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Android gets obtrusive: KDDI tests ads in notifications

Chris Davies, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [1]

Google's advertising ambitions with Android are well known, but carrier KDDI is hoping to get in on the promotional action too with the addition of potentially obtrusive ads popping up in the notification bar. The promotions are flagged up to Japanese users in the drop-down notification area, Asiajin spotted, complete with vibration, noise and icon alerts as if it was a new SMS or app update. Read The Full Story

ASUS TOUGH 7-inch rugged Honeycomb tablet hits Japan

Chris Davies, Sep 26th 2011 Discuss [2]

A 7-inch ASUS Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet has been revealed, the ASUS TOUGH ETBW11AA, offering both water and dust resilience along with WiMAX connectivity. The 1280 x 800 tablet, which Impress got to play with as it made its way to carrier KDDI, runs NVIDIA's dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor paired with 16GB of onboard storage. Read The Full Story

KDDI iPhone 5 deal smashes SoftBank exclusivity

Chris Davies, Sep 22nd 2011 Discuss [3]

Japanese carrier KDDI has apparently ousted arch-rival SoftBank's monopoly on the iPhone, with a new deal that will likely see the iPhone 5 offered on both networks. Like AT&T in the US before it, SoftBank had been Apple's exclusive partner for the iPhone at launch; that will change with the debut of the fifth-gen model, the Nikkei Business reports, while the handset itself will supposedly support CDMA as well as GSM. Read The Full Story

Ruckus Wireless and KDDI Corp to deploy first and largest instant on WiFi network in the world

Shane McGlaun, Jul 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Ruckus Wireless and KDDI Corp in Japan have announced that they have teamed up to deploy the world's first and largest instant on WiFi access and mobile data offload service. KDDI is the principal telecommunications provider in Japan and has over 32 million subscribers on its network. The network tech was pioneered by Ruckus and is designed to offload the network data traffic from the huge number of subscribers on the KDDI network. Read The Full Story

KDDI Powered Slate Delivered in Japan by Onkyo

Chris Burns, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Onkyo blasts out its latest Windows 7 Tablet, the TW317A7, powered by an ATOM CPU. This model is actually a TW317A5 loaded with KDDI 3G module letting you access the internet wherever you may roam, and includes a 11.6" screen with 1366×768 resolution, Atom N450, 32GB of SSD, and 1GB of RAM. It also has a magically tiny 0.3 megapixel web camera. Fun! Read The Full Story

Novatel MiFi 2372 lands on KDDI in Japan for rental

Shane McGlaun, Oct 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

The Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 has landed all around the world on various mobile broadband services to allow users to get web access using a 3G hotspot. KDDI Japan has now announced that the MiFi 2372 is available in Japan as a rental product for Japanese consumers and business users that are traveling internationally. Read The Full Story

Samsung SMT-i9100 is KDDI’s cut-down Galaxy Tab

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2010 Discuss [3]

Japanese carrier KDDI has confirmed it too will be getting a 7-inch Samsung tablet, though it's not the Galaxy Tab we've seen until now. The Samsung SMT-i9100 is obviously from the same family as the Galaxy Tab, with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen and Android 2.2 Froyo, but it loses the 3G connectivity, has a lower-resolution, 2-megapixel camera and a redesigned casing. Read The Full Story

Toshiba REGZA IS04 Android phone packs 12.19MP camera

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2010 Discuss [1]

Toshiba has outed its latest smartphone, and it's the second KDDI Android handset for the Japanese market that we've been envious of within the space of a month. The Toshiba REGZA IS04 doesn't have the high-resolution display of the Sharp IS03 - it gets a 4-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen instead - but what it does have is a 12.19-megapixel autofocus camera. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 40 2010

Shane McGlaun, Oct 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Another week come and gone and another Week in Review is here for your perusal. Verizon Wireless has started to refund customers money that it overcharged for wireless access. The charges apparently went on for years and the refunds will cost Verizon about $90 million. Read The Full Story

Sharp IS03 Android phone packs 9.6MP camera, matches iPhone 4 display

Chris Davies, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

Apple's Retina Display for the iPhone 4 and latest iPod touch may have been leaving WVGA Android smartphones in the shade, but it was only a matter of time before the open-souce alternatives caught up. Sharp has just announced the IS03, headed to Japanese carrier KDDI in November, with a 3.5-inch 960 x 640 capacitive touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 9.6-megapixel camera with flash. Read The Full Story

Sharp IS01 1GHz Android MID developer edition arrives in Japan

Chris Davies, May 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

Back when Sharp announced the KDDI IS01 Android-based MID, alongside the consumer device they also promised a version tailored for developers. That's gone on sale in Japan now, with Sharp hoping to drum up custom applications suited to the 1GHz Snapdragon MID. Unfortunately, it's not all good news: while the IS01's spec sheet is positively bulging, developers won't have access to all of the goodies. Read The Full Story

KDDI Sharp IS01 MID gets video demos

Chris Davies, Mar 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

There's nothing like bathing in the cool green glow of your KDDI Sharp IS01 to cheer you up, just as this happy model has found. If you can't get enough of the 5-inch multitouch-capable Android clamshell MID then Gigazine's hands-on report should be your next port of call; they've got lashings of video showing the IS01 in action, some of which you can see after the cut. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story