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An Android App That Reads Your Brain

8:20AM July 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

KDDI has a prototype Android app that can monitor your brainwaves. You have to wear a silly headband sensor and play an even dumber video game, but the app graphs your brain’s neural activity and concentration levels after you’re done. More »


Mobile

If Android Looked Like Windows Phone 7…

12:30AM May 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

…Oh wait! You can totally make it look like Windows Phone 7! Japanese mobile carrier KDDI again linked up with design firm Iida to revamp their Infobar line of phones with an Android Gingerbread Smartphone. More »


Mobile

Flip Phones Made Cool: Japan’s Transparent X-Ray Phone

7:40PM October 21, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

See-through things are cool. Anyone who ever pined for a transparent Game Boy (or was lucky enough to own one) knows that. Even if flippers are unfashionable, I still want to hotfoot it over to Japan to scoop this up. More »


Mobile

Mamorino Anti-Kidnapping Phone, You Know, For Kids

7:00AM October 20, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

This kids-friendly KDDI’s mobile phone keeps children safe from kidnapping, with a built-in GPS, and a ring that gets laser-soldered to their noses. I mean, I guess—otherwise, how can you prevent kidnappers from tossing the mobile phone away? [Dvice] More »


Gadgets

Toshiba’s Latest Fuel Cell Prototype Gadgets Charge In Seconds

11:10PM October 8, 2009 | 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 »


KDDI Iida Polaris Puts Phone Inside Robot, Follows You Around

12:00AM September 10, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Leave it to a Japan mobile phone carrier to figure out the best way to breed robots and mobile phones. Korea’s KDDI au iida Polaris is a rolling robot that has a touchscreen candybar phone inside. More »


Mobile

Japan’s Unlimited 3G Data Plans Overwhelmed By Pornhounds

6:00AM July 21, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Apparently, Japanese carriers KDDI and DoCoMo are being totally overwhelmed by porn downloaders on their 3G networks. I don’t know what they expected to happen when porn services started offering movies for wireless download. More »


Mobile

KDDI (au) Targets Accident-Prone Sunbathers With Water-Resistant, Solar-Powered Handset

9:05PM April 20, 2009 | John Herrman

Manufactured for KDDI (au) by Sharp, this outdoorsy phone should show up in Japan by June. Unlike the unrealistic claims made by other solar phone dabblers like Samsung, KDDI’s ambitions here are modest, but practical.

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Software

Motorola Powering Portable Set-Top Box With Android

8:20PM April 14, 2009 | John Herrman

Motorola is building a generally unremarkable “au Box” portable set-top box for Japanese electronics company KDDI. But one part of their plan stands out: It’ll run Android.

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Mobile

Sony Ericsson’s Premier 3 Walkman Phone Rips Directly From CDs via 3.5mm Jack

9:00AM January 31, 2009 | Sean Fallon

If you can get past the hot pink, Sony Ericsson’s Premier 3 Walkman phone has a really cool look. Plus it has some interesting features—including the ability to rip music directly from a CD.

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