Thieves broke into a number of mobile phone shops across central Japan and stole hundreds of iPhone 5 handsets hours before the device went on sale Friday morning, police said. The robbers broke doors and forced open the front shutters on ...
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The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, decoding and resolution of 2D barcodes, ...
Fujitsu and NEC today announced a partnership with Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo to build semiconductor chips for smartphones. The three firms will work together on developing and manufacturing the chips which aim to consolidate ...
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Access Network Technology focuses on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions for use in communications equipment Japan-based Fujitsu, NTT DOCOMO, NEC and Fujitsu Semiconductor have signed an ...
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NTT DoCoMo,Japan's largest mobile provider,said Friday it will soon launch the world's first femtocells to support both 3G and LTE networks. The company said it will begin using the new femtocells commercially from next month on its ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia Siemens Networks and Ballard Power Systems want methanol-powered fuel cells to keep mobile networks running in the event of an electricity outage and are working with NTT DoCoMo to test the technology. The need for ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft said Thursday it will team up with Japan's largest mobile operator,NTT DoCoMo,to push Windows 8 on tablets to corporate customers. The companies said they will work together to come up with business solutions ...
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The text on Amazon's newest Kindle reads top-to-bottom and right-to-left. The massive online retailer announced its first Japanese-language e-reader on Wednesday, a version of its Kindle Paperwhite that will go on sale in mid-November. ...
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In the race to create slicker products,mobile phones are the new brains for hire. At Ceatec,Japan's largest electronics show,the booths are packed with the latest round of"smart"products,from cars that suggest what you should eat to ...
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After Samsung's landmark £655m loss against Apple in a Californian court last week, the South Korean technology giant scored a victory over its US rival in a similar patent case in Tokyo. The case related to technology for ...
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Chip designer ARM has been revealing more details about the mission of the forum that it is putting together to help drive standardisation for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, also known as "the internet of things". The forum, ...
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