Archive for August, 2011
DoCoMo & KT Share Android Content
DoCoMo and KT announced they will share select content titles via Android Market between Japan and Korea: http://bit.ly/pFk2Y1
Sony 3D Headset Good-to-Go!
Sony will begin sales of it’s HMZ Personal 3D Viewer in Japan as of Nov. for an estimated 60,000 yen or $750: http://bit.ly/oaUPvz
Hitachi, Sony & Toshiba Merge LCD
The companies have signed MOU, together with INCJ, to establish the largest global LCD maker by market share: http://bit.ly/p3FxNc
AuthenTec Sensors for Fujitsu
AuthenTech has noted that its AES1750 fingerprint sensor has been integrated into mobile phones for Fujitsu: http://bit.ly/oCDGO5
Softbank to Sell Yahoo Stake
SoftBank will sell majority of it’s 4% holdings in Yahoo Inc. booking a profit of approx. 44.7 Billion yen or $577M: http://bit.ly/oPzJm7
Mobotap Rolls Dolphin on Sharp
Sequoia backed Mobotap announces their Dolphin browser will ship on the 009SH ‘droid device for SoftBank Mobile: http://bit.ly/oze6G1
IS12T Mango Phone World Debut
KDDI, Fujitsu-Toshiba and Microsoft launch world-first Windows7 “Mango” phone IS12T in Japan from August. 25th: http://bit.ly/nMQDU6
Namco Bandai Does JV with DeNA
DeNa announces 100M yen Joint Venture with Bandai Namco to further develop social game offerings via Mobage: http://bit.ly/nqffJC
SoftBank Gets Sharp Hello Kitty
Sanrio, SoftBank and Sharp have teamed-up to create a new Miss Kitty handset, ‘droid powered and only in Pink: http://bit.ly/nWZ5hH
Mobile SNS Game Going Manga!
The popular Dragon Collection mobile social game by Konami will soon become a weekly Manga title via Kodansha: http://bit.ly/p7Fo29










