Japan Display Inc. Unveils 543ppi Smartphone Screen
JDI will demo their latest 5.4-inch TFT LCD displays designed for next-gen. smartphones at the FPD show! http://bit.ly/1f2WC0X
Year: 2013
Japan Smartphone eCommerce Report
Yano Smartphone e-commerce survey results; 74% of women in their 20’s made purchase via handset in 2013 http://bit.ly/HRfAJM
SoftBank Wins Tokyo LTE Speed Tests
iPhone 5s download speeds avg. from 15 spots in Tokyo: DCM at 16M, AU hit 17.5 and SBM wins with 19Mbps http://bit.ly/HOKjHe
NTT Opens Innovation Center in Silicon Valley
NTT Group opens R&D center, NTTi3, in Silicon Valley – $3.5Bn annual global spend & largest telecom by revenue http://bit.ly/17kL9Sd
SoftBank and GungHo Buy 51% of Supercell
It’s Official = Congrats @masason and @ipaananen Supercell raised $1.5 billion from SoftBank & GungHo, Kanpai! http://bit.ly/1ci7geO
Japan Market Smartphone Research Results
MM Research Institute Japan market survey shows smartphone share at 40% with Android over iOS by 2-1 http://bit.ly/1fy1msu
Calll Me App Enables Real-Time Exchange
Calll.me app enables p2p data exchange, and share screens, in real-time during voice calls http://bit.ly/1aLxOEF
DoCoMo Fall 2013 Press Conf. Video
The @docomo fall/winter handset press conf. streaming video – in English – below runs 90mins http://bit.ly/1gJyUpf
Android Bazaar and Conference Fall 2013
ABC Autumn 2013 – Android Bazaar Conference – event is running on Oct. 20th. Great line-up details below http://bit.ly/1gjpfYS
Sick of the iSpin – Featuring the Hard Facts
A quick post to set the record straight. All too many times we have heard the urban legend that goes something along the lines that SoftBank brought the iPhone to Japan and that move directly translated into winning the so-called monthly net addition subscriber wars. However, the actual results – using official numbers from the TCA – paints a rather different picture.