January 29th, 2008
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Yes, rest of the world probably the step child of Sony Ericsson Japan product. Not that they don’t care, but the drooling product always be unveiled in Japan only. Until now, there are only 2 kinds that being launched from Japan’s to non Japan market. They are S700 and W900, and run on GSM network [...]
January 26th, 2008
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Well, since there is deadlock in “bringing iPhone to Japan” conversation, DoCoMo turns their shot to Google’s open handset, Android. As DoCoMo is one of founding member of Open Handset Alliance, the talk is probably resulting much easier.
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January 18th, 2008
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Due to great response from customer, Japan’s third largest operator, Softbank, is going to enable free-of-charge call service, especially for IP phone subscribers. Started in Hokkaido, Niigata and Ehime, the company will enlarge the area to cover across Japan. This service known as White Call, is being introduced for the first time in Japan.
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January 18th, 2008
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Apple is dying to enter Japan market. As their desktop (and laptop) dominate the computer market (and vanish Windows into second place), they want iPhone to have same history. Even if they have already made conversation with DoCoMo and Softbank, iPhone is hardly to enter Japan’s market.
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January 15th, 2008
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NTT DoCoMo announced that their i-channel services surpassed 15 millions subscribers on January 3, 2008. i-channel is a push service that automatically sends scrolling-text headlines to a phone’s standby screen. The headlines come from the i-channel site, which is arranged into five information channels: weather, news, sports & entertainment, horoscopes and recommended i-mode sites.
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January 4th, 2008
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Reveal in the survey conducted by Goo Research that one of three elementary school kids in Japan have their own cellphone. Will sample size reaches 1100 children, 34.4% said that they have mobile phone for their own use.
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December 19th, 2007
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Advertising is now reaching mobile sector. As new media, not many advertising service has been implemented successfully. Among all countries surveyed, Korea and Japan, as predicted, take in lead in this area. According to ABI Research, the total value of all mobile advertising and marketing will reach $1.2 billion in Japan and $684 million in [...]
December 19th, 2007
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As Japan is one of the largest Apple market, Steve Jobs finds out big opportunity for iPhone to be brought in. Seems the idea will come true in near future. Apple seeks for partner in either DoCoMo or Softbank.
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December 14th, 2007
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Toshiba plan to unveil its latest 920T phone. It will be a 3G sliding phone and equipped with built-in 1 GB memory. Another features are 1seg support, 3.24 megapixels camera, GