CEATEC electronics show opens with key focus on ultrathin TV

CEATEC electronics show opens with key focus on ultrathin TV

Chiba, Japan - Sharp Corp., the leading maker of LCD TVs, shows off a 52-inch prototype TV that has a 2-cm thick screen in CEATEC, Asia's largest annual consumer electronics show, which opened Oct. 2 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on the outskirts of Tokyo.

NTT DoCoMo to launch ultra compact mobile phone

NTT DoCoMo to launch ultra compact mobile phone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows what is claimed to be the world's smallest Internet-capable mobile phone which NTT DoCoMo Inc. will launch on the Japanese market on July 1. Measuring 9 centimeters by 4 cm by 2 cm, the handset, called Premini, weighs only 69 grams, NTT DoCoMo said on June 24. It will carry a price tag of about 15,000 yen.

Mitsubishi Electric develops new wearable display

Mitsubishi Electric develops new wearable display

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wears a new head-mounted liquid crystal display (LCD) unveiled Feb. 6 by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Unlike goggle-type displays currently available, people can use the new display without blocking their field of vision, Mitsubishi said. The device, called Eye Vision, looks like a phone headset. The small display is attached to the headset and is set about 3 centimeters from the user's right eye. The screen is about 1.5 cm high and 2 cm wide.

CEATEC electronics show opens with key focus on ultrathin TV

CEATEC electronics show opens with key focus on ultrathin TV

Chiba, Japan - Sharp Corp., the leading maker of LCD TVs, shows off a 52-inch prototype TV that has a 2-cm thick screen in CEATEC, Asia's largest annual consumer electronics show, which opened Oct. 2 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on the outskirts of Tokyo. (Kyodo)