Year: 2011

According to JEITIA, the 2010 handset sales in Japan grew, for 1st time in 3yrs, by 2.4% to grand total of 32.9M units sold: http://bit.ly/mAFrtL

According to new report by MM Labs, 57% of smartphones shipped in Japan during fiscal 2010 run Android, with 38% on iOS: http://bit.ly/jRfmJ8

Here’s interesting tidbit, an iPhone app to combine Music, Location and Social Networks – where have we seen that before! http://bit.ly/mMOu8H

Goldman Sachs and Softbank Group have announced $138M in funding for the luxury online shopping site run by Gilt Groupe: http://bit.ly/jkKZAQ

SoftBank posted significant YoY increases, annual operating profit up 35% to $7.8 billion, on their 2010 year-end. Video here: http://bit.ly/iO6pFe

The smartphone component market has helped lift annual results with profit up over 90% as reported by Toshiba FYE 2010: http://bit.ly/jahglw