Hasta La Gadget!

Remember our story a few days ago that touched on a phone in Japan that is still in circulation because it is a favorite of adulterers and philanderers? Well, it seems that they have more or less remained faithful to one brand – Fujitsu’s older “F-Series” handsets, despite playing the philanderer when it comes to the opposite sex, mainly because the F-Series handsets, as we mentioned, did come with some attractive stealth privacy features.

Sporting an aged flip-phone design, it has been nicknamed the “uwaki keitai” or “infidelity phone”, and according to a Japanese blogger who prefers to be called by the handle Bakanabe and writes about picking up women anonymously, claimed that he wanted to purchase a new smartphone, but the privacy settings of newer devices are nowhere near what the F-Series handset offered. Why not refurbish the battered, three-year-old Fujitsu flip-phone instead by popping in a new battery nad a new case?

Bakanabe mentioned, “Women may want to check my phone for strange emails or calls when I’m not around. With Fujitsu’s ‘privacy mode,’ they can’t see that information at all. The key is to give off the impression that you’re not locking your phone at all.”

Sneaky! One ought to take note that these phones are not available outside of Japan, so if you are thinking of batting for a different team on the sly, then forget about it.

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The advent of smartphones has definitely changed the way mobile phones are designed, and the classic flip model that was popularized by the Motorola RAZR has more or less gone the way of the dodo, although a tiny segment of the Japanese population are extremely partial to the flip phone known as the Fujitsu F-Series for one particular reason – it boasts of the relevant security features required to assist both men and women to carry on with their extra-marital lives without missing a beat.

In fact, the Fujitsu F-Series handsets have managed to pick up a less than desirable nickname, touted to be “infidelity phones” in the Land of the Rising Sun. Basically, the Fujitsu F-Series will feature an extra protective blanket that helps ensure one’s private applications remain truly hidden, including important details such as missed calls, text messages and emails. All it takes is a secret key combination to activate the privacy mode. Sneaky! I am quite sure that Fujitsu did not intend their F-Series’ security/privacy system to be (ab)used in this manner when they first thought of it.

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Smartphones are a lot of things — convenient, powerful, and feature-rich. They’re also exceedingly complicated to many older users who are accustomed to 12-button panels and curly phone cords. This past summer, Fujitsu revealed that its Raku Raku smartphone, a handset designed specifically for senior citizens, would be arriving in Japan via NTT Docomo. Now the company, facing a saturated market in Japan, is branching out and will launch the handset in the United States and Europe.

This information comes from Fujitsu’s president himself, who told the newspaper Asahi, “As the Japanese market has already hit a peak, we have to sell devices overseas to increase our sales numbers.” The Raku Raku will be modified for its respective overseas markets, although no information on what changes will be in place for the US and European versions have been offered.

The Japanese version of the phone offers many features designed specifically for easy-to-comprehend navigation and use. For example, the large icons on the handset’s display change colors when tapped to let the user know that it was pressed to make up for the lack of a physical button. The user interface is designed to offer simple menus and easily accessible features.

The handset has a 4-inch display with a resolution of 480 x 800, an 8.1-megapixel rear camera and 3.2-megapixel front camera, and is presently being sold in Pink, Navy, and Gold colors. There are no set dates for when the handset will hit the international markets, nor what carriers will offer it and the expected price range.

[via Asahi]

Fujitsu to bring its senior citizen-optimized Raku Raku smartphone to the US, Europe is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Windows 8 has garnered its share of criticisms in the last few months, and some of that criticism has come from Microsoft’s PC partners. Some of them aren’t too happy with the way Windows 8 has been supposedly selling, with the latest in the line being Fujitsu. Today the company revised projections for the fiscal year that ends in March, saying that total PC shipments will come in under the 7 million the company was originally planning on.

According to Fujitsu president Masami Yamamoto, the company will miss its target because of the “weak” consumer demand for Microsoft’s new OS. Windows 8 isn’t entirely to blame, as Yamamoto also said that demand is on the way down in Europe thanks to the nation’s debt crisis. Still, Yamamoto had no problem calling out Windows 8 as a reason why it will miss its projections for the fiscal year.

It isn’t as if it’s simple to make a buck in the PC space these days, either. The market for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets seems to be growing at the expense of demand for desktops and laptops, so if general indifference toward Windows 8 is partly responsible for Fujitsu’s lagging sales, that only makes things worse. Yamamoto said that his company won’t be dropping PC prices to try to muster some additional sales, which is what some manufacturers have been doing as they see sales come in under expectations.

It doesn’t seem like Fujitsu will miss the mark by much, with Yamamoto saying that total shipments for the fiscal year could settle north of 6 million. Since the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft has touted 40 million licenses sold, which certainly seems like a healthy number. We’ll just have to keep an eye on the new OS to see how it ultimately performs with consumers, so stay tuned.

[via Bloomberg]

Fujitsu blames underwhelming PC shipments on lagging Windows 8 demand is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Yesterday Fujitsu announced in Japan a new cloud based service for women : Hada Memory or Skin Memory, an application that will help Japanese women to track their skin condition and help diagnose any possible problems. By simply taking a picture of your skin or any “dark” area that you may have on your face, Hada Memori will not only track the evolution of your skin color but also send your skin data to professionals and doctors to better help you to fix any potential problems and …