The Japanese Love Chocolate So Much They Made a Chocolate Phone

This Japan-nly NTT Docomo Melty Chocolate phone is ridiculous. It's a working phone—it has 8-megapixel camera, digital TV tuner, Bluetooth and such—but the menus are designed to look like chocolate, and the outside looks like chocolate. More »

11/30/09

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Docomo Teases World to Pun their "Touch Wood" Prototype

Aside from a name that clearly doesn't mean in Japanese what it does in English, Docomo's Touch Wood phones deserve a bit of attention. More »

09/25/09

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By Mark Wilson

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Japan's Unlimited 3G Data Plans Are Being Overwhelmed by Pornhounds

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 »

07/20/09

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By Adam Frucci

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NTT DoCoMo Snap-Apart Phone Belongs in Museum of WTF

02/17/09

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DoCoMo DLP Phone Projects TV, Makes Butt Look Big

10/03/08

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Fujitsu Concept Phone Can Be Pulled Apart, Reconfigured

Proving that Japan always has the coolest concept phones, this Fujitsu device shown at CEATEC lets you separate your screen and touchscreen keypad in whatever configuration you like. Both parts can be used separately or stuck together by magnets, and where you stick the screen on the keypad determines what the touchscreen shows. The screen module contains software functions, including video recording and games, while the keyboard is responsible for communication tasks, such as 3G and radio. No idea whether this will be one of the few CEATEC concepts that make its way into reality, but I sure hope I see it on shelves someday. [Akihabara News]

09/30/08

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Super 3G Successfully Tested (at 250Mbps)

03/26/08

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Cellphone Fishing Game: Catch a Virtual Fish, Get a Real Fish Delivered To Your Door

A new fishing game for cellphone users based in western Japan is mixing the virtual with the actual, as competitors who hook a fish get the chance to have the same kind of fish delivered to their door by a local seafood wholesaler. More »

02/13/08

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NTT DoCoMo Considering Android Phone

01/24/08

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DoCoMo's Child-Friendly 3G Phone Comes With RC Bracelet

12/10/07

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Update: E-Paper Phone from DoCoMo Has Ever-Changing Keys

10/05/07

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DocoMo Shows off a Halitosis- and Fat-Detecting Concept Cell

10/03/07

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Lighter in a Cell Phone's Skin: Sort of Sneaky, Sort of Not

06/10/07

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We Want This: Cellphone-operated Home Control

04/26/07

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Wiimote-like Motion Sensitive Phones Make no Sense Whatsoever

04/23/07

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Docomo Cellphones Now Have Touchscreen, Scented Parts

01/16/07

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I'm in Tokyo, and I've been avoiding gadgets. After all, I'm supposed to be on vacation. But today Lisa took me to Akiba, and I ended up running through a dozen stores, groping over 50 handsets. I've written about some, like the incredibly simple Wilcom R9, glowing Sony Ericsson w43s and walkman-like w42s. But gripping the alien tech live was unexpectedly incredible. Here's a video of the most gorgeous handsets I could find. –Brian Lam More »