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Willcom Kuma Phone Puts the Cellphone Inside the Teddy Bear

Here's an idea: people gesticulating wildly with their hands-free headsets already look crazy—why not capitalize on our nation's love of all things crazy and cute by putting a cellphone inside of an, oh, i don't know, a teddy bear! So went a recent design meeting at Japanese firm Willcom apparently, who was showing their $500 Kuma (bear) Phone concept at the recent Good Design Expo in Tokyo. Kuma takes an embedded SIM card and has assignable speed dial points on each paw, which you dial by squeezing. And of course, to accept and hang up calls, you squeeze its ass. Of course. [Trends in Japan]

9:45 AM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By John Mahoney
2,329 views, 20 comments

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Sharp-Willcom D4 UMPC With Intel Atom Centrino, Vista Hits the States on June 20th

If, for some reason, you were interested in picking up one of Sharp-Willcom's new D4 WS016SH UMPCs, the device will be available in the States starting on June 20th from GeekStuff4U. Personally, I would not be thrilled about dropping $1,526.33 on a device running Vista huffing and puffing with only a 1.33Ghz processor and 1GB or RAM—but to each his own. [GeekStuff4U via BGR]

4:10 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,061 views, 11 comments

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Someone Put a Phone in a Flashlight

We're big fans of gadgets shaped like other gadgets or one gadget shoved inside another gadget, and this flashlight cellphone is no exception. Designed for use in emergencies, this flashlight phone from Willcom runs on two flashlight batteries and has no screen. More »

9:20 PM on Wed May 2 2007
By Jason Chen
1,831 views, 7 comments

Latest by cruiserman1: Looks more like lithium camera batteries than "flashlight" batts. more »

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Willcom WX321J Does It All, But Only Beautiful On the Inside

The United States may have the Treos and Blackberries, but the Willcom phones are all the rage in Japan for all-in-one smartphone solutions. The latest update in Willcom's series is the WX321J smartphone. This does it all and a bag of tricks: biometrics, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD expandability, MS Office suite support, POP, SMTP and other e-mail support. Sorry folks, it is Japan-only, but doesn't it look purty in an oversized and crowded sort of way? –Travis Hudson More »

6:43 PM on Wed Jan 24 2007
By Travis Hudson
162 views, 4 comments

Latest by Silvadragon: Thought it was a SE phone for a momment >_ more »

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Willcom R9: The Most Simple Phone?

Who makes the most simple phone these days? Here's a Japanese handset from Willcom that trims away the camera and music functions of modern cellies, but it retains web browsing and email functions. More »

11:40 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Brian Lam
3,909 views, 20 comments

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Willcom nico, For the Kiddies

With kids getting their own cellphones at younger and younger ages, the responsible parents out there need to ensure that their kid has the dumbest looking phone possible, right? Isn't it an unwritten rule that parents are responsible for embarrassing their kids at any cost? More »