August 28th, 2008
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We should consider ourselves lucky by living in Indonesia. Not because of iPhone 3G (since it hasn’t arrived yet), but because more Japanese phones can be owned by us. After Sharp is about to launch its products next year, T3 Gadget Island (created by T3 Indonesia)-in cooperation with Cutting Edge gadget shop network-are displaying several [...]
August 14th, 2008
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Japan’s largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is about its latest series created by Panasonic and NEC. The launching date is set on August 15 (tomorrow). Both products are going to use numerical code 706ie. The difference is in initial alphabet. Panasonic is coded with P, while NEC with N.
Panasonic P706ie specification are as follows:
3G connectivity
109 [...]
August 9th, 2008
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This report from Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA), which I got via TechOn perhaps is a strong evidence that iShare’s survey on the beginning of June this year was totally a nonsense. Here is the iShare’s survey conclusion:
Survey from iShare said that 91.0% Japanese mobile phone users are not planning to purchase Apple Inc’s 3G iPhone.
Yeah, [...]
August 1st, 2008
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It is pretty unusual for me to wrote something about Panasonic. Last issue which I had covered about this Matsushita’s legacy was when they had reached their 100 millionth mobile phone sales in Japan. That was three months ago, April 7, 2008. And now I have to come with their new mobile phone which they [...]
July 18th, 2008
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A good businessman always recognize the opportunity. So are Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and KDDI-2nd largest operator in Japan. They proudly announce the joint venture (fifty-fifty) that creates Jibun Bank. What’s so special about this bank?
Jibun Bank offers as follows:
Banking service online via mobile phone
Easy fund transfer using mobile
Can open accounts online
Interested? It is somewhat [...]
July 17th, 2008
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Yet another great product from Japan largest mobile manufacturer-Sharp. The CDMA clamshell phone is running under KDDI network and will be branded W62SH (letters after the numbering resembles the creator). The phone is only available in Japan (unfortunately) as today-July 17.
What are the features that being planted inside:
50 × 110 × 15.8 mm
128 grams
3″ wide [...]
July 17th, 2008
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Japan manufacturer, Toshiba, created new Sportio for KDDI au. The phone is sport oriented phone, having motion sensor and “Run&Walk” application to count how many calories has been burned-tagged as au Smart Sport. It works under CDMA 1X Win-au’s CDMA EV DO-and christened as W62T.
What is the feature inside?
2.2 inches, 240 × 320 dots TFT [...]
July 17th, 2008
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Finally, Blackberry reaches Japan. NTT DoCoMo-the largest mobile operator in Japan-offers Blackberry service, begun from August 1. No dedicated server needed, as the phone is aimed not only corporate customer, but individual customer too. One Blackberry to be offered is Blackberry 8707H.
Here are the fee facts:
Blackberry Internet Service costs 3045 Yen per month (tax included). [...]
July 17th, 2008
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NTT DoCoMo launched the new Symbian based phone, FOMA SH706i. The sliding phone is manufactured by Sharp-largest phone manufacturer in Japan. It has compliance with MOAP-software platform for FOMA service. Another feature include:
109 x 50 x 15.9 mm
120 grams
3G connectivity
480 hours standby time
90 minutes talk time and 100 minutes video calling time
One Segment mobile TV [...]
July 16th, 2008
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Takumi Yoshida has made something superb. His creation-which won third prize winner of Design & Technology Enterprise Award 2008 awarded by Loughborough University Enterprise Office-is intended to help people with visual impairment (or even complete blindness) to comfortably using phone.
The Wii-remote-like concept phone was developed through a series of iterative user research, interviews, observations and [...]
