KDDI Increases Focus on Kids
KDDI Announces increased focus on filtering & contents aimed at children with a new dedicated site and classes for parents [J] http://bit.ly/RcsAP
DoCoMo Annual Report for FYE 2008
DoCoMo Annual Report for FYE 2008 – PDF format 123 pages – with full financial & tons of related details in English here: http://bit.ly/vGye4
Security Robot with Mobile Ads
Tech-On has a great article on the digital future of robotic security services, with this An9-PR on display by ALSOK sporting an impressive laundry list of gadgetery. Aside from range of LCD touch panels, we’ll get to that after the hop, it touts a face-recognition camera, embedded FeliCa RFID functions, human range sensors and WLAN connectivity for positioning and reporting. Standing 160cm (about 5ft) tall and tipping the scales at 200kg this real-life cousin of R2D2 comes with a hefty price tag of about $150k and will be available for monthly lease of about $3,000 including on-going maintenance fees.
SoftBank Mobile to Trial Spotcast
SoftBank Mobile to trial Spotcast of 1Seg digital TV custom content delivery in Ltd area, for handsets in Yahoo Dome [J] http://bit.ly/kCla7
Mobile Breathalyzer for DoCoMo
Tokai electron ALC-Mobile breathalyzer for DoCoMo, on Raku-Raku – simple model design for seniors, $18 per unit fee [J] http://bit.ly/4jEquD
Toei Launches Mobile Site for Sailor Moon
Toei animation launches official mobile site for Sailor Moon on all 3 operators, w/over 200 stories from the series. [J] http://bit.ly/dg8Gj
HP Unveils 3G-sim Notebook
HP and JCI MVNO unveil notebook model w/embedded 3G sim-card, pre-paid plan at $3 per day, running on DoCoMo network [J] http://bit.ly/XxCo9
Wireless-Watch Community Goes Live
Our Wireless-Watch Community platform with 50 Great Mobile Industry Feeds is live here http://bit.ly/d6vGB Check it out! Bookmark & RT.. 😎
KDDI Rolls E06SH Device & SaaS
KDDI rolls E06SH unit & Saas plan, voice/data, 2D scan, WiMo 6.1 Pro, GPS, WiFi, waterproof, fingerprint biometrics [J] http://bit.ly/12bk7n
Applix Offers Mobile Game Deployer
Aplix announced [in Japanese] they will introduce their Mobile Game Deployer – MGD – application targeted at domestic content providers in order to enable auto transcoding for the Windows Mobile Marketplace. Designed to convert existing i-Appli programs, originally configured to run on i-mode terminal specs, the software will apparently also handle the tricky touch and rotation panel functions.