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<title>HTC J Butterfly with 440ppi pixel density to reach Japan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/17/five.inch.handset.unlikely.to.be.released.elsewhere/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350472195_htcjbutterflythumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[HTC is soon to release a long-awaited phone-tablet, with the initial launch taking place in Japan. The HTC J Butterfly, a previously rumored phablet set to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note line, has a five-inch HD Super LCD 3 display, capable of a 1920x1080 resolution, and a density of 440 pixels per inch....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese thieves steal 191 iPhone 5s on morning of launch</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/21/kddi.softbank.outlets.hit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iPhone5-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Thieves in Osaka, Japan managed to steal 191 iPhone 5s in the early hours before the phone's launch today, the Wall Street Journal reports.  Police say that three stores across the city were hit; the first incident happened at one of carrier KDDI's au stores in the suburb of Ibaraki.  Local residents called the police shortly before 3AM, saying that three men were skulking around the outlet.  33 i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>KDDI to begin tests of Android-powered Smart TV Box</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/15/kddi.smart.tv.box.will.run.on.android.40.connect.to.cloud.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1337093483_kddismartboxin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japanese hardware maker KDDI announced this week it will begin consumer testing of a new Smart TV Box this summer. The device will run on Android 4.0 and connect to HDTVs and enable sharing of content between Android smartphones and tablets. Other details are scarce, though some form of web access is more than likely....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iPhone becomes biggest-selling cellphone in Japan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/09/apple.gets.absolute.lead.in.japan.phones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/iphone4s-japan2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple now has the top-selling cellphone of any kind in Japan, IDC Japan determined late Thursday.  The iPhone 4S launch helped Apple claim 26.6 percent of all cellphone shipments in the country this fall.  It may have been the first non-Japanese company to top local ranks, ending a longstanding emphasis on local makers....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SoftBank profit cut in half through iPhone war with KDDI</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/02/softbank.profit.drops.through.iphone.discounts/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/iphone4s-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[SoftBank on Thursday said its fall quarter profit was cut in half from a year ago owed to demand for, and competition over, the iPhone 4S.  It made the equivalent of $430.8 million in profit versus $858.8 million in late 2010.  The company had spent nearly $393.4 million in promos to prevent customers from jumping to KDDI now that it was an iPhone provider, a feat which president Masayoshi Son sai...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>KDDI's unique Infobar C01 with Android ships February 3 </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/31/phone.touts.oversized.number.keys/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/kddi-infobar-co1-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[KDDI and Okinawa Cellular have announced a new series of designer phones for the Japanese market. The Infobar C02, manufactured by Sharp, comes in three distinct color schemes and incorporates a numeric pad with over-sized keys. The display is an unusually tall, 3.2-inch, 480x854 LCD....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>KDDI ups its outlook based on iPhone 4S</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/26/kddi.gives.optimistic.outlook.because.of.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/iphone4s-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Second-largest Japanese carrier KDDI showed an immediate effect from its getting the iPhone 4S Thursday after it upped its outlook for 2012.  It now expects to get 2.6 percent more revenue in 2012 than it did before owing to becoming one of Apple's latest official carriers.  Although its profit dipped 17 percent in the fall to the equivalent of $697.1 million, it saw its data revenue go up 8.2 poi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>KDDI pushes non-removable ads into Android</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/23/bundled.kddi.au.app.ads.without.much.choice/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/kddi-androidads.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japanese carrier KDDI has underscored some of the problems of Android by pushing ads into Android itself, customers have found for themselves.  A bundled, unremovable app for the company's own app store, au one Market, pushes ads into the notification bar whether or not the app is running, Asiajin said.  While there appears to be an opt-out clause, one subscriber reports that it's downplayed and h...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-on: KDDI Labs, Kyocera's wild speakerless smartphone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/13/kddi.labs.and.kyocera.make.vibration.based.phone/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/kddispeakerlesssmartphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japan's KDDI Labs and Kyocera used a booth at the back of CES to demonstrate a surprisingly clever audio technology in the US for the first time.  Badged as a speakerless smartphone, it vibrates the audio canal to transmit any audio through the entire body of the device it's playing from.  We could listen from the top, bottom, or even the back of the prototype Android phone the group had on show, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BMO raises Apple price target to $460 on iPhone sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/30/sprint.kddi.showing.good.results.analyst.says/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1110/iphone4s-5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[BMO Capital Markets' Keith Bachman this week raised his price target for Apple stock from $455 to $460.  The analyst now sees Apple shipping 29.5 million phones in the December quarter, with the potential of hitting 32 million.  An earlier estimate called for just 28 million units....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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