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Sony will be diving into the soon-to-explode 3D LCD TV market. They’ve confirmed to launch their first 3D TVs in June where it will be gracing retail shelves worldwide. Sony is planning to launch 40-inch and 46-inch models priced at 290,000 ($3,225) yen and 350,000 yen ($3,875) respectively and will bundle two pairs of 3D [...]

 
Sports fans jump, yell at the top of their voices and though it helps to motivate the supporting team, it generally is the lost energy as far as fans are concerned. But a Japanese stadium is trying to put that waste energy to some good use – by generating power. A football match between J1 [...]

 
Microsoft is already selling 250GB Xbox 360 bundles in US & Europe but Japanese will be the first ones to get the 250GB HDD as an add-on accessory. The drive will be available in retail stores from March 11 for 15,540 Yen ($172) and as per Microsoft’s spokesman, Kei Iwasaki, MS currently does not have [...]

 
Nintendo has trademarked the word “Zii” in Japan. Don’t know what new it brings to the table but this bit of news won’t go well with Creative. The Singaporean-based company has its Zii line of products and also owns the copyright and trademark of the name (in US and presumably in other countries too).
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Configuring your wireless router and gaming console is the best way to connect your console to the internet. Bbut if you dread fiddling with the settings, Buffalo might have the solution for you. The WLI-UC-GNT USB dongle goes into the user’s computer and without any fuss he can use the computer’s internet on his gaming [...]

 
Buffalo is on a roll as far as USB 3.0 goods are concerned. They just rolled out a USB 3.0 compatible external HDD and now back in their hometown, they’ve announced world’s fastest Blu-ray writer with support for USB 3.0. The BR-X1216U3 can burn BD discs up to a speed of 12x provided you meet [...]

 
Its raining phones in Japan. Two Japanese operators, Softbank and NTT DoCoMo have announced 17 and 19 phones respectively. The phones range in every form factor with clamshell being the favorite and power packed spec sheet. Most of the phones have no less than 3.5-inches of display, at least an 8MP camera, GPS and more.
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UPDATE: Nintendo will launch the DSi LL as DSi XL in Europe in Q1 2010.
Wow, Nikkei hit a homerun with the DSi report. Nintendo has officially announced DSi LL with a larger screen. The DSi LL measures 161×91.4×21.2mm and sports a 4.2-inch display from 3.25-inch of DSi along with the same innards. The handheld will [...]

 
Nintendo will release an updated DSi handheld gaming console in Japan by the end of this year. This report comes from a Japanese business daily, Nikkei who claims the new console will try to fight sluggish sales that is a result of products like Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The new feature in the updated [...]

 
Sure, we’ve seen some convincing evidence of 250GB PS3 Slim being bundled with different games but this is the first time Sony has confirmed it. Sony will sell this eye pleasing special edition Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Slim console with 250GB HDD. Limited to Japan, the console will land on December 17 for a price [...]

 
As rumored, Nintendo has finally confirmed the impending Wii price cut. Starting from September 27, Americans will be able to pick the world’s highest selling console for just $199 as compared to the previous price of $249.
As for Nintendo’s homeland, gamers will be able to buy Wii at a reduced price of Yen 20,000 (USD$218) [...]

 
The details are thin right now but it looks Sony’s Mickey Mouse-esque range will get a new addition soon. The S740 was spotted at Sony Dealer Convention in Japan that will come in multitude of colors with some changes in design, 2 plus inch screen and storage capacity of 8 or 16GB.
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Sony has got a reason to celebrate. The pioneers of portable music who sells Walkman branded players, have for the first time in Japan surpassed sales of Apple’s iPod in more than four years. This verdict comes from an electronic research firm, BCN who claimed that the Walkman players share for the week ended on [...]

 
Sharp has announced an ARM-based PC-Z1 Netwalker touchscreen netbook in the Japanese market. In fact MID would be an apt tag since it sits nicely between the netbook and mobile phone nomenclature. Anyways, the small PC-Z1 is powered by Freescale’s Cortex-A8 based i.MX515 SoC and features include a 5-inch touchscreen display (1024×600), Ubuntu 9.0.4 [...]

 
Sanyo has unveiled a portable solar charger that can prove handy when your gadget is running out of power with no sight of a power outlet. The Eneloop Portable Solar comes in options of single or twin solar panel that captures sunrays into its small booster that houses a Li-ion battery and helps to charge [...]