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This Japanese flip phone combines modern specs with a retro number pad

Flip phones are all the rage again thanks to foldable OLED displays that allow device makers to make modern touchscreen phones that can fold in half. But a few decades ago a flip phone was a phone with a number pad on the bottom a screen on top. Japanese smartphone company P-Up World’s latest phone […]

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Kyocera plans to stop selling smartphones to consumers

Japanese electronics company Kyocera has announced it’s exiting the consumer smartphone space due to decreased demand for its products. In the company’s most recent financial report, Kyocera says it ended development of new consumer smartphone products this March, and it will stop selling phones to the general public by March, 2025. If you don’t live […]

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Lilbits: Digital Posters with 42 inch E Ink displays, Steam ends support for older Windows versions

Device makers have been using E Ink displays for eBook readers for two decades. But in recent years E Ink has been pushing into other areas including wearables, signage, and even architectural applications. Now the company is partnering with Sharp to bring “Digital Posters” to Japan. Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around […]

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Lilbits: Unbox Therapy’s hands-on with pre-release Pixel 7, Netflix could do cloud gaming, and RS Components no longer makes or sells Raspberry Pi hardware

Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones are expected to hit the streets this fall, and the company already gave us an idea of what they’d look like in May. But pre-release versions of the phone have been showing up in the wild for months, and now popular tech YouTuber Unbox Therapy has posted… an […]

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Steam Deck handheld gaming PC expands to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

When the Steam Deck first launched earlier this year, it was only available for purchase in the US, Canada, UK, and European Union. But now Valve has announced that the handheld gaming PC is coming to more regions, starting with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Customers in those countries can now reserve a […]

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Lilbits: Motorola’s rollable phone, artsy tablets from Asus, and Sharp’s phone with a 1 inch image sensor

LG may have gotten out of the phone business before the company got a chance to launch the first phone with a rollable display, and Oppo’s rollable phone may be little more than a concept, but rumor has it that at least one other major phone maker does still plan to bring a rollable phone […]

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Nanote Next is a cheap 7 inch mini-laptop with slightly better specs than last year’s model (Japan)

Mini-laptops and handheld computers with small screens are niche devices that tend to carry high price tags these days. But for the past few years Japan’s Don Quixote has been bucking the trend with the Nanote line of mini-laptops featuring low prices… and modest specs. The latest model is a 7 inch mini-laptop with called […]

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Crazy Small Wheel is a tiny scroll wheel you can use with your feet (or hands)

Japanese company Cooyou has launched a tiny USB scroll wheel that can be used as a dedicated device for either vertical or horizontal scrolling on a PC. Appropriately called the Crazy Small Wheel, it’s little enough to easily hold in your fingers while scrolling through presentations or other content. But you can also place it […]

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The Balmuda Phone is a small, expensive, and unique phone from a Japanese company known for toasters

Balmuda is a Japanese design company that makes high-end products for the home including a toaster, kettle, and lantern. Now Balmuda is also a phone maker. The Balmuda Phone is an unusual phone with a unique design by 2021 standards: It has a 4.9 inch display and a curved back that the company says makes the […]