Get Japan-based Android "Phone Yahoo" Next Month

Japan gets an Android-based "Phone Yahoo" [JP]: What may seem strange at first is actually not so surprising, a novelty, since Yahoo is the largest site. Add to that the third largest mobile operator Softbank's country, the phone provider, the largest shareholder of Yahoo Japan, and the emergence of such a device provides even more sense.

The phone is manufactured by Sharp and is the renamed version of the "SoftBank 009SH AQUOS PHONE PREMIUM" [JP] the company has shown a few weeks ago. Android operating system has 2.3, a 4-inch screen with a resolution of QHD, an 8 megapixel CMOS camera, Bluetooth 3.0, IEEE 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi, a microSD slot, digital TV tuner, an electronic wallet based on infrared communication, etc.

Buyers can expect to find Android applications and selected services, Yahoo Japan pre-installed on the device, such as Japan Home Yahoo, Yahoo Japan auctions, calendar, dictionary, Yahoo Loco (LBS company) etc.

Softbank subscribers to choose the phone to come to Yahoo Japan Premium members free of charge for two years (instead of paying $ 4.50 per month), and can also get extra points for each purchase on Yahoo Shopping in the next two years.

Softbank will distribute to Yahoo Phone in Japan at the end of next month