Sony Mobile – Smartphone “Xperia Z Ultra” – With the world’s largest 6.4 inch touchscreen full HD display

Sony Mobile - Smartphone "Xperia Z Ultra" - With the world's largest 6.4 inch touchscreen full HD display

Today, Sony Mobile revealed their new smartphone “Xperia Z Ultra” in Shanghai, China.

As a full HD smartphone, “Xperia Z Ultra” has the world’s largest 6.4 inch touch screen full HD display (1920×1080 dots) built-in, and also it has the world’s thinnest 6.5 mm body. It’s scheduled to be released in this summer.

“Xperia Z Ultra” features Sony’s original display technology “Triluminos Display for mobile” and “X-Reality for mobile” which is also their unique technology that analyzes images and recovers dead pixels. The camera has Sony’s stacked CMOS image sensor “Exmor RS for mobile” (8.1 million pixels) .

Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon 800 processor” with 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU is built-in.

“Xperia Z Ultra” is compatible with NFC and waterproof/dusproof (IP55/IP58). 3 colors will be available: black, white, and purple.

Fujifilm – FUJIFILM X-M1 New Release Campaign – Win an original camera bag collaborated with the popular Japanese apparel brand JOURNAL STANDARD or original thumb rest

Fujifilm  - FUJIFILM X-M1 New Release Campaign - Win an original camera bag collaborated with the popular Japanese apparel brand JOURNAL STANDARD or original thumb rest

To mark the release of Fujifilm’s new camera “X-M1″, Fujifilm will launch a special campaign, where people can win a special camera bag collaborated with JOURNAL STANDARD that is a popular Japanese apparel brand or win a thumb rest made only for “X-M1″.

A set of the X-M1 camera and its interchangeable lens can fit in this stylish camera bag. You can also use it as a big pouch by taking the shoulder strap off. 2 colors (navy and camel) are available so that you can choose one with a color of your choose.

Regarding the thumb rest, you can choose from 2 colors (black and silver) as well.

After purchasing the X-M1 camera or its lens kit and registering as a member of MY FUJIFILM online from July 27 through September 30, you will be qualified to apply for the campaign.

Thanko – USB Shoes Cooler “Mure Mure Non Non” – Send cool air in your shoes and clear the stuffy sweaty air out!

Thanko - USB Shoes Cooler "Mure Mure Non Non" - Send cool air in  your shoes and clear the stuffy sweaty air out!

Most Japanese salarymen (meaning corporate employees in Japanese) have to wear leather dress shoes even in the summer time. Can you imagine how terrible it feels to wear the leather shoes all day? Inside of the shoes will become very humid, sweaty and hot…

Previously we wrote about Thanko’s “USB Necktie Cooler 3″ as a savior of Japanese salarymen in the summer time. You can read about it here.

Today we would like to introduce you Thanko’s USB Shoes Cooler “Mure Mure Non Non” that can save this poor situation of those Japanese salarymen.

“Mure Mure Non Non” is an USB cable attached with an air tube. Connect the USB cable to your PC’s USB port, put the end of the air tube in your shoes, and turn on the device, and then it will start sending cool air into your shoes. The stuffy air in your shoes will be gone so that you will be able to feel very refreshed.

The USB cable (1,200mm) and the air tube (330mm) are long enough to reach to your toes.

You can use “Mure Mure Non Non” for other parts of your body, and also you can even blow up a beach ball.

Price: 1,980 yen (including tax)

Fujifilm – FUJINON XF27mmF2.8 – New lineup of interchangeable lenses for the premium camera X series

Fujifilm - FUJINON XF27mmF2.8 - New lineup of interchangeable lenses for the premium camera X series

Fujifilm is releasing a new interchangeable lens “FUJINON XF27mmF2.8″ for its premium camera X series. The black model will be out on July 27 and the silver model will be out in September.

Compact sized “FUJINON XF27mmF2.8″ weights only 78g and it’s 23mm long so that it’s highly portable. The focal length is 27mm.

By adapting a glass mold aspherical lens, it limits distortion to a very high degree and makes clear optimum resolving power.

Fujifilm – FUJIFILM X-M1 – Wi-fi compliant classic design compact camera with interchangeable lenses

Fujifilm just announced that they are going to release a new wi-fi compliant compact camera with interchangeable lenses "FUJIFILM X-M1" and some fitting lens kit sets after July 27.

Fujifilm just announced that they are going to release a new wi-fi compliant compact camera with interchangeable lenses “FUJIFILM X-M1″ and some fitting lens kit sets after July 27.

The 3 inch high-definition LCD screen (920,000 dots) of the “FUJIFILM X-M1″ can be tilted at your favorite angle. “X-Trans CMOS sensor” (16.3 million pixel, Low Pass Filter-less) built-in enables the camera to create high quality images that are as good as those from cameras with full size sensors.

