Archive for 2010

PSP Phone to Debut Spring 2011

According to report by Asahi Shimbun, Sony will introduce the long awaited PSP phone, running on Android, next spring http://bit.ly/fswI5R

Posted: 29 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Fujitsu LTE Smartphone Plans

The Nikkei quotes Fujitsu President Masami Yamamoto saying they plan smartphone launches in India and China http://bit.ly/hl3PGP

Posted: 26 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo Launches LTE Services

DoCoMo, Japan’s pioneer of the mobile Internet and world 1st provider of 3G, launched Japan’s first LTE mobile service today - http://bit.ly/grhaaI

Posted: 24 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

NTT and Index Announce Appliko

NTT and Index are joining to launch their own Android market called Appliko, debut in Jpn spring 2011 w/global plan: http://bit.ly/gGpRkS

Posted: 21 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

NFC for Android Trials in Japan

SoftBank will run NFC Android trials on HTC Desire devices, with a collection of partners, starting in January 2011 http://bit.ly/hYHzpi

Posted: 9 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DeNA Facing Regulators Investigation

According to several reports, DeNA is under investigation by the FTC, prompting their shares to sink 10% this afternoon http://bit.ly/hGUzzQ

Posted: 8 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo and Partners eBook Store

As noted over the last few months, details for the new DoCoMo bookstore launching in 2011 were just announced http://bit.ly/fRiIkd

Posted: 7 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Renesas Introduces RF21S for NFC

NFC World has post on the latest NFC offering from Renesas which combines the controller with embedded secure chip http://bit.ly/fZ9Tur

Posted: 6 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Mobile Music in Japan worth $1B

According to the RIAJ Yearbook 2010, mobile music sales for 2009 in Japan tipped the scales at almost $1Billion usd. http://bit.ly/hHnuUg

Posted: 5 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Free WiFi Taxi Rides by DoCoMo

DoCoMo has introduced a free WiFi ad campaign in Tokyo via a fleet of enabled taxis, complete with PSP for fun! http://bit.ly/eBZVAt

Posted: 4 December 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >>