Sharp to export solar cell phone to China
Jan 29th

The current biggest cell phone maker in Japan (in terms of market share), Sharp is planning to export their solar cell phone to China. It is understood that they will introduce the SH6230C to the chinese market. The first solar-powered cell phone outside of japanese market is equipped with 5-megapixel autofocus camera and 2.9 inch LCD screen. Sharp also mentioned that they will introduce the phone to the global market as well some day given the increase of ecologically minded consumers.
New addition for Toshiba Qosmio and Dynabook series
Jan 18th

This might not will shock everyone as far as my tech blog is concerned, but Toshiba’s announced some new Qosmio and Dynabook series laptops in Japan. First, the 18.4-inch Qosimo G models (the G65 and 97L) will boast brand new 2.4GHz Core i5 processors, GeForce GT 330M graphics, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD, and Blu-ray. Up next, the 16.-inch Dynabook TX will have the 2.13GHz Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and Blu-ray. Both the Qosimo and Dynabook models will sport Windows 7 Home Premium, and are expected for release in August. Pricing is unavailable at the moment, as are the release details outside of the Anime country, but i’ll keep my eyes peeled very hard.
Multitouch Motorola starting with Droid
Jan 14th

In a recent interview by Laptop Magazine with Sanjay Jha, the CEO of Motorola, he had this to say about the multitouch function;
I think you will see us deliver multitouch in the majority of our devices going forward. There’s a complex set of factors, not all of them technical. But I think you’ll see us being proactive on multitouch because the user feedback on multitouch is very good.
There you go, Motorola will be expected to deliver the multitouch in most of their devices. It might sound corny but it is just about the same.