This time, there were some interesting mobile products including reference exhibits, so I will summarize them here. Sharp stood out. After all, t...
This time, there were some interesting mobile products including reference exhibits, so I will summarize them here.
Sharp stood out. After all, the massive display of powerful Mebius notebooks was flooded with demos of the just-announced Color Zaurus. In particular, Color Zaurus seemed to have received a demonstration using the digital camera function, and the explanation staff was also busy responding to questions and people coming one after another. The picture is just a Zaurus type display prepared on the stage, and of course the real thing is not so big.
Matsushita Electric exhibited a mobile tool called “S1” and “S10” that looked like an electronic organizer. It seems that it is not a product for the general public like Zaurus, but a product mainly for system sales by insurance companies. The S10 has a larger liquid crystal than the S1. It had a modem unit and was demonstrated by connecting via the PHS earphone terminal. This form also explains, “At present, this is the only one.” S1 weighs 220g and the PC slot supports Type2. It also supports IrDA. By the way, I seem to have lost my business card in this place …
Sanyo also exhibited a new PHS (with a vibrator), but the ones that caught my interest were all reference exhibits. One is that the image data is transmitted as it is by connecting to the PHS from the serial port of the digital camera via the adapter. Unfortunately there was no demonstration. Another reference exhibit is a communication device such as a set with an electronic organizer that is based on PHS and has a liquid crystal display that allows handwriting. In addition to sending handwritten memos written on the spot to faxes, it also receives and displays fax data. The liquid crystal is 640×240 and there is no backlight. It has an RS232C port and uses it to output to a printer. Of course, it can also be used as a landline phone.
News
Bloomberg Technology Bloomberg Technology
- Comcast’s MSNBC to Change Name to MS NOW in Versant Spinoffby Hannah Miller on 2025年8月18日 at PM 1:10
Political news network MSNBC is preparing to change its name as Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal spins off some of its media brands into a separate company called Versant.
- Neocloud Operators Depend on Nvidia Chips Staying Expensiveby Edward Ludlow on 2025年8月18日 at AM 11:01
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ed Ludlow reflects on his interview with CoreWeave’s CEO and what it tells us about the risky business of building specialized AI cloud infrastructure.
- Comcast Gets Serious About Subscriber Losses — A Long Fight Loomsby Kelcee Griffis on 2025年8月18日 at AM 10:00
A record slump in internet customers has stirred the cable-TV giant into action
- Thailand to Allow Foreign Tourists to Convert Crypto to Bahtby Anuchit Nguyen on 2025年8月18日 at AM 8:50
Tourism-reliant Thailand will relax restrictions on foreign visitors converting digital-asset holdings into the baht to fund their travel expenses and spending while in the country.
- Foxconn to Operate SoftBank’s Stargate AI Server Site in Ohioby Debby Wu on 2025年8月18日 at AM 7:58
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what’s in the running to be the first manufacturing site in the Japanese company’s $500 billion Stargate venture with OpenAI and Oracle Corp.
- Minebea Stays Pat in Bidding War for Japan Sensor Maker Shibauraby Yuki Furukawa, Debby Wu on 2025年8月18日 at AM 6:43
Minebea Mitsumi Inc.’s latest offer for Shibaura Electronics Co. is likely its final bid, according to the former’s chief executive officer, signaling an end to a months-long takeover battle for the Japanese maker of car and server sensors.
- Anker Innovations Is Said to Consider Listing in Hong Kongby Julia Fioretti on 2025年8月18日 at AM 6:18
Chinese electronics manufacturer Anker Innovations Technology Co. is considering listing shares in Hong Kong as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
- MTN Plunges Most in Two Years as South Africa Unit Underperformsby Loni Prinsloo, Jennifer Zabasajja on 2025年8月18日 at AM 5:34
MTN Group Ltd.’s shares plunged after revenue at its South African unit fell, prompting the continent’s biggest mobile-phone operator to revamp its management.
