Canon Inc. has launched a new inkjet printer in the Pixus series, which allows users to take printouts of data stored on smartphones. The multi-functional A4 format IJ printer is available in five models—Pixus MG7730, MG7730F, MG6930, MG5730 and MG3630. An app— Canon Print Inkjet—is installed on the printers through which smartphone images or web pages are easily printed. … [Read more...]

Panasonic Corp. has stated that its net profit for Q1 of fiscal 2015 escalated by 57% to 59.8 billion yen on sales of 1,857 billion yen. The profit in operation fell by 7% to 76.5 billion yen. Performance in automobile and industrial machines was strong with a supporting increase by 35% hike in profit in operation to 28.5 billion yen. However, the same cannot be said for home … [Read more...]

Sony announced its sales for Q1, which were 1,808 billion yen—a 0.1% year-on-year decline. The profit in operation increased by 38.8% to 96.9 billion yen. The net profit increased three fold to 82.4 billion yen from 26.8 billion yen, a year earlier. The company has attributed its strong performance to image sensors in the device and game segment. … [Read more...]

Panasonic Co. presented an all-inone compact digital camera—the Lumix DMC-FZ300 —which can shoot 4K stills and movie. The camera is mounted with a 1/2.3 inch 12.1MP CMOS image sensor, 25-600mm equivalent f/2.8 Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens, enhanced EVF and 3.0 inch vari-angle touch screen type OLED monitor. The camera is dust and water proof. New features such as Wi-Fi and RAW … [Read more...]

Casio Computer Co. has created a new projector, the ‘XJ-V1’ and plans to populate it in new markets in emerging economies such as the Southeast Asian markets. The product has been successfully marketed in the Middle-Eastern and Latin American market. The company is estimating an 80% year-on-year jump in sales for the current fiscal year. The new model makes use of the … [Read more...]