NTT Docomo

As handy as multicopter drones are, the endlessly spinning blades are noisy, energy-intensive and potentially dangerous. So Japanese company NTT Docomo has now unveiled bouncy blimp-like drones that get around using an ultrasonic propulsion system.

​We've seen those propeller LED displays make their way from shop windows to bicycle wheels, but now Japan's mobile phone operator, NTT Docomo has utilized the technology in a vehicle of the aerial kind. The result is a what the company believes is the world's first flying spherical drone display.

Instead of having to constantly look down at a smartphone screen's mapping app to find your way around unfamiliar streets, Yubi Navi looks to simplify on-foot navigation, replacing on-screen prompts with tactile cues.

Japan's Pioneer Corporation has developed one way to keep up with the motoring digital Joneses in the form of its rearview mirror telematics unit – a wireless information module that fits over a car's original rearview mirror.

NEC's Medias X N-06E is the world’s first water-cooled smartphone.

Fujitsu has announced the immediate availability of its new ARROWS Tab F-05E 10.1-inch tablet through NTT Docomo in Japan.

Fujitsu has launched what is claimed to be the world's smallest Windows 7 PC/smartphone, in Japan.

How the heck does it do that? Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo has used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to demo a very cool new handsfree interface you can use to control an MP3 player using gestures you make with your eyeballs.

Japan’s biggest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, has unveiled a raft of new phones – 19 in all – along with a 3G-capable digital photo frame, so there’s sure to be something to suit whatever market segment you find yourself in.

Nissan has licensed its self-healing paint to Japan’s major Telco, NTT DoCoMo, which will use "Scratch Shield" mobile phones as a value-add feature for Japanese customers.