http://hippestphone.com The place to see the latest trendy cell phones Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://hippestphone.com/japanese-emoticon-stamp-is-too-cute-for-o/ http://hippestphone.com/japanese-emoticon-stamp-is-too-cute-for-o/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:00:40 +0000 Dave Freeman http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=155126 http://hippestphone.com/japanese-emoticon-stamp-is-too-cute-for-o/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/for-women-only-sony%e2%80%99s-cyber-shot-dsc-w530d/ http://hippestphone.com/for-women-only-sony%e2%80%99s-cyber-shot-dsc-w530d/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:42:01 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=150308 Sony Japan today announced [JP] a new digital camera that's specifically geared towards women. Technically speaking, the DSC-W530D isn't really a new device (it was unveiled earlier this year in Japan and is available for $200 in the US, too). But Sony changed the design to (possibly) make the Cyber-shot more appealing to female customers.]]> http://hippestphone.com/for-women-only-sony%e2%80%99s-cyber-shot-dsc-w530d/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/fujitsu-develops-robotic-care-bear-that-giggles-snores/ http://hippestphone.com/fujitsu-develops-robotic-care-bear-that-giggles-snores/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:01:27 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=150310 Japan gave us one creepy robot over the weekend, but the country of kawaii hasn't forgotten about its roots. Case in point: A new robo bear, designed by Fujitsu and especially geared towards the elderly. The yet-to-be-named robot, which follows a line of other advanced robot bears from Japan, can even snore. Isn't that adorable?]]> http://hippestphone.com/fujitsu-develops-robotic-care-bear-that-giggles-snores/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/rilakkuma-ultra-mobile-ultra-cute-tablet-pc/ http://hippestphone.com/rilakkuma-ultra-mobile-ultra-cute-tablet-pc/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:42:45 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=146091 First a Casio Exilim, now an ultra-mobile PC (or UMPC, as the Japanese say): Cult teddy bear Rilakkuma is on his way to dethrone Hello Kitty as the character of choice for Japanese electronics companies when it comes to giving gadgets that extra-cute touch. The bear is now to be seen on a special version of a Kohjinsha tablet PC [JP, PDF] that's part of the company's XS series.]]> http://hippestphone.com/rilakkuma-ultra-mobile-ultra-cute-tablet-pc/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/sony-japan-announces-disney-themed-walkmans/ http://hippestphone.com/sony-japan-announces-disney-themed-walkmans/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:01:29 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=145435 In September last year, Sony rolled out the S Series Walkman, portable audio and video players, which are supposed to compete with the iPod Nano. And today, Sony in Japan announced [JP] a branded version of those Walkmans, namely the "Disney Character S Series Walkman". To be more exact, Sony introduced nine Disney-themed Walkmans, a special case and a Mickey Mouse stand.]]> http://hippestphone.com/sony-japan-announces-disney-themed-walkmans/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/for-the-programmer-who-has-everything-android-pillows/ http://hippestphone.com/for-the-programmer-who-has-everything-android-pillows/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:30:58 +0000 Dave Freeman http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=144507 http://hippestphone.com/for-the-programmer-who-has-everything-android-pillows/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/pioneer%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccherry%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cleather-belt%e2%80%9d-earphones/ http://hippestphone.com/pioneer%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccherry%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cleather-belt%e2%80%9d-earphones/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:21:46 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=140891 I don't know what it is about Japan and earphones, but this country does offer some unique ones. Today, it wasn't some weird little company but Pioneer that announced strange earphones: One is cherry-shaped [JP], the other looks like a piece of a leather belt [JP] for some reason.]]> http://hippestphone.com/pioneer%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccherry%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cleather-belt%e2%80%9d-earphones/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/%e2%80%9cjill-stuart-sweet-package%e2%80%9d-japan-gets-very-cute-very-pink-psp/ http://hippestphone.com/%e2%80%9cjill-stuart-sweet-package%e2%80%9d-japan-gets-very-cute-very-pink-psp/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:59 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=137642 Sony seems to believe in the power of pink PSPs. Not even four weeks after giving us the PSP-3000 Blossom Pink, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan today announced [JP] another pink PSP for the Japanese market. Dubbed "Jill Stuart Sweet Limited Package", this new special edition was designed in collaboration with American fashion Jill Stuart.]]