AVING hands-on video of the new Haier HG-N99 Quad-Band Smartphone. The device features Microsoft Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Dual SIM Card Aplication, 1500mAh Li-ion Battery, 2,8″ QVGA Color Touch Screen, 2.0 megapixel camera, MP3, MP4, T-Flash Memory Slot, Wap 2.0, Bluetooth, Java 2.0, Bar Code Scanning. (more…)

AVING reports: “HP released its compact PDA ‘iPAQ 112 Classic Handheld’ in Japan market, which adopts 3.5-inch touch screen with 240 x 320 resolution.” (more…)

Tokyo, January 21, 2008 — SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) announces today that it has reached a definitive agreement with Kyocera Corporation (Kyocera) to transfer its mobile phone business, following the announcement on October 11, 2007 of a basic agreement to begin transfer negotiations. (more…)

Akihabara News reports: “The X Plate is the latest and trendiest mobile phone from Willcom. Available with the W-OAM technology (Willcom-Optimized Adaptive Modulation), or Japan only handset can also be used in China, Thailand or Taiwan with the proper PIM Card (Similar to a GSM SIM card, the PIM card technology allows users (more…)