Archive for November, 2009

MediaFlo Good to Go for Japan

The ministry has recognized MediaFLO as one of two official technologies for nationwide mobile multimedia broadcasting services in Japan. This milestone signifies that MediaFLO-enabled mobile TV services may be deployed in Japan once spectrum is made available in 2011. Congrats to the team there as we have followed their course to enter the market here over the last few years, for example this video interview with Ali Zamari at Wireless Japan trade-show in 2007 and the presentation by Kazuhiko Masuda – President – MediaFLO Japan Planning Inc. at MoMo Tokyo later the same year.

Posted: 12 November 2009 | Filed under: Japan Market, New Tech & Services | ..Continue >> 

Smart Sports Wins 3G Award

Congrats to KDDI for “au Smart Sports” winner of 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Innovation in Consumer Entertainment Service http://bit.ly/4Goauq

Posted: 11 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Latest DoCoMo Handsets - Version Up?

We made our way to the DoCoMo press conference held at the Tokyo Forum here yesterday afternoon to witness the wraps-off event of their Fall & Winter handset series. Under the tag line “Version Up” the lineup featured a total of 19 new designs on offer, with 5 Sharp units, 4 models by Fujitsu, 3 from each LG, NEC and Panasonic plus 1 Samsung. Considering the range of new devices - along with service announcements such as Auto-GPS for i-concier, MyArea Femtocell with exclusive AV contents for the home plus several Blu-ray capable units - there should, at least hopefully, be something appealing here for everybody. Check-out this Flash Gallery or see the full 80-minute presentation Video Here.

Posted: 11 November 2009 | Filed under: Carriers, Editor's Note | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo Share Price at Record Low

According to this report via Bloomberg, DoCoMo aims to rely on dividend payments and strategic investments to raise its share price from record lows. “The dividend is our top policy choice, followed by investments in growth areas; buying back shares comes after that,” Tsubouchi said in an interview today. “The share price is just too low.” Chief Financial Officer Kazuto Tsubouchi said.

Posted: 7 November 2009 | Filed under: Carriers, Editor's Note | ..Continue >> 

NEC Demos Android Touch Terminal

NEC unveiled it’s next-gen. ‘Communicator’ device, running on Android, at the recent iEXPO 2009 event held in Tokyo [JPN]

Posted: 6 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Survey Shows 40% Use Mobile Search Daily

The recent survey results from MMD labs for usage of search with mobile in Japan showed 40% do nearly everyday. [JPN]

Posted: 6 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Translate Baby Tears with iPhone

We only posted this little gem is because it immediately reminded us of our Bow-Lingual Video circa 2004 [JPN]

Posted: 6 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Sony Ericsson XPERIA for Japan?

According to several media comments over the last month the new X10 is coming here soon! [JPN]

Posted: 5 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo to Offer Flat-Rate Tethering

DoCoMo has announced that beginning December 1st it will reduce the monthly maximum charge for wireless data charged by tethering a handset with PC or other device under their Pake-hodai double flat-rate data service to 5,985 yen, down from 13,650 yen (from approx. $150 to $65), via selected Internet access points.

Posted: 5 November 2009 | Filed under: Carriers, Wireless Internet | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo i-Channel Launches in Europe

DoCoMo Europe rolls i-channel with latest news of Japan, news related to Europe, sports and entertainment info. [JPN]

Posted: 4 November 2009 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >>