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Sales of Sharp's TV mobile phones top 5 million in 17 months

OSAKA, Japan - Sales of Sharp Corp.'s TV-equipped mobile phones (photo) have topped 5 million units in Japan since the first models hit the market in May last year, the company said Nov. 2. Overall, domestic shipments of TV mobile phones by all domestic makers totaled 13.2 million units as of the end of August, according to Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association. Sharp, the industry leader, says it will start shipping thinner TV mobile phones later this month that measure 18 millimeters in thickness, 5 mm thinner than the thinnest available models.

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The watertight board "Tomemi-chan" released by Hamaguchi Shokai

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the annual number of rainfall events averaging more than 50 millimeters per hour nationwide averaged about 311 during 2009-18. This is about 40% more than the 226 times in the first 10 years of the statistical period, 1976-85. Small and medium-sized machinery-related companies believe that such data and the actual damage caused by the torrential rains in western Japan will increase demand for products that can be used to prepare for localized heavy rains such as "guerrilla rains. In June, Hamaguchi Shokai (Naniwa Ward, Osaka City) launched "Tomemi-chan," an aluminum watertight plate. According to Minoru Namba, deputy general manager of the sales department of Hamaguchi Shokai, its strength is its ease of installation at building entrances, "even women have no difficulty. Photo taken on June 7, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Sales of Sharp's TV mobile phones top 5 million in 17 months

OSAKA, Japan - Sales of Sharp Corp.'s TV-equipped mobile phones (photo) have topped 5 million units in Japan since the first models hit the market in May last year, the company said Nov. 2. Overall, domestic shipments of TV mobile phones by all domestic makers totaled 13.2 million units as of the end of August, according to Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association. Sharp, the industry leader, says it will start shipping thinner TV mobile phones later this month that measure 18 millimeters in thickness, 5 mm thinner than the thinnest available models. (Kyodo)

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Sony to launch card-sized video camera

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. will put on sale the world's smallest and lightest video camera (photo) on the domestic market Oct. 18, the company said Sept. 3. The 1.07 megapixel DCR-IP1K video camera is almost the same size as a card, measuring 39 millimeters in width, 91mm in height and 69mm in length, and weighing 230 grams, excluding the battery. (Kyodo)