Tag archive: Chiba

This agreement follows a basic agreement signed on August 31 this year. The joint venture, to be called IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd. (“IPS Alpha”), is scheduled to commence operations on January 1, 2005. President of Hitachi Displays, Mr. Fumiaki Yonai, will serve concurrently as president of IPS Alpha. IPS Alpha will manufacture LCD panels using Hitachi Displays' world-leading IPS mode system technology. Close collaboration… Read More

Rio has selected SigmaTel D-Major solutions for many of their current and past players including the recently announced 5GB Rio Carbon hard-drive player and the flash-based Rio Forge players. Previously released players that use SigmaTel controllers include the 1.5GB Rio Nitrus hard-drive player as well as the Rio Cali and Chiba flash players. For future hard-drive and flash MP3 player designs in 2005 and 2006, Rio has expressed a… Read More

Plans call for the joint venture to commence operations in January 2005. The JV will build an amorphous TFT LCD panel production line at the Mobara facility of Hitachi Displays, Ltd. (“Hitachi Displays”), Hitachi's wholly owned subsidiary. Scheduled to begin mass production in the second quarter of the year ending March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2006), the JV will expand production capacity in stages, ultimately reaching the… Read More

“The report said Matsushita, which makes Panasonic products, would likely shoulder part of the estimated $894 million for a Generation 6 LCD fab Hitachi would build as early as 2006. The report added that the likely location for the new fab would be Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, where Hitachi's LCD unit Hitachi Displays currently builds small and medium sized LCDs in Generation 4 fabs. “ Korean company Samsung Electronics… Read More

Quote from the review at The Tech Zone: “The DAH-900 128MB version costs $129.99USD. The DAH-900 256MB version is $169.99 which is cheaper than the Chiba and Pro-2. Overall, I can't declare a clear winner as I feel that all three players are a great buy. Each player has its own pros and cons but they seem to balance out in the end. The Chiba has great battery life, FM radio, easy to use, and the ability to add more memory. The… Read More

Quote from the review at The Register: “We liked the Rio Chiba. Its compact size, looks and feature set – particularly the FM radio and the good, customisable equaliser – make it a real pleasure to use. So does its responsive, easy-to-navigate UI. While the Chiba's sound quality is generally very good, the noise that leaks into the audio system at high volumes and during power-on and -off is a disappointment, and… Read More

This is kind of old news as they were released in August, but we never recieved an official press release, so here it is now….better late than never. Rio Audio introduced seven MP3 players featuring radical new designs that create the smallest MP3 players on the market, deliver over 15 hours of play time, and allow for easy transfer of music from almost any music source. From hard disk to flash based players, the Rio Karma, Rio… Read More

A prototype notebook PC incorporating this compact fuel cell has also been produced. NEC will demonstrate this prototype notebook PC with a built-in fuel cell at WPC EXPO 2003, an international PC exhibition to be held from September 17 to 20 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The newly developed fuel cell boasts the world's highest output density of 50mW/cm2 and the refinement of the packaging technology allowed reduction in size… Read More

The J-SH53 will be available in stores from May 22, making it the world's first true megapixel-class mobile handset to be commercially available. The J-SH53 will first be offered in a limited quantity of 300 at four directly-owned J-PHONE shops (J-PHONE Shop Yaesu Kitaguchi, Vodafone Yokohama the Diamond, J-PHONE Shop Chiba Chuo, J-PHONE Shop Omiya Chuo) in the Tokyo metropolitan area. From May 27, sales will commence in the… Read More