Japan, Photography, Platforms
Our wallet is twitching and we’re feeling the love already for Ricoh’s fascinating new compact.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 13 March 2007 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Japan, Mobile, Personal Media Player (PMP), Platforms, Portable, Storage, Video Hardware
Popular media players slim down, but where’s the big capacities?
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 23 August 2006 | Tagged as: GPS, Japan, Platforms, Portable
Sweatband totin’ runners can kiss goodbye to trotting around with book-sized GPS devices on their wrists.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 3 August 2006 | Tagged as: Audio Hardware, Japan, Platforms
Go gloriously retro and enjoy the smoothness of a valve amplifier – if you can hear the difference.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 23 May 2006 | Tagged as: Cellular, Japan, Mobile, Music, Platforms, Sony
The first Sony Ericsson Walkman phone reaches Japan – and it’s a stunner.
