GSM Dome - Mobile Phone News » KDDI

Toshiba Announces REGZA IS04 12MP Android Smartphone, Coming in January 2011

Radu Iorga — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:48:18 +0000

Toshiba and Japanese carrier KDDI have just announced the Toshiba REGZA IS04 smartphone, that features a 12MP camera and Android 2.1. This is KDDI’s second Android handset and we found out that it’s supposed to debut in January 2011. The device comes with a CMOS sensor and a case that’s protected against water and other fluids.

No info on any American or European releases of this device and apparently, this smartphone will get its Froyo update in March 2011, when Android 3.0 will probably be available all over the world. Here’s the specifications list for REGZA IS04:

Camera: 12.19MP, autofocus, flash
CPU: 1GHz, Snapdragon
OS: Android 2.1
Display: 4 inch, 854 x 480 pixels, touchscreen, FWVGA LCD, multitouch
Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, EVDO
Memory: microSDHC card slot

KDDI Unveils iida G11 Fashion Phone, iida X-RAY Transparent Handset

Radu Iorga — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:51:35 +0000

Japanese carrier KDDI has just unveiled an entire series of products, that includes fashion phones and a couple of fashion accessories for handsets. Among them, we found the stylish iida G11 model and the iida X-RAY transparent phone. Here’s the G11:

iida G11 is a follow-up to the G9 model, launched two years ago and it comes with a slider form factor. The creation of designer Ichiro Iwasaki, this device was produced by Sony Ericsson and comes with the following features:

Dimensions: 117 x 51 x 15.8mm
Display: 3.2 inch, TFT, VGA resolution
Connectivity: CDMA, GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth
Camera: 8.08MP, autofocus, flash
Memory: microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
Other functions: 1seg TV tuner, mobile payments, navigation services

The other model we’re interested about is the very original iida X-RAY, a handset with a case made from colored translucent plastic. As an external display, this device uses an LED matrix, showing info on a single running line screen. You can see all the electronic components of this device through its case, which is pretty cool actually.

Connectivity: CDMA, GSM, Bluetooth, IR
Dimensions: 110 x 49 x 15.7mm
Weight: 132 grams
Display: 3 inch, widescreen, TFT, external display (LED matrix)
Camera: 8.08MP, autofocus, flash
Memory: 828MB internal memory, microSD slot (up to 32GB)
Other features: 1seg TV tuner, mobile payments, navigation services

KDDI Ply Concept Phone Becomes Real

Radu Iorga — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:26:39 +0000

In case this handset looks familiar, you might know it as KDDI’s concept phone from a while ago, that’s now scheduled to become real in a year’s time. The device is part of the Japanese carrier’s Design Project series and it incorporates a printer, unbelievable as it may seem.

Also, the phone is based on layers and packs a pico projector, although we’ve heard that the layers got turned into stylized buttons and the features are much more low-end-ish than we had hoped for. To be honest, the original gadget was a huge sandwich of layers, each with a cool feature and it passed from one to another like a Swiss Army knife.

The real thing will be available in 3 colors later this month as part of the KDDI iida designer series, only in Japan.

[via Engadget Mobile]

KDDI Showcases a microSD Card With WiFi Embedded

Radu Iorga — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:56:19 +0000

KDDI Corp have just revealed a microSD with wireless support, exhibited at Wireless Japan 2009. This tiny product, measuring only 11 x 16 x 0.7mm will bring WiFi support to the laptops and handsets that lack this feature, enabling a faster Internet connection.

KDDI showed the public and specialists present in Japan two card models, created by Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd and Renesas Technology Corp, respectively. Both include a wireless LAN IC (complaint with IEEE802.11 b/g) and a transceiving antenna.

We learn that for both cards, the above mentioned antenna has an area of one third that of the microSD card, according to KDDI. We remind you that Mitsumi premiered such features on the Eye-Fi, the first SD wireless cards and now they’ve moved on to the microSD segment.

[via techon.nikkeibp.co.jp]

Hitachi Introduces WOOO Ketai H001 Phone, With 3D Display

Radu Iorga — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:29:01 +0000

The WOOO Ketai H001 phone is made by Hitachi but it’s going to be sold through KDDI and its main feature is the 3D display, which is brilliant for photos and video playback. Ketai H001′s LCD has a 3 inch diagonal, uses the IPS Technology and supports a 854 x 480 resolution.

Hitachi’s new handset also packs a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, a microSD slot, a 1Seg TV tuner, the ewallet function and VOD. All of these features are squeezed into a 51 x 111 x 18.6 mm package weighing 145 grams.

[via akihabaranews.com]

KDDI 007 Is the “Quantum of Solace” Phone

James A. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:40:44 +0000

In case you’re a James Bond fan, you must have the KDDI 007 phone that comes with a special 007 logo and the title of the latest movie in the series embedded. Too bad that the device is only available in Japan, but it’ll surely travel to other countries, don’t worry.

KDDI will be releasing this limited edition W63S handset for a price of 110 EUR, with a contract. The phone features an external 1.1 inch organic EL display, an internal 2.7 inch organic EL WQVGA display and 100MB internal memory. There’s also 1Seg support on the specs list, plus EZ Felica and a 3 megapixel camera.

[via mobilewhack]