crunchgear.com - 12/8/2008
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Tokyo-based electronics company OTAS is selling a lithium-ion battery for the iPhone 3G that comes with an integrated mini solar panel [JP]. The so-called LC-1500 is housed in a leather case. OTAS says one charge with solar energy takes 13 hours whereas charging the battery via mini USB ...
iPhone with Built in Keyboard?
gadgetvenue.com 1/7/2009 — The iPhone touchscreen is fantastic, yet sometimes it’s just not as practical as a physical keyboard. Rumours are now floating around about the iPhone and the possibility of having a built in physical keyboard.
Although I doubt that Apple ...
小学館:iPhoneアプリ
iapp.shogakukan.co.jp 12/26/2008 — デジタル大辞泉2009 i デジタル大辞泉2009 i new 小学館が誇る23万語収録の大型国語辞典を完全移植。iPhoneの画期的なインターフェイスに対応した決定版です。 Shogakukan Inc.
Japanese company sells USB stick with built-in “Post-it” pad
crunchgear.com 2/5/2009 —
I am doubting that the original Post-it brand is really behind this, but a Japanese company called Actbrise [JP] (slogan: ”Seven falls and eight rises.”) is selling a USB stick with a built-in sticky note pad [JP].
The USB 2.0 stick ...
Japanese company sells emergency shoes
crunchgear.com 9/11/2008 —
Does anyone remember the shoe lights Al Bundy invented in one classic episode of Married with Children? These new shoes, specifically designed for use in desaster situations, might even be better. And they are even purchasable, at least for ...
iPhone 2,1
pinchmedia.com 1/29/2009 — the first time an application using Pinch Analytics was run by a ‘iPhone 2,1′ device occurred back in early October 2008; applications using Pinch Analytics were run by ‘iPhone 2,1′ devices very sporadically until mid-December 2008, when the pace ...
Linux for iPhone May Open the Door to Android iPhone [IPhone]
gizmodo.com 11/30/2008 — Here you have it. Linux running on the iPhone. Yes, it's only the first port, but it's the iPhone running the Linux OS, controlled with a USB keyboard running off the iPhone multi-purpose port thanks to the reverser engineering of Apple's hardware ...
iPhone 2.2 Update Available Now [Iphone 2.2]
gizmodo.com 11/21/2008 — That was fast. It's barely Nov. 21 and the iPhone 2.2 update is here, all 246MB of it, as promised . Included in the update, according to the release notes and ">as we'd heard , are all the new Google Maps features we've been waiting for like ...
Japanese company sells “intelligent” toy helicopter
crunchgear.com 9/11/2008 —
Tokyo-based Taiyo Corp. is selling a new wireless toy helicopter for indoor use that can be used even in very small rooms. The beginner-friendly, so-called Micro Master HG3, features special sensors that prevent the helicopter from crashing into ...
Richard Solo iPhone Battery with Built In Laser
blog.wired.com 11/11/2008 —
Richard Solo is a name that, in its diminutive form, is surely as much of a single-handed euphemism as Han Solo (think about it, but not too much). Additionally, it is the maker of the RichardSolo 1800 , an extended battery for the iPhone which ...
Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone
blog.wired.com 2/27/2009 —
Apple's iPhone has wowed most of the globe — but not Japan, where the handset is selling so poorly it's being offered for free.
What's wrong with the iPhone, from a Japanese perspective? Almost everything: The high monthly data plans that go ...