Archive for June, 2010

Softbank Announces Femto for Free

SoftBank Mobile Announces Femto Giveaway - including free ADSL plan with long term contract

Posted: 30 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Summer 2010 - Japan Superphone Specs

For those who wonder Why Japan Couldn’t Make a Phone Like This.. it would be easy to shred your one-way approach, maybe we’ll get around to that yet. Meanwhile, lets just look forward for now shall we..?!?

A quick review of the new F-06B for DoCoMo by Fujitsu just released to the market here on June 12th. It’s the first example, that we can find, of a waterproof handset that has both slider and twister design, guess that was an engineering challenge. Touting 13MB camera with 4128×3096 .jpg resolution and full touch screen - with scrawling input - on 3.5 inch WVGA TFT display at 16.77 million colors or 480×960 dots. Continue>>

Posted: 28 June 2010 | Filed under: Editor's Note, Sign of the Times | ..Continue >> 

Next-Gen Photoframe with Android

FreeBit has announced new Photoframe, running on Android, that does much more than pix! Jpn: http://bit.ly/cCCeIw

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

HTC EVO 4G for Japan

Gigazine interview with KDDI related to potential of HTC EVO 4G and rumored CDMA iPhone in Japan.. Jpn: http://bit.ly/d53MQ6

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

iPhone in Japan Sales Estimate

Seed Planning research est. 1.7M iPhones sold in Japan for 2009. Jpn: http://bit.ly/awCoWB via @yaromir

Posted: 23 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Dual-Mode WiMax Data Cards

KDDI announces dual WiMax/CDMA 1x data cards, by Hitachi and Kyocera, with new flat-rate price plans.. Jpn: http://bit.ly/bFgT2V

Posted: 23 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Learn Javascript In Manga

Combines 3 Japanese passions: self-learning, mobile & manga - Jpn: http://tinyurl.com/2u7btt8 via @CyberMediaJapan

Posted: 23 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Japan Mobile Shopping Survey

Japan Mobile Shopping Survey: browsed = 65% purchased = 30% Locations, home 45%, work 25%, commute 20% more Jpn: http://bit.ly/9hhI8L

Posted: 22 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Flash for Mobile Going Global

Adobe announces Flash 10.1 for mobile: http://bit.ly/atIAEB See WWJ video with Anup Murarka for 2004 Japan launch: http://bit.ly/9PQT6e

Posted: 22 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Tokyo Game Show 2010

Tokyo Game Show 2010 - Eng [.PDF] here: http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2010/en/pdf/TGS2010_main_visual.pdf - Looks like another blast..

Posted: 22 June 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >>