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Robot-staffed Smartphone Store Coming to Japan

Softbank is about to open a smartphone store in Japan that’s fully staffed with its Pepper robots. These humanoid robots will take care of customers and assist them just like their human equivalents. The Pepper robots will be able to sign up contracts and create data plans.

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SoftBank Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge, with Help from Robots

The ALS ice bucket challenge seems to live on and on and on. Someone always has a new twist to how they do the challenge, entertaining us all over again. Now it is SoftBank’s turn.

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Sharp Pantone 5 Smartphone Detects Radiation in Cheerful Colors

After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it totally makes sense that Japan would be the first country to offer radiation-detecting smartphones to consumers. Softbank will offer this new Sharp Pantone 5 107SH Android phone to anyone worried about the radiation fallout from the nuclear power plant disaster.

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Softbank’s Ultra Simple Single-Button Phone

This new cell phone from Japan’s Softbank and ZTE is more of a security device than anything else. It’s kind of like a one-button panic alarm that’s wired into a cell phone. Apparently it’s designed for preschoolers and seniors.

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Like Swiss Cheese, This $1270 iPhone Case is Full of Holes

I’m all for cases, but when cases get more expensive than an iPhone, it doesn’t make much sense. These cases were designed by Frank Mueller, a Swiss watch brand.

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Softbank Will Release Glasses-Free 3d Smartphones: Do You Care?

So Softbank just unveiled these new smartphones destined for the Japanese market that work in 3D and don’t require any 3D glasses. Do you still care? I probably don’t, but I’ll tell you about them anyway.

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Gundam Robot Phone: Only in Japan?

If you don’t have an iPhone or an Android phone yet, why not get a Gundam Robot Phone instead? This phone will be released by Japan’s third biggest mobile phone carrier, SoftBank Mobile, who has 25 million subscribers.

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Robot-staffed Smartphone Store Coming to Japan

SoftBank Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge, with Help from Robots

Sharp Pantone 5 Smartphone Detects Radiation in Cheerful Colors

Softbank’s Ultra Simple Single-Button Phone

Like Swiss Cheese, This $1270 iPhone Case is Full of Holes

Softbank Will Release Glasses-Free 3d Smartphones: Do You Care?

Gundam Robot Phone: Only in Japan?

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