NikkeiBP Japan Mobile Users Survey 2013
Nikkei Survey, est. Jpn national smartphone adoption at 28% and notes $40Bn mobile payments, $10Bn by NFC: http://bit.ly/15M5LBS
Year: 2013
Kyocera Offers Hydro Elite via Verizon
Kyocera Shipping new Hydro Elite smartphone for Verizon; waterproof, NFC, at $99 w/2yr contract: http://bit.ly/17N6fvf
KDDI and ABC Announce Game Gift Alliance
KDDI does JV w/AppBroadCast (ABC) for Game Gift platform; impressive list of 52 content partners joined: http://bit.ly/14HCoAp
DoCoMo Strategic Shift – Smart Life Partner
DoCoMo is always an interesting player to watch, and not just by comparison within our domestic market. Recently they made a clear ‘Mid-Term Vision’ statement shifting focus towards a so-called ‘Lifestyle Services’ company. Fair guess at first-blush on this for most folks overseas would be somewhere between ‘sure, nice PR speak’ and ‘good luck with that’ based on experience with their own local telcos. However, for those who have paid attention, again not just in Japan, the increasing action in OTT (as noted *importantly* below) and the 4th Wave concept are well upon us here.
New Sony NEX-5T Ships NFC Enabled
Sony announces NEX-5T Digital Camera with embedded NFC for quick sync. share & remote control across devices: http://bit.ly/1amgXsX
Presenting at Mobilista Rockstars Future of Mobile
Thrilled to join @MobilistaRocks World Tour Oct. 7-11 in HK, London & NYC. Get 10% Discount w/Code: 1MRLC: http://bit.ly/17Rv6Oo