High sensitivity (max.ISO6400), 0.5 seconds for startup time, 0.05 seconds for shutter time lag, high-speed continuous shooting (5.6 frames per second), high-speed response.

As the camera has 2 command dials built-in, with your thumb, you can control shutter speed, diaphragm, exposure compensation, etc. increasing operability.

Size: W116.9mm× H66.5mm× D39.0mm
Weight: 330g (including the battery and memory card)

Released on July 27:
– Digital camera lens kit “FUJIFILM X-M1/XC16-50mmF3.5-5.6″
Color: black, silver

– Digital camera double lens kit “FUJIFILM X-M1/XC16-50mmF3.5-5.6/XF27mmF2.8″
Color: black, silver

Released in September:
– Digital camera “FUJIFILM X-M1″
Color: black, silver, brown

– Digital camera lens kit “FUJIFILM X-M1/XC16-50mmF3.5-5.6″
Color: brown

– Digital camera double lens kit “FUJIFILM X-M1/XC16-50mmF3.5-5.6/XF27mmF2.8″
Color: brown

Audio-Technica – Stylish inner ear headphones “ATH-CKF77″ series and “ATH-CKF77iS” series for smartphones – Fits a girl’s small ears comfortably and enables her to experience the solid sharp bass sound

Audio-Technica - Stylish inner ear headphones "ATH-CKF77" series and "ATH-CKF77iS" series for smartphones - Fits a girl's small ears comfortably and enables her to experience the solid sharp bass sound

Audio-Technica announced that they will release 2 series of their new inner ear headphones “ATH-CKF77″ and “ATH-CKF77iS” for smartphones on July 18.

Newly developed φ8.5mm driver creates the lively clear deep bass sounds. The inner ear headphone’s body part is φ12mm compact size to fit your ears comfortably regardless of the size of your ears.

In particular, “ATH-CKF77″ series has 8 stylish colors available: black, brown, camouflage, leopard, pink, pink purple, white and zebra. 4 colors are available for “ATH-CKF77iS”: brown, camouflage, pink and white.

“ATH-CKF77iS” for smartphones has a condenser microphone built-in so that it’s compatible with smartphone talk. With a button on the cord, you can control answering and hanging up the smartphone, and playing and pausing music and videos.

Price is open price.

NTT docomo – SmartTV dstick 01 – Plugs into your TV to give direct access to the rich dmarket contents for smartphones – Will be available at docomo stores across Japan from July 1

NTT docomo - SmartTV dstick 01 - Plugs into your TV to give direct access to the rich dmarket contents for smartphones - Will be available at docomo stores across Japan from July 1

Finally “SmartTV dstick 01″ will be available for purchase at docomo stores across Japan from July 1. It was introduced at the NTT docomo’s 2013 Spring new product press conference that was held last January, and it has been sold only in NTT docomo’s online store since March 1.

You can check the article about the press conference here.

Plug “SmartTV dstick 01″ into your TV to give direct access to the rich dmarket contents for smartphones and then at home you can enjoy movies, TV shows, music, karaoke, animations etc coming from dmarket.

It sells for ¥8,925 at present, but the price will be changed on July 1. Its new price will be ¥6,930.

Sony – 5,000mAH USB portable battery charger “CP-F5″ with 5 color valuations – AC adapter “CP-AD2″ to fully charge “CP-F5″ quickly

Sony - 5,000mAH USB portable battery charger "CP-F5" with 5 color valuations - AC adapter "CP-AD2" to fully charge "CP-F5" quickly

Sony is going to release a 5,000mAH slim portable battery charger “CP-F5″ on July 20. This thin body with only 9.4mm has 5,000mAh lithium-ion battery built-in, which is capable of fully charging a smartphone 2 times.

“CP-F5″ can be charged from USB port with the accompanying 15cm USB cable and it takes about 11 hours. The light on the “CP-F5″ will let you know the reminding battery level.

5 colors are available: silver, pink, gold, blue, and black

Also, an AC adapter “CP-AD2″ will be released on July 20. Using this AC adapter with the USB portable battery charger “CP-F5″ enables you to fully charge “CP-F5″ for only 6 hours.

USB portable battery charger “CP-F5″
Price: ¥5,000
Output: Maximum DC 5V/1.5A
Size: DW70.4×H128.1×D9.4 mm
Wight: Approx. 156g

AC adapter “CP-AD2″
Price: ¥1,300
Output: Maximum DC5V 2.1A
Size: W41.0×H61.0×D26.0 mm
Weight: Approx. 53g

Mt. Fuji, Japan’s national symbol, finally became a UNESCO World Heritage site

Mt. Fuji, Japan's national symbol, finally became a UNESCO World Heritage site

On June 22, 2013, the Japanese symbolic mountain, Mt. Fuji (Fujisan), which is the highest mountain in Japan and is a traditionally popular destination for tourists, was finally officially designated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, announced at the annual UNESCO conference held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This is the 17th Japanese World Heritage site.

