| Jul 13 | Android Phone Coming from Fujitsu, Headed to DoCoMo? (intomobile.com) |
| Following on the Fujitsu / Toshiba mobile merger, reports have bubbled up saying that they've already started on their first handset, which is headed to Japan's NTT DoCoMo and will be running Android. Little beyond that is known, but the platform choice is significant, given Toshiba had already put significant time and effort into some rightly impressive Windows Mobile hardware. Though the bulk of Fujitsu's previous experience in mobile revolved around feature phones, they've worked with DoCoMo on getting LTE ready in Japan. |
| Jul 09 | DoCoMo plans new app platform for phones (AFP) |
 Japan's number one mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo has said it will add a new application platform to its "i-mode" handsets this year as it tries to catch up with Apple's runaway iPhone success.
NTT DoCoMo will allow third-party individuals to develop applications for the company's 50 million "i-mode" users, spokeswoman Makiko Furuta said.
DoCoMo revolutionised Japan's mobile phone market with the 1999 launch of its i-mode service, which brought internet services to mobile phones. However, DoCoMo restricted the number of app developers, citing quality control issues.
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| Jul 09 | Personal Music Showers Introduced at Burger King in Japan (slashgear.com) |
 At a Burger King in Tokyo, Japan, it looks like they want you to stay as long as you want - just make sure you've got an iPod Touch or iPhone.
Why? Because if you have one of those gadgets, you'll be able to hook it up into a connector in your booth. Once you do that, you'll be able to pick whatever music you want, and listen to it in your booth. How can they do that without bothering the other customers? Specialized "music showers," which are designed to reside above your booth like a hanging lamp, pointed down right at your table and covered by a dish. The music will fall like water into your booth, and that way you can listen to whatever you want without disturbing anyone else. Or vice versa, of course.
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| Jul 08 | Google to enter e-book business in Japan in early 2011 (AP) |
| U.S. online search giant Google Inc. will enter the electronic book business in Japan early next year, allowing access to e-books through any instruments that are connected to the Internet, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. The company currently offers a service called "Google books," enabling users to read up to 20 percent of a book for free on the Internet through digital images. Google obtains approval from publishers to offer books through the e-book service. |
| Jul 08 | Horizons widen for cloud computing (Yomiuri) |
| Cloud-computing services--which allow users to send e-mail, store documents, conduct business transactions and perform various other functions via Internet-based networks--are becoming increasingly popular with individuals and companies. NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. started offering servers for cloud-computing use this fiscal year, and are hoping to ramp up their provision of such services to corporate clients and local governments. Cloud-computing involves individuals and companies storing data and software on third-party servers, where it can be accessed online and downloaded by designated users. |
| Jul 08 | Docomo to release SIM locks on mobile phones, other companies still cautious (Mainichi) |
 NTT Docomo has announced they will be the first cell phone company in Japan to release the SIM locks on their phones that prevent users from using their phones with other carriers.
Other cell phone companies, however, are cautious, suggesting users will have to wait some time before they can freely choose a carrier separately from their phone.
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| Jul 07 | More memory, same price for PS3 (Japan Times) |
| Sony Corp. will introduce a new model of its PlayStation 3 video game console July 29 that offers more memory at the same price as the previous machine. The company will sell a 160-gigabyte model for ¥29,980, the same price at which Sony had previously offered its 120-gigabyte console, the company said Tuesday. A 320-gigabyte model will sell for ¥34,980. |
| Jul 07 | Fujitsu to let developers test software for free (Reuters) |
| Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's biggest IT services firm, said on Tuesday that it would allow software developers to run their programs on its hardware free of charge so that they can examine performance. Fujitsu hopes the testing will boost sales of its computer servers, aiming to double such sales to about 10 billion yen ($114 million) by the financial year starting next April. The testing would enable software makers to better promote their products to prospective clients such as manufacturers, a Fujitsu spokeswoman said. |
| Jul 02 | Toshiba to develop batteries for electric vehicles (Mainichi) |
| Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Friday it's jumping into the battery business for electric vehicles in a development deal with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. It's the first EV battery deal with a major automaker for Toshiba, which already makes batteries for laptops and cell phones, said company spokesman Ken Shinjo. Production will start sometime next year, in a new facility in Niigata, northern Japan, according to Toshiba. |
| Jul 02 | Sony offers software fix to save melting VAIO computers (Japan Times) |
| Sony Corp. said Wednesday it has started providing free software updates to more than half a million users worldwide to fix a glitch that could cause overheating in its popular VAIO laptops. No injuries have been reported, but the Tokyo-based electronics company said it has received 39 problem reports, including 26 in the U.S., with users complaining about the heat and distortion of the shape of their computers, the company said. The problem could affect 535,000 VAIO laptops worldwide, mainly U.S. users but also others in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia. |
| Jul 01 | SoftBank punts free ADSL for femtocell folk (The Register) |
| Free ADSL and a free femtocell, but you still have to pay for mobile calls: Japanese punters now have a new business model from SoftBank Mobile. Rather than offer better coverage, or discounted calls, SoftBank Mobile is turning the femtocell business around by offering free ADSL to anyone who'll extend the operator's coverage by fitting a femtocell into their home or business. Femtocells are tiny, generally 3G, base stations that piggyback on the customer's broadband connection to route calls back to the operator's network. The utility of such technology is unquestioned, though some operators have found integration challenging and there's still a lot of debate around who pays for them. |
| Jun 30 | Sony says 535,000 laptops at risk of overheating (Computerworld) |
 More than half a million Sony laptops sold this year contain a software bug that could lead them to overheat, the company said Wednesday.
Sony has recorded 39 cases of overheating among Vaio F and C series laptops that have been on sale since January. In some cases the overheating has led the laptop case to deform.
A bug in the heat management system of the BIOS software is to blame. Sony is asking users to either update the software themselves or return their laptops so it can apply the update.
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| Jun 29 | 'Japanese Game Show' companies reunite (hollywoodreporter.com) |
| They not only survived a Japanese game show together, they're going to collaborate on more of them. U.S.-based A. Smith & Co. and Japan's Taiyo Kikaku Co. are joining forces to develop, produce and distribute content for television and other media that will be adapted and expanded to audiences in new marketplaces. The venture harnesses the success both producing companies experienced through their initial collaboration, ABC's "I Survived a Japanese Game Show." |
| Jun 29 | Softbank Mobile to offer unlimited data plan for outside Japan (AP) |
| Softbank Mobile Corp. announced Monday it will offer subscribers an unlimited data plan for when they are traveling overseas, starting July 21. The new service, applicable to global roaming-enabled mobile phones, including iPhone and Android smartphones, will entail a separate daily charge of up to 1,480 yen until June 30, 2011, after which it will be raised to 1,980 yen, Softbank Mobile said. The daily charge rises to 2,980 yen for video downloads. |
| Jun 27 | Battle of smartphones heating up in Japan (Mainichi) |
 With the launch of Apple's iPhone 4 on June 24, the battle for the smartphone market is heating up in Japan, putting pressure on Japanese phone manufacturers who have been slow to enter the smartphone business.
The popularity of the iPhone has been boosted by its wide software, or "app" lineup. On June 24, a 19-year-old university student was among the customers lining up at Softbank's Omotesando store in Tokyo to purchase an iPhone.
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| Jun 26 | Capcom: Japanese gaming market in danger of fading (neoseeker.com) |
 Capcom has been one of biggest (and most successful) proponents of propping up and tapping into "Western" development for projects, even if the "West" is not quite trusted to produce new IP for the publisher these days. This drive to better establish development fronts outside of Japan was deemed very necessary by Capcom, feeling that their native Japanese gaming market is by no means the juggernaut it once was.
Indeed, Capcom's head of global research and development (and the force behind the Mega Man, Onimusha and Dead Rising series) Keiji Inafune believes Japanese development is becoming less important to the global gaming scene, and the "West" is more than capable of picking up the slack.
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| Jun 26 | Studio Ghibli to Make Games (New York Times) |
 Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio that wowed American filmgoers with "My Neighbor Totoro" and the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away," plans to bring its quirky sensibility and style to video games.
