Our compilation of tech, gadgets and more at CEATEC 2008.

This motorcycle charging station showcases new solar panels designed by TDK.  

KDDI launched a new line of phones designed by artist Hideo Kambara.  This phone is also a printer and a projector. Image Source: Yanko Design via KDDI au

HTC in partnership with KDDI will launch the Windows Mobile CDMA E30HT smartphone in Japan in Spring 2009.

Solar powered phones, phones shaped like musical instruments and more.  A new line of phones includes gyroscopic technology that allows users to interface their cellphones to google maps in real-time.  When users point their cellphone in a certain direction, the phone shows a 2.5d image of what you're looking at!  The "au design" show had a stage filled with young japanese hipsters playing their cellphones as a band.  Video of band to come soon.    

Korea's THEMAP showed off its H300 outdoor gps unit by submerging it in water.  The unit features a non-glare, transflective 3.5" TFT LCD (QVGA 320x240) touch screen; electronic compass; and a battery life of five hours during normal navigation.

Nissan used the crash avoidance nature of bees to design the latest in crash avoidance technologies.  These were demoed using the robots below.  Stay tuned for video of our correspondent Mike DiIorio as he gives the tech a test drive. 

Winner of last year's Engadget Robot of the Year award, Ugobe's Pleo is one of our favorites.  Showcased again at CEATEC, this emotibot's features include binaural hearing; camera based navigation and light detection; beat detection and more.