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NTT DoCoMo and Telefonica teaming up on Toshiba TG01 / T-01A launch {Engadget Mobile}
May 25th 2009 7:57PM " but unfortunately, very rarely does the partnership result in getting Japanese domestic market hardware launched elsewhere, which is a tragedy as far as we're concerned."
Incorrect, NTT DoCoMo and Taiwan's FarEasTone have always been close, being part of the Asian Mobile Alliance and the development of iMode in Taiwan, FarEasTone received Fujitsu's F905i (branded for FarEasTone).
Palm's done with PalmOS, plans to get Pre on other carriers in 2010, speaks to patent issues {Engadget}
Feb 12th 2009 3:09AM Apple should shut up seriously... they've stepped on a few patents when they created the iPhone, including Sony Ericsson's accelerometer patent.
Sony Ericsson's BST-33 Li-Polymer batteries swelling into a lawsuit? {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 28th 2009 1:49PM No problems with mine... and my phone has gone through the torture test being drenched in the toilet, lost for an hour in -15 temperatures while being buried in the snow, concrete, etc.
Sharp's SH1810C brings Japanese specs to China {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 5th 2009 9:36PM That's true... many other things like 1-Seg (Mobile Television, which only Japan and Brazil have), Mobile Wallet, FelCia, etc. won't work because we don't have the infrastructure.
Just to be clear, 3G for the 906i series actually works for incoming & outgoing calls.
Sharp's SH1810C brings Japanese specs to China {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 5th 2009 9:19PM They are getting the damn model number incorrectly. One news site does it incorrectly and everyone else makes the same mistake. In Sharp-China, model numbers have a total of four numbers, not three. It's SH1810C, NOT SH810C ARGH.
And yes it's GSM so I would expect to see this on eBay like how the SH9020C is on eBay as well.
Answering Mark's question, networks like NTT DoCoMo and Softbank don't want the phone to be used outside of Japan. Back when Japanese phones were amazing and didn't use WCDMA, it was impossible to unlock... so everyone outside of Japan can only envy the Japanese. When FOMA was introduced, they began using WCDMA technologies... which gave us a chance to use keitais. There's a huge demand for Japanese cell phones now, so hypersims and simhacks are becoming more and more advanced and stable. By the way, Mitsubishi does not produce phones anymore.
LG's LU1400 swivels right into your heart {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 29th 2008 3:59AM Hmmm... looks a lot like the Japanese Sharp phone models, especially the rotating flip display (Sharp's Cycloid Screens)
Meet the T-Mobile G1 {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 23rd 2008 12:12AM What's with "no video capture" geez... first the iPhone now this? That's disgusting... there will probably be a future third party app that will allow you to do this... but this is just stupid! >_
Leak Sauce: is this Sony Ericssons's RIKA? {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 18th 2008 8:10PM Engadget forgot to mention that there is WiFi and GPS on board this phone... yes you heard me right.. WiFi and GPS. Rika is the Walkman version of the G705
Sony Ericsson's 8.1 megapixel C905 breaks free {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 17th 2008 10:53PM Have you even seen the photos? It produces amazing detail, but they have a slight red tint. Noise, a little bit, but every prototype has problems. They still have half a year to fix it before it's officially released into the markets
Handango newsletter reveals mid-September launch for XPERIA X1 {Engadget}
May 3rd 2008 2:36AM The rumor with it being $1000+ is fake. No the phone will go up to that price. That's crazy. I can see it for around $700-$900.
The iPhone Unlocked version is still priced at $680 right now [retail price].
