DoCoMo FYE 2009 Presser
DoCoMo FYE2009 press conf: adjusted free cash flow up to $4.1Bn +350% YoY, Eng. video w/Q&A runs 80mins: http://bit.ly/9vpoeY
Month: April 2010
New App Platform from Japan
DoCoMo, Renesas, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic & Sharp announce app platform – by 2012 – based on Symbian & Linux. PR in Eng: http://bit.ly/d1Pnse
Return from Gulf Tour
Back from our Snake Charming Adventures – Thx to All – http://twitpic.com/1ijzul We’ll cya @momo_tokyo tonite!
Mobile Art Lab – iButterfly
The folks at Mobile Art Lab – won a Lion at Canne last year – have new iButterfly AR app.. cool video via youtube channel here: http://bit.ly/cgIPUp
Sharp Rolls Kin with Microsoft
With two low-cost devices hitting the U.S. soon – and predictable APPL fanboy bashing – Sharp has delivered it’s first major built-to-order product, of any likely scale, for major global markets. The formally code-named Pink, now Kin-series, units tout touch screens with decent mega-pixel cameras and on-board storage targeting the youth market for casual mobile web surfing markets and SNS activities. While we had to snicker at the final quote on their PR Note: This product is not designed for the Japanese market, however, it’s a fools game to ‘short’ a clear desire – in the land of WalMart – to get a better than average deal.. 😎
Boingo Adds 1,600 Hotspots in Japan
Boingo Wireless is adding more than 1,600 additional locations in Japan through a roaming partnership with NTT Communications. This brings Boingo’s total footprint to well over 6,500 hotspots in Japan. Boingo customers can get online at NTT Communications Wi-Fi locations immediately; select Boingo Platform Service Partners that wholesale Boingo’s global WiFi access products, and their customers, will gain access in the future.