Ghibli's "Ninokuni," a joint project with the game developer Level-5 of Professor Layton fame, will have its debut on the Nintendo DS handheld console in December and on Sony's PlayStation 3 machine next year.
Industry insiders predict it will be a hit in Japan, where Ghibli's "Spirited Away" still reigns as the country's biggest grossing film of all time.
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| Jun 25 | Coke vending machines in Japan with 46 inch LCD touchscreen (SlipperyBrick.com) |
 Touchscreens all over Japan will be upgraded by the end of the year since new Coca-Cola vending machines
will now feature a 46" LCD touchscreen instead of buttons and knobs. The idea is to make purchasing drinks more fun while making the machines stand out from the crowd.
The integration of LCD panels will also allow advertisers to expand their reach and display maps of the area for tourists. So have a coke and a smile along with some advertising
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| Jun 25 | Gear to create 3-D content starts to heat up (Japan Times) |
 Now that 3-D TVs are hitting the stores, the equipment needed to create three-dimensional content is getting a lot of attention at the 3D & Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo. Makers are looking to score big sales with such devices as video cameras and processors that can transform two-dimensional images into 3-D.
The three-day event showcasing cutting-edge 3-D technology and related devices runs through Friday at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward.
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| Jun 23 | Toshiba takes on iPad, Kindle (edmontonjournal.com) |
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| Jun 20 | Japan loves tweeting on Twitter>^..^< (tmcnet.com) |
 Stereotypes can sometimes be correct, and we Americans like to consider our Japanese friends to be technologically savvy. Moreso than us, in some cases.
So it should come as no surprise that Japan is embracing burgeoning new social media outlets - like Twitter. Myspace and Facebook (News - Alert) have also tried to break into the market, but it's Twitter that the Japanese love. Perhaps it's the cute name or the on-the-go quick updating capabilities - who can say?! But the statistics express volumes - 16.3 percent of Japanese people Tweet, compared to 9.8 percent of Americans.
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| Jun 19 | Softbank freezes iPhone 4 preorders (Japan Times) |
| Softbank Mobile Corp., the exclusive sales agent for Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Japan, said Friday it suspended advance orders for the newest iPhone 4 handsets the same day because it got more orders than expected. The mobile phone unit of Softbank Corp. began accepting preorders Tuesday afternoon at affiliated outlets and consumer electronics retailers nationwide. |
| Jun 18 | Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online (bellinghamherald.com) |
| Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" - the translation of tweet - and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor. The arrival of the Japanese language Twitter service in 2008 tapped into a greater sense of individuality in Japan, especially among younger people less accepting of the understatement and conformity their culture is usually associated with, analysts say. A mobile version of Twitter started last October, further fueling the Twitter boom in a nation where Internet-connecting cell phones have been the rule for years. |
| Jun 16 | Nintendo shows off 3D portable game device (Reuters) |
| Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday took the wraps off a new version of its DS handheld device that can play games and show movies in 3D without glasses, as the hardware wars with Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp heat up. The trio that rules the market for gaming devices unveiled at the E3 expo this week nifty new gadgets aimed at widening the global gaming population by drawing in more casual gamers, just as the industry is beginning to recover from a two-year slump. |
| Jun 16 | Hundreds queue for IPhone 4 in Japan (PC World) |
 Japan got an early taste of iPhone 4-fever on Tuesday as hundreds of people queued to place reservations for the new Apple cell phone.
The iPhone 4 won't go on sale until June 24, but carrier Softbank began accepting reservations for the phone from 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday. About 200 people were waiting outside of Apple's flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza and around 40 people were queuing at a nearby outlet of electronics retailer Bic Camera. Similar numbers were reported outside main Softbank stores across the city.
The excitement also appeared to overwhelm Softbank's online store with attempts to access it returning error messages.
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| Jun 16 | Tokyo-based Mod forges a path for DIY publishing (Japan Times) |
| The arrival of Apple's iPad at the end of last month sent shock waves through Japan's publishing industry. In the ensuing 2 1/2 weeks, dozens of publishers have announced plans to digitize magazine and other content, while others have set up think tanks to ponder their changed marketplace. Even the National Diet Library succumbed to iPad-mania: Its director announced last week that he wanted to start collecting digital books from 2011. |
| Jun 15 | Amazon, Yahoo plan Japan cloud-computing: report (MarketWatch) |
| Amazon.com Inc. and Yahoo Japan Corp. separately plan to launch cloud computing services for Japanese businesses in anticipation of their growing use thanks to Japan's large-capacity high-speed network. Amazon has established a local unit to start a Japanese-language service for leasing data center capacity. In a related move, the leading U.S. virtual mall operator is believed to be moving toward opening a data center in Tokyo as early as this year. |
| Jun 14 | Teenage boy arrested for posting 'manga' contents on YouTube (AP) |
| A 14-year-old boy was arrested Monday for allegedly posting pirated "manga" comic stories on the video-sharing site YouTube, in the first police action against such a posting in Japan, police said. The junior high school student from Nagoya, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, is suspected of posting contents of four popular manga series such as the blockbuster "One Piece" before their publication in weekly magazines from last December to February. |
| Jun 12 | Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks on mobile phone merger (Japan Times) |
| Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are in talks toward integrating their mobile phone businesses to boost competitiveness amid sluggish handset sales, sources said Friday. The integration, if realized, would create the second-largest mobile phone maker in Japan, with a combined market share of nearly 20 percent, behind industry leader Sharp Corp. |
| Jun 10 | Panasonic ships 152-inch 3D TV (CNET) |
 The Panasonic TH-152UX1 is probably the next best thing to watching a 3D movie in a theater. At 152 inches, this 11 foot by 6 foot giant dwarfs just about every existing 3D TV on the market. This flat screen's 4,096x2,160 resolution also means it can deliver four times the clarity of a regular full-HD panel coupled with a superb 5 million:1 native contrast for rich inky blacks.
Shipments will start in the Japanese and American markets in autumn this year.
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| Jun 09 | Toshiba 3D laptop to hit Japan (hd-report.com) |
 Toshiba's new Dynabook TX/98MBL laptop will push separate 60Hz frames to each eye (120Hz total), enabling what could be the first consumer 3D laptop utilizing active shutter 3D technology. The laptop has a 15.6-inch LCD display with LED backlighting and will of course house a Blu-ray Disc drive. We're sorry to say though, that the TX/98MBL will only be available in Japan when it ships at the end of July, 2010.
The TX/98MBL is a hearty machine with a 640GB hard drive, four gigabytes of RAM, and Intel Core i7-740QM processor.
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| Jun 09 | Otsuka Pharma to purchase 1,300 iPads for sales staff (Japan Times) |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. said it will buy 1,300 Apple iPads for its sales representatives in Japan to market the company's medicines. Otsuka will purchase the devices from Softbank Corp. by the end of July for its sales force to give presentations to doctors and study company training materials, the Tokyo-based drugmaker said. The company is considering using the iPad globally, said Yuko Kikuchi, a spokeswoman for Otsuka. |
| Jun 08 | Apple takes the wraps off its new iPhone 4 (scientificamerican.com) |
 Apple will start selling the iPhone 4 in the U.S., France, Germany, Japan and the U.K. on June 24, although customers can pre-order the new gadget beginning June 15 from Apple's Web site, it was announced Monday. The cost is expected to start at $200 for the 16-gigabyte model and $300 for the 32-gigabyte, with a two-year service contract.
Some of the iPhone 4's more prominent features include a Wi-Fi video-calling application called FaceTime and a 960- by 640-pixel display screen called Retina, with four times as many pixels as the iPhone 3GS and 78 percent of the pixels of an iPad.
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| Jun 08 | Sharp claims multiscreen display has world's thinnest frame width (Japan Times) |
 Sharp Corp. unveiled Monday a new multiscreen display system that has what it says is the world's thinnest frame width, upping the stakes in the growing market for digital signs. The consumer electronics maker said it will start selling the system, which consists of nine 60-inch liquid crystal display monitors separated by frames only 6.5 mm wide, on Aug. 31 in Japan.
Based on an in-house study, Sharp said the width is the world's narrowest in terms of LCD monitors that are 46 inches or larger.
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| Jun 07 | Japan: Dragon Quest outsells Metal Gear (computerandvideogames.com) |
 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 was the best selling game in Japan in May, beating the likes of Metal Gear Solid: The Peace Walker and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
The new DS Dragon Quest game has now sold over one million copies, making it the top selling game in the country ahead of Peace Walker.
Elsewhere, Mario Galaxy 2's first week sales were enough to take it into third place in the monthly Media Create chart.
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| Jun 05 | Smart phone sales likely to rise 15 (Japan Times) |
| Global shipments of smart phones, such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone, are expected to total 175 million units in 2010, up 15 percent over the previous year, and reach 343 million by 2013, a private market research firm said Thursday. Attractive for their advanced computing ability and connectivity, global shipments of smart phones reached 89.87 million units in 2007, topping 100 million in 2008 and 150 million in 2009, according to Yano Research Institute Ltd. |
| Jun 03 | Nintendo to cut DS price in Japan as much as 21% (Japan Times) |
| Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of portable video-game players, said Wednesday it plans to cut the price of its DS hand-held device for the first time in Japan on June 19 to bolster stagnating domestic sales. The recommended retail price for the DSi model will be reduced 21 percent, to ¥15,000 from ¥18,900, according to a statement on the company's Web site. Nintendo also said it will lower the price of DSi LL, which has a larger screen, by 10 percent, to ¥18,000. |
| Jun 02 | Cell phone gamers travel and shop to win (Yomiuri) |
| Recently, more than 20 members of an unusual package tour visited Jozomoto Kakuichi, a 120-year-old miso maker and retailer in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. The tourists--mainly in their 20s and 30s, from Tokyo, Aichi Prefecture and other parts of the nation--said they were all cell phone Internet game enthusiasts. A 32-year-old female company employee who joined the tour from Tokyo bought 6,000 yen worth of goods, such as a hoba miso cooking set that comes with a mini-brazier. Hoba miso is a local specialty. The members of the tour must pay for the items they buy--just like ordinary tourists. But the difference is that the store provides them with specially designed cards usable in a cell phone Internet game. |
| Jun 01 | Sharp and Mitsubishi Electric debut 3-D TVs (AP) |
| Sharp Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Monday took the wraps off 3-D liquid crystal display televisions that will hit the market this summer. Sharp said its 3-D TVs, which use proprietary four-color LCD panel technology, will go on sale July 30. Mitsubishi Electric hasn't set a release date yet, saying its laser-based TVs equipped with 3-D viewing technology will be sold sometime in the summer. |
| May 31 | Firms ramp up content for iPad / Publishers, bookstores, game makers set to take up challenge (Yomiuri) |
| With Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer now on sale in Japan, attention is shifting to how the multifunctional device may transform the nation's electronic book and gaming worlds. Users of the iPad can read e-books and newspapers as well as surf the Internet with its touch-screen interface. This gives the device the potential to trigger a remarkable expansion of Japan's e-book and game markets in a manner similar to the success the tablet computer has enjoyed in the United States, according to industry sources. On Friday, the iPad's first day on sale in Japan, major publisher Kodansha Ltd. put an electronic version of the latest work by popular writer Natsuhiko Kyogoku in the Kodansha's e-book library. The book's electronic format price is about half that of the conventionally printed version. |
| May 31 | Ministry plans data centers for cloud computing (Yomiuri) |
| The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to invite companies from at home and abroad to set up large-scale data centers in the nation in expectation of the spread of cloud computing. Cloud computing allows data and information to be stored off-line in interconnected databases. Customers using cloud computing receive such services as e-mail, document management and electronic commerce by accessing data centers established by information technology-related bodies without the need to install software on their computers. |
| May 30 | Sony-Google Internet-based TV venture promising, analysts say (Japan Times) |
| While the partnership between Sony Corp. and Google Inc. announced last week appears a good match, some industry observers say it remains unclear what kind of business model they are aiming for with the Internet-based televisions they plan to produce. Under the deal, Sony will be the first supplier of the device based on the "Google TV platform," which they say will seamlessly integrate the Internet and television. While several major companies have attempted this in the past, the concept has never really taken off. |
| May 29 | JVC will end Japan output of camcorders (Japan Times) |
| JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. said Friday it will end domestic production of its camcorders in the business year through next March and shift to overseas production as part of restructuring efforts to make itself more profitable. JVC Kenwood is a joint holding company of JVC, or Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., and Kenwood Corp., created in October 2008 to enhance their competitive edge in the consumer electronics market. |
| May 28 | Customers snap up iPads as Apple launches sales in Japan (Mainichi) |
 Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer went on sale in Japan on Friday morning, to the delight of throngs of customers who had formed long lines at stores starting the previous evening.