> http://hippestphone.com/%e2%80%9cjill-stuart-sweet-package%e2%80%9d-japan-gets-very-cute-very-pink-psp/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-mp3-player-sparkles-with-swarovski-crystals/ http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-mp3-player-sparkles-with-swarovski-crystals/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:40:42 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=136029 Hello Kitty, dream cartoon cat of millions of teenage girls and women around the world, gets another portable music player. We had a device fully covered with Swarovski cystals in October last year. We had another one, all in black, in December. And today, Japan-based Mouse Computer, in cooperation with iriver Japan, announced [JP] a player that's kind of the combination of the two previous ones.]]> http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-mp3-player-sparkles-with-swarovski-crystals/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/iheart-%e2%80%9cjewelry-box%e2%80%9d-speaker-and-dock-for-your-iphoneipod/ http://hippestphone.com/iheart-%e2%80%9cjewelry-box%e2%80%9d-speaker-and-dock-for-your-iphoneipod/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:33 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=135413 This one is for the the ladies: A cute, heart-shaped active speaker box for the iPhone or iPod that doubles as a dock and also offers a mirror that pops up when you open it. Aptly named iHeart [JP], the "Jewelry Box Speaker" is the brain child of a Japanese company called Marubeni Infotec.]]> http://hippestphone.com/iheart-%e2%80%9cjewelry-box%e2%80%9d-speaker-and-dock-for-your-iphoneipod/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/itazura-bank-the-cutest-piggy-bank-you%e2%80%99ve-ever-seen-video/ http://hippestphone.com/itazura-bank-the-cutest-piggy-bank-you%e2%80%99ve-ever-seen-video/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:00:04 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=128938 Japan is the country of piggy banks. Most of them either cute, weird or both, and the newest model, the Itazura Bank [JP], clearly falls in the first category. This thing is just adorable. Here's how it works: You place a coin on the fish bone-shaped button on the top of the piggy bank, which alarms the small kitty that lives inside the savings box. It meows, opens the lid with its head, reaches out its paw, grabs the coin and moves back into the box with another meow.]]> http://hippestphone.com/itazura-bank-the-cutest-piggy-bank-you%e2%80%99ve-ever-seen-video/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-lcd-tv-with-super-cute-remote-control/ http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-lcd-tv-with-super-cute-remote-control/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:40:21 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=128912 Hello Kitty, the dream cartoon cat of millions of teenage girls around the world, regularly gets a lot of love from the gadget world, too. But Hello Kitty TVs were relatively scarce so far. Last time we blogged about one was in June 2008. While that one was pretty cute by itself, this new model announced today [JP], a 13.3-inch LCD TV, is much, much cuter (at least in my view).]]> http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-lcd-tv-with-super-cute-remote-control/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/exemode-sq28m-cute-mini-designer-digital-camera-video/ http://hippestphone.com/exemode-sq28m-cute-mini-designer-digital-camera-video/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:40:13 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=128401 Japanese camera maker Exemode has developed the SQ28m [JP, the site is currently down], a mini digital camera that's quite nice design-wise. The device is sized at just 53×23×19mm, weighs21g, can be used with your key chain and is available in red or blue. The SQ28m features 64MB internal SDRAM, but there's also a microSD slot that you can feed with 2GB cards. It sports a 1/2.7" 195MP CMOS sensor that lets you shoot JPEGs in 1,280x1,200 and video as Motion JPEG or AVI in 320×240 resolution and at 8fps. You can transfer all material you shot to your computer via USB 1.1.]]