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Logitec LIC-TRA056SD records telephone conversations
With the LIC-TRA056SD from Logitec Japan you can record conversations from an ordinary telephone. Putting an end to those pesky micro cassettes the little device plugs in between the telephone receiver and telephone itself. It has 128MB of onboard memory which can store upto 50 hours of conversations, pop in an SD card and the…
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Voiis Mini – The pocket messenger phone
Voiis Mini Pocket Messenger phone is Bluetooth compatible and comes with a base station. Connect it to your PC and you can interact wirelessly with Skype, Windows Media Player and iTunes in a 100 meter range. The 1.2 inch color display’s Skype and MSN messenger text messages along with the contact list. It has a…
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Toshiba Vardia RD-A600 / A600 Hybrid HD-DVD recorders
Toshiba Japan has announced a pair of hybrid HD-DVD recorders RD-A600 and RD-A300. Both share the same set of features but for the hard drive the RD-A600 comes with a 600GB HDD and A300 with 300 Gigs. They come with digital and analog TV tuner and can write on HD-DVD-R discs and the onboard hard…
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Sharp Papyrus PW-TC920 is much more than an electronic dictionary
Sharp has expanded its Papyrus range of electronic dictionaries with the PW-TC920, it comes with a keyboard and a touch pad as well. Other than the regular stuff that such dictionaries comes with the Papyrus PW-TC920 packs in a lot more. It sports a 4.3 inch ASV display supporting 480 x 320 pixels and a…
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Maxell MXSP-2000 iPod dock
Maxell Japan, a division of Hitachi has announced yet another iPod dock. The MXSP-2000 has the a iPod docking port at the top and can play music from the stereo mini input as well. As for the main speaker it is 35mm wide and the two way speakers are 75mm wide which deliver an output…
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The first female robot goes up for auction
Renowed robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi made history when he created the Female Robot FT. He even went to the extent of consulting with professional models on how to give FT a feminine walk and posture. She is made up of 23 motors and 2 gyroscopes, and needs a checkup twice a year. Of the two…
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Pepsi Ice Cucumber
Suntory will be selling the limited edition Pepsi Ice Cucumber in Japan from June 12th. Surely it will help the Japanese to beat the heat, Ayano from NNI media got a chance to taste the drink. To be available in 500ml bottles, the drink smells more like a perfume he says. Just thinking of Cucumber…
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JVC HD-110MH80 world’s largest rear projection TV at 110 inches
JVC Japan has announced the HD-110MH80 which gets the title of the world’s largest rear projection TV. At 110 inches it is the biggest TV money can buy as its Plasma and LCD counterparts from Mitsubishi and Sharp max out at 103 and 108 inches respectively. It adopts the Bick screen (Exe series) which offers…
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Sharp WS011SH or Advanced WZERO 3
The mystery phone which made appearance at the Windows Mobile Japanese Edition press conference is finally official. The Sharp WS011SH sports a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and is powered by a Marvell PXA 270 processor at 520 Mhz along with 256MB of flash memory and 128MB of ROM. The icing on the cake is the…
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“Slide Controller” to come on Nintendo DS
According to Famitsu Magazine, Nintendo’s newest DS game Slide Adventure: Mag Kid, will make use of a bundled “slide controller” peripheral. The slide controller plugs into the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot and resembles a stand. As you slide the DS around on a level surface the controller detects those movements and uses them to…