D2 Communication Mobile Ad Rates
Access D2 Communication’s 2003 Picture and Text ad rates guide (in Japanese only). D2C is a JV between – You guessed it! – DoCoMo and Dentsu.
Editor’s Note
NTT DoCoMo N504iS – as TV Remote Control and OCR Engine
DoCoMo’s N504iS can serve as a remote controller for your TV via the handset’s IR port; it can also be used to scan and then access a printed URL. Access URLs below for pics.
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/11750.html
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2002/11/20/n504is012s.jpg
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/parts/image_for_link/37053-11750-6-2.html
Pervert Uses Tear Gas in Futile Attempt to Flee
A man has been arrested after he used tear gas in a futile attempt to escape from a Tokyo video store where he had been caught filming up a woman’s skirt, police said Saturday. Police said that the man used his camera-equipped mobile phone to film up the skirt of a 20-year-old woman who was browsing through videos and CDs in the shop.
Tottori Assemblyman Busted for Buying Narcotics
A local assemblyman from Tottori Prefecture was busted Thursday for purchasing narcotics, police said. The arrest of Susumu Ota, member of the Kurayoshi Municipal Assembly, was followed up by raids on six locations. Ota denies the allegation.
Japan Dec Handset Shipments Soar, Demand Seen Robust
Japan’s domestic shipments of cell phones posted year-on-year growth for the second straight month in December, an industry body said on Thursday, as new-model camera phones breathed life into a saturating market. .
MTI's BREW Application on 'Au' Cell Phone Operates PC Wirelessly
MTI Ltd. unveiled on Jan. 31 the “TUNA M+,” a Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) application program for wireless operation of a Windows PC by an “au” mobile phone available from KDDI Corp. Users pay a monthly charge of 315 yen.