> http://hippestphone.com/exemode-sq28m-cute-mini-designer-digital-camera-video/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-music-player-premium/ http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-music-player-premium/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:20:36 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=127711 The Hello Kitty Music Player Crystal, made in cooperation with luxury brand Swarovski, I blogged about in October drew the attention of quite a few (mostly female) CrunchGear readers. One of the problems was the price: $150 for a fairly basic music player isn't cheap. But now Japan-based Mouse Computer, in cooperation with iriver Japan, is offering a similar device. And their so-called Hello Kitty Music Player Premium [JP] is less expensive.]]> http://hippestphone.com/hello-kitty-music-player-premium/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/japan-gets-ultra-cute-hello-kitty-music-player-with-sparkling-swarovski-crystals/ http://hippestphone.com/japan-gets-ultra-cute-hello-kitty-music-player-with-sparkling-swarovski-crystals/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:05:50 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=120392 Hello Kitty is 35 years old now, and she still continues to be the dream cartoon cat of millions of teenage girls. If you're one of these people and have a penchant for gadgets on top of that, this new and strictly limited music player might be the right thing for you. The so-called Hello Kitty Music Player Crystal [JP] is the result of a cooperation between iriver Japan, Hello Kitty company Sanrio and luxury brand Swarovski Crystal.]]> http://hippestphone.com/japan-gets-ultra-cute-hello-kitty-music-player-with-sparkling-swarovski-crystals/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/japanese-company-sells-lego-ear-phones/ http://hippestphone.com/japanese-company-sells-lego-ear-phones/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:40:07 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=117008 This is too sweet: Japan-based gadget maker Elecom will soon start selling the "Sundries PLAYBRICK", Lego-shaped ear phones [JP]. This is the same company that brought us the "Soundblock", ultra-cute mini speakers, just recently.]]> http://hippestphone.com/japanese-company-sells-lego-ear-phones/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/poken-gets-a-pulse/ http://hippestphone.com/poken-gets-a-pulse/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:14:59 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=113999 Poken, those little thingers that you touch together to trade contact info we talked about last SXSW, are now smaller. The Poken Pulse is a 2GB memory key with Poken RFID scanning built in. When you tap your Poken onto another person's Poken it trades contact information and, um, to quote the website "we’re glowin’ green, killin’ two ‘birds,’ and savin’ trees." Right. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/poken-gets-a-pulse/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-usb-flash-drive/ http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-usb-flash-drive/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:40:08 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=106351 Sanrio, the company behind the dream of millions of teenage girls around the world, cartoon cat Hello Kitty, is to celebrate the cat's 35th birthday on November 1st. Reason enough to team up with design USB flash drive maker Mimoco and give us the Hello Kitty X Mimobot, quite possibly the cutest USB stick out there.]]> http://hippestphone.com/super-cute-hello-kitty-usb-flash-drive/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/thanko-strikes-again-catgirl-earphones/ http://hippestphone.com/thanko-strikes-again-catgirl-earphones/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:00:59 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=105545 Tokyo-based crap gadget specialist Thanko is usually known for selling USB stuff nobody needs. Their newest hit product doesn't feature a USB port, but the target group for their Catgirl Earphones [JP] should be quite small, too. Marketed as a gadget for the Cosplay crowd, the earphones are supposed to turn your girlfriend into a cute catgirl.]]> http://hippestphone.com/thanko-strikes-again-catgirl-earphones/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/meet-an9-pr-the-cutest-multi-purpose-robot-out-there/ http://hippestphone.com/meet-an9-pr-the-cutest-multi-purpose-robot-out-there/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:00:30 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=103936 Japan-based security company ALSOK has developed an adorable robot [JP] that fulfills not one but a number of different functions. The so-called An9-PR can be used as a guide to help people in shopping centers or office buildings, an autonomously moving digital signage system or for surveillance. It's the big brother of the An9-RR, which was introduced back in March. It features a simple electric bulletin board that's wrapped around its head and a total of three LCD screens built into its body (one 19-incher is on the front and there are two 12-inchers on the back). People can view ads, information on buildings and other information on these (touch) screens.]]> http://hippestphone.com/meet-an9-pr-the-cutest-multi-purpose-robot-out-there/feed/ 0