As soon as this much-awaited good news arrived in Japan, people, especially those who live around the area, started sharing the joy of the occasion.

There are 3 kinds of classifications for World Heritage site: natural world heritage site, cultural world heritage site, and mixed heritage site, and UNESCO granted Mt. Fuji a cultural world heritage status. The reason is that Mt. Fuji has been a very important place for Japan’s ancient mountain worship and also it’s been a favorite theme for many old and new artists whose art is highly valued overseas – including world famous Ukiyoe artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

A scenic area called Miho no Matsubara, which is 45km away from Mt.Fuji, was also included as a part of Mt.Fuji and registered as World Heritage site.

We expect that it will lead to more interest in Japanese tourism.

Samsung Introduces GALAXY NX with 3G/4G LTE & Wi-Fi Connectivity

Samsung Introduces GALAXY NX with 3G/4G LTE & Wi-Fi Connectivity

At the Samsung PREMIERE 2013 London, Samsung Electronics announced the launch of the GALAXY NX, the first 3G/4G LTE Connected Compact 20.3Mpix APS-C sensor System Camera (CSC) runing on Android 4.2.2 and featuring a powerful 1.6GHz Pega-Q quad-core alongside a gorgeous 4.8″ HD LCD display. Versatile and easy to use, the GALAXY NX combines cutting edge optical performance with connectivity capabilities and galaxy of applications based on Android eco-system, all in one stylish package. The result is a new type of connected device which allows users to turn their experiences into a story that can be instantly shared with anyone they choose, from wherever they might be, in amazing color and outstanding detail.

Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of the Galaxy NX, the world’s first 4G interchangeable lens Connected Compact System Camera (CSC). Versatile and easy to use, the Galaxy NX combines cutting edge optical performance with connectivity capabilities and Android applications. The result is a new type of connected device which means you can share your experiences instantly in amazing colour and outstanding detail.

Simon Stanford, Vice President of IT & Mobile Division, Samsung UK & Ireland said: “We’re excited to be leading the way in innovation with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy NX. The aim of this device is to combine the high image quality associated with the NX camera with the ease of use and speed of 4G capability with Android. Perfect for taking incredible images and sharing them quickly.”

Share everything, from anywhere
Featuring 3G/4G LTE technology, the Galaxy NX means anyone interested in photography can stay constantly connected with their world. Promising speedy sharing whether on the move or at home, the seamless connectivity of the Galaxy NX makes it a device that puts the sharing of professional level images at its heart. It embraces the era of visual communication by providing an outlet for passionate photographers to express their exciting experiences immediately and in spectacular quality.

The Galaxy NX is designed to help you capture the scene and mood of every place you visit. Photo Suggest gives you location-based recommendations of popular photography spots, sourced from a huge library of images taken by other photographers from around the world. Story Album allows you to look back at your photos on one timeline, reframing and resizing them to create digital photo books which can be viewed and shared on your other devices.

Stunning picture quality
Image quality is really something to shout about thanks to the array of interchangeable lenses available with the Galaxy NX. The 20.3MP APS-C Sensor produces images which are bright and detailed, even in low light conditions, while the DRIMe IV Image Signal Processer delivers the speed and accuracy that today’s photographers demand.

Its Advanced Hybrid Auto Focus (AF) System ensures accurate phase and contrast detection so you can capture crisp, vibrant shots, while the 1/6000 sec shutter speed and 8.6fps shooting means you can capture the action as it is happening.

The flexibility offered by the Galaxy NX’s selection of interchangeable lenses – from compact pancake lenses and an ultra-wide fisheye, to longer prime and zoom lenses – places creative control firmly in the hands of the photographer. True 3D Creator also brings an added element of realism to the Galaxy NX results, allowing you to shoot images and movies in 3D with Samsung’s 45mm 2D/3D lens.

Simple and easy to use
With Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, the functionality of a smartphone is used to improve the photographic experience you get with the Galaxy NX. You can choose from a huge array of Android apps to help personalise your device and do more than just shoot amazing photographs and video, from editing images, to adding special effects and staying in touch with friends and family.

More than 30 Smart Mode options mean you can choose the optimum settings for the environment you are capturing, as well as create fresh, artistic images. Multi Exposure merges two different shots together to produce one distinctive image, while Animated Photo connects continuous shots of up to five seconds, creating a moving GIF file. For added realism, Sound & Shot stores sound and voice together as the picture is taken, so moments are captured exactly as they happen.

For added personalisation, Camera Studio allows you to easily customise settings with your most frequently used applications or camera modes, so you can capture your photos exactly how you want them.

Availability
The Galaxy NX will be available to buy in the UK as a 4G variant that supports 3G from selected online and high street retailers this summer.