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Computers
Dual Screen Netbook Concept Actually Looks Practical
12:20AM Danny Allen | I was pretty skeptical about Kohjinsha’s dual 10.1-incher when I first wrote about it, but it actually looks quite practical in this video. The second display simply slides out behind the first, like on GScreen’s Spacebook and Lenovo’s W700. More »
Music
Yamaha Quietly Shows Off 1mm-Thick Cloth Speaker
3:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Yamaha’s booth at CEATEC featured a few cloth posters with mundane advertisements on them that seem to lack any attention-grabbing oomph — until you step directly in front of them and realise that they’re incredibly thin directional speakers. Whoa! More »
Phones
12:00PM Jason Chen | These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favourites. More »
Fujitsu’s Seemingly Nonsensical Concept Phone Roundup
12:00PM Jason Chen | These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favourites. More »
Screens
Mitsubishi’s Modular OLED Screen Could Cover Entire Buildings
3:45AM Danny Allen | Remember the advertising-laden skyscrapers from Blade Runner? Mitsubishi’s now got the tech to do it: its Diamond Vision screen uses individual 4-inch square OLED panels that can scale to an unlimited size. Check out the 155-incher on show at CEATEC. More »
Phones
Toshiba’s Stylish Next-Gen Smartphones Could Arrive This Year
12:50AM Danny Allen | Back in April, some pretty interesting renders of Toshiba’s upcoming mobile product line leaked out, and now seemingly near production-ready versions of the slick-looking WinMo 6.5 devices are on show at CEATEC (Japan’s version of CES). Take a look. More »
Phones
Fujitsu F-Circle Rotary Smartphone Comes From Past’s Future
11:50PM Jesus Diaz | Fujitsu says that their F-Circle concept—designed by Yuji Ito and shown at CEATEC in Japan—phone has a “timeless appearance”. Liars. I know your mobile phone comes straight from the 60s, and apparently it can detect metal too. [Pink Tentacle]
Gadgets
Toshiba’s Latest Fuel Cell Prototype Gadgets Charge In Seconds
11:10PM Danny Allen | At Japan’s CEATEC show, Toshiba and KDDI are demonstrating a modified Toshiba T002 phone that’s powered by a direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and Li-Ion battery. More advanced than previous prototypes, it runs for 320 hours on a squirt of methanol. More »
Gadgets
What Is This Guy Doing?
11:40AM Jesus Diaz | What is Mr. Roboto doing here? Perhaps checking some CEATEC booth girl’s ass? Staring at the suspicious character crawling towards him off camera, the one dressed as a giant pink chicken? No, the answer is much cooler than all that. More »
Computers
Kohjinsha Netbook Concept Has Dual 10.1-inch Screens
9:18PM Danny Allen | I’m still not sure about this dual-screen laptop thing, but it’s interesting to see more concepts come out of the woodwork. The latest is Kohjinsha’s dual 10.1-inch screen netbook prototype, which is on display at the CEATEC show in Japan. More »
Screens
