We stumbled across this little gem and had to pass along – seems that Google is getting all jiggly with the made-in-Japan QR Code tech. now finally. We found it at least somewhat ‘interesting’ they opted to use the iPhone – instead of Android – handset for the promo video. We paused the u-Tube clip embedded below and tried a few scans which returned link addys – mostly the same one – loaded site pages, on our Jpn handset, that were basically useless.
DeNA’s MobagaTown – Mobile SNS – claims 32B PV’s in Nov. almost double the 17B in Sept. [JPN] http://bit.ly/6rqUP6
Tokyo elementary school research shows 70% of six-graders have mobile phone [JPN] http://bit.ly/4GfENL
Next generation One Seg – Digital Television Broadcast in Japan – plans going forward [JPN] http://bit.ly/7EGJ0R
We recently submitted this article – as pasted below – to our friend, and long-time outside adviser, Alan Moore. It’s an honor and privilege for us to be included on his SMLXL site, noting that we’re also thrilled to be invited recently to join as an Opinion Leader on the Canvas8 platform.
An iPhone show & tell session from Capcom demonstrates the potential evolution for locals going global [JPN] http://bit.ly/7hlni5
SoftBank is considering a play for Willcom – according to the Yomiuri Shimbun – see in English Here.
The new Sanyo Incognito handset for Sprint, take a test-drive on video, via PhoneScoop –
http://bit.ly/4pjaa5
The annual Mobidec gathering was on here yesterday and the Jpn web is full of related post event reports. Perhaps one of the most interesting presentations came from Yuka Harada, DoCoMo consumer service division contents director, who shared some real – current – details. For starters, their current flat-rate subscriber ratio is closing in on 1/2 the total base at 21.5M, with 80-90% in the teens to 20’s age bracket. Also noted usage activity on iMenu in October was running about 20M unique page views per day and that their pay contents information fees, with music leading the way, hit about $250M last month.
DoCoMo and DeNA (company behind Mobagetown) are forming a UGC (User Generated Content) company next April. [JPN] http://tr.im/FJCY
