KDDI today unveiled a barrage of phones under its 2010 Winter collection and amongst all, the X-Ray phone seemed to be the most appealing. The phone has been designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and sports a transparent body, thus allowing consumers to see the phone’s innards.

Needless to say, this Japanese clamshell device packs some serious hardware like a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 chip, 8MP camera, 1-Seg TV tuner, microSD card slot (up to 16GB), 3-inch main display and 7×102 pixel LED sub-display that shows off current time, email alerts etc.

We’re not sure about the price but it will be available by end of this year.

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Japanese operator, KDDI has added a new Samsung tablet in its portfolio and surprisingly, it’s not the same as Galaxy Tab. The SMT-i9100 looks different and features some different specs. It runs the same Android 2.2 OS with a 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) screen, 512MB RAM but has an Ocean Observation UI instead of TouchWiz, a downgraded 2MP camera with no front-facing camera, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 2 hour battery life.

Additionally, the 450 grams tablet has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 4GB flash storage, microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and 2 hours of continuous battery life with standby of 12 hours.

The SMT-i9100 tablet is slated to release early next year.

Japan will also get the Galaxy Tab tablet from NTT DoCoMo.

Note: This post has been republished from Samsung Hub. For more Samsung news, head over to Samsung Hub.

Sharp today unveiled IS03, an Android device for the Japanese market. The phone just like other Japanese phones, is packed with features but it’s the inclusion of a 3.5-inch display that makes it special. The display supports resolution of 960×640 pixels, which is the same as Apple’s iPhone 4.

As for other features, the phone is powered by a 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM and has 9.6MP camera with flash, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, EVDO Rev. A, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, 1-Seg mobile TV, FM Transmitter, microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB and dual-power mode screen that can show signal strength, remaining battery and notifications without activating the screen’s backlight.

The phone will be sold in November by KDDI.

[Via Slashgear]

au KDDI has rolled out Toshiba’s WinMo powerhouse in Japan. The phone better known as K01 will be known as IS02 in Japan and will be one of the thinnest WinMo phones for au. Toshiba IS02′s impressive spec sheet boasts a powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor running Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3G, 4.1-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with customized NX! UI, 384MB/512MB RAM/ROM, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and business card reader.

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KDDI Corp is at the Wireless Japan 2009 showcasing a microSD card fitted with a Wi-Fi radio. Sure, the concept is not new but KDDI Corp’s entry could give Eye-Fi a tough time if they decide to release it globally (particularly in US). The miniscule card measures a 11 x 16 x 0.7mm and will work with a number of microSD card supported devices as compared to Eye-Fi’s compatibility with only digital cameras. KDDI has not zeroed in with the price or availability.

[Via Techon]

KDDI au has unwrapped its new offerings that will amaze the Japanese citizens this summer. There are some interesting phones out of the eight models announced.

First is Hitachi’s Mobile Hi-Vision CAM Wooo, capable of recording videos at 720p, 30fps and comes with an HDMI-out to view the HD recorded video on an HDTV.

Toshiba’s Biblio is touted as an e-book reader. It features an EZ Book service, a 3.5-inch screen, 7GB user storage, QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi.

Sharp will be selling its SH002 Solar Phone. The phone is waterproof and claims to give a minute worth of talk time or about 2 hours of standby on a 10 minutes recharge.

There’s also Casio’s rugged G’z One CA002, Sharp’s waterproof Sportio water beat and another waterproof from Toshiba, T002.

All the phones will launch consecutively after May 29.

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A Hitachi branded phone also made it to KDDI’s 2009 Spring lineup. It’s the first phone to feature an IPS enabled screen that supports 3D. Well, it’s not exactly 3D but the screen uses the disparity advantage between both the eyes to create a 3D-esque image. 3D content can be activated with a button placed at the bottom of the phone.

More features to make this phone drool worthy are its 3.1-inch VGA screen, 1Seg tuner, Bluetooth and IrDA, MS Office documents support, microSD card slot (up to 2GB), mobile wallet and 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and image stabilizer. The estimated standby time is 260 hours while its talktime is pegged to last around 220 minutes.

KDDI Japan revealed 12 new phones as a part of its 2009 au lineup including the S001 phone by Sony Ericsson. This slider phone bears a Global Passport tag which means that it can work anywhere in the world, supporting both CDMA as well as GSM networks. It packs a huge 3.3-inch OLED screen with WVGA resolution (480X854 pixels), Bluetooth, microSD card support, 1-Seg, GPS and infrared.

The phone hails from the Cyber-shot series which is stuffed with all the photography goodness. It has an 8.1-megapixel EXMOR CMOS sensor with LED flash and autofocus, high sensitivity shooting up to ISO1600, Smile Shutter, Face recognition, image stabilizer, Best Pic and random scene recognition which automatically selects a scene and adjusts exposure and white balance settings.

The phone will be available in three color options – Pink, Olive Gold and Black.

[Via Mobilewatch]