Many of the customers who rushed to Apple and Softbank shops had ordered their iPads in advance, but some customers without orders also snapped up the devices.
A ceremony marking the launch of sales was held at Softbank's Omotesando Store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from 7:50 a.m. on Friday, with Softbank President Masayoshi Son in attendance, as well as some 250 people waiting for sales to begin.
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| May 28 | IPad's arrival in Tokyo causes Japanese to reflect (New York Times) |
 First came "iPod shock," which knocked Japan's favorite gadget - the Walkman from Sony, and its line of successors - off its long-held perch at the top of the tech-savvy wish list.
Then came "iPhone shock," which sent Japan's cellphone companies - long used to scoffing at the clunky offerings from their overseas peers - scrambling to develop similar smartphones.
On Friday, "iPad shock" hit Japan, threatening to bring upheaval to an ever-widening slew of industries in a nation once proud of being on the cutting edge of technology. The hype around the iPad in Tokyo highlights what has become a sobering reality for a country once considered the technological trend-setter; Japan now frequently looks overseas for innovation.
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| May 27 | Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple (Reuters) |
 Sony Corp said on Thursday it would launch an e-reader and online content distribution service in Japan by year-end, taking on rival Apple Inc whose iPad hits shelves in the country on Friday.
The maker of PlayStation games and Bravia flat TVs said it also plans to launch its e-book operations in China, Australia, Spain and Italy this year.
Sony's Reader electronics book reader, which vies with Amazon.com's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook, is available in the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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| May 26 | Ministry to urge mobile phone carriers to remove SIM locks (AP) |
| The communications ministry released a draft guideline Wednesday that urges mobile phone operators to remove the lock that limits the use of handsets to the carrier's own network, but does not compel them to do so. Under the guideline, mobile carriers would be allowed to select which handset models may go on sale without carrier-specific locks, called SIM locks, and SIM lock-free handsets would be put on the market in April 2011 at the earliest. The ministry decided against mandatory measures because users of the current generation of handsets sold in Japan would likely face problems even if SIM lock removal is made available. |
| May 26 | Sony Vaio P with Crocodile skin design hits Japan (liliputing.com) |
 Want to make your mini-laptop look more like a handbag, wallet, or... a crocodile? Sony is now offering the Sony Vaio P in Japan with a cocodile skin design.
The device comes with an Intel Atom Z560 processor, 256GB solid state disk, and built in GPS, among other features. In other words, this particular Vaio P doesn't come cheap. There's also an optional extended battery which should provide up to 12.5 hours of run time.
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| May 26 | Casio cell phones in the frame (Japan Times) |
Casio's latest cell phone, the CA005, just released by KDD's mobile phone service "au by KDDI," offers two products in one. A typical glossy clamshell mobile phone, the CA005 also packs a 13-megapixel camera into its sharply rectangular form. The phone's camera features smile detection and a fast "burst-shooting" (continuous shooting) rate, which is rare even for compact cameras. Being a cell-phone camera, there is no room for an optical zoom but the wide 28 mm lens does have a 3x digital zoom.
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| May 25 | Toshiba LCD has adjustable 3-D window (Yomiuri) |
| Viewers will be able to change the viewing area showing 3-D images in Toshiba Corp.'s new liquid crystal display. The company will publicly announce its new product at a display-related international conference in Seattle that starts Tuesday, and make it available for use as soon as possible. The new display allows users to easily set up separate windows displaying 3-D and conventional 2-D images. |