Camera maker Leica has been partnering with smartphone makers for years, with companies including Huawei, Panasonic, and Sharp shipping phones with Leica-branded cameras. Now Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank has introduced the first Lecia-branded smartphone. The Leica Leitz Phone 1 is available exclusively in Japan, where it goes up for pre-order June 18 for ¥187,920 (~$1700). The phone […]
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Taito’s Egret II Mini mini arcade cabinet has a screen that rotates and a trackball controller
1 Comment on Taito’s Egret II Mini mini arcade cabinet has a screen that rotates and a trackball controllerVideo game companies have been pushing out miniature versions of classic game systems for a few years, but the new Egret II from Japanese game publisher Taito may be one of the weirdest/most versatile to date. At first glance, it looks like a miniature version of a classic arcade game cabinet, much like SNK’s Neo […]
Sharp Aquos R6 is a smartphone with a 1 inch camera sensor
At a time when most flagship Android smartphones have the same processors and similar screens and other tech, one way device makers are still trying to stand out is by focusing on the camera. Sometimes that means multiple cameras. But in the case of the new Sharp Aquos R6, it means one cameras with a really […]
Nanote P8 is a tiny convertible laptop with a 7 inch display and a Pentium N4200 processor ($300 in Japan)
11 Comments on Nanote P8 is a tiny convertible laptop with a 7 inch display and a Pentium N4200 processor ($300 in Japan)The Nanote P8 is a miniature laptop computer with a 7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard, and a 360-degree hinge that lets you fold the screen back and use the little computer as a tablet. It will be available for purchased in Japan soon for less than $300, making […]
Dynabook Chromebook C1 features a Snapdragon 7c processor and 4G LTE
Dynabook’s first Chromebook is an 11.6 inch convertible model designed for the education market. Announced late last year in Japan, the Dynabook Chromebook C1 is also one of the first Chromebooks powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c processor and featuring 4G LTE support. It’s unclear if or when this model will make its way to other […]
One Mix 4 mini-laptop with Intel Tiger Lake up for pre-order
By most standards, the One Mix 4 is a tiny laptop computer. It features a 10.1 inch display and the laptop measures just 8.9″ x 6.2″ x 0.7″ and weighs about 1.7 pounds. But it’s also the largest computer to date from One Netbook, a company that’s focused entirely on small laptops, some with screens as […]
Dynabook V8 is a 2.2 pound convertible laptop with Intel Tiger Lake
The new Dynabook V8 is a convertible notebook with a 13.3 inch full HD IGZO touchscreen display, a 360 degree hinge that lets you switch between laptop and tablet modes, and a compact design: the notebook measures 0.7 inches thick and weighs just 2.2 pounds. But it packs plenty of horsepower thanks to an Intel […]
1.8 pound NEC VersaPro UltraLite is 13.3inch laptop with Intel Comet Lake (for Japan)
The NEC VersaPro UltraLite is a laptop computer with a 13.3 inch full HD display and support for up to an Intel Core i7-10510U processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of PCIe NVMe storage. While it’s not that hard to find a laptop with those specs these days, what is unusual is to find one that’s […]
NANOTE is a 7 inch convertible mini-laptop for $185 (in Japan)
A new mini-laptop is headed to Japan soon. The NANOTE features a 7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and a QWERTY keyboard. But the most impressive thing about this little computer is its price tag — it’ll be available starting May 1st for 19,800 yen, or about $185. That makes this […]
Samsung Galaxy A41 mid-range smartphone hits stores in June (in Japan, at least)
While the latest flagship phones tend to grab the most headlines, it turns out Samsung’s Galaxy A series mid-range phones sell better than its high-end Galaxy S or Galaxy Note models. So it’s no surprise that new models are coming this year — and Samsung has just unveiled the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A41, which will […]
Aging Asus VivoStick PC-on-a-stick gets a slight spec bump
Four years after launching a tiny computer-on-a-stick that plugs straight into the HDMI port of a monitor or TV, the Asus VivoStick is getting a slight spec bump. And when I say slight, I mean the new model still has the disappointing Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Cherry Trail processor. But the new VivoStick TS10-B174D has twice the […]
Rakuten Mini is a 3.6 inch smartphone (for Japan)
Smartphone screens have gotten so big in recent years that we’ve stopped using the awful word “phablet” to describe handsets with nearly tablet-sized screens. Now they’re just called phones. But there may still be a small market (get it?) for phones with smaller screens. Last year TCL launched the Palm Phone with a 3.3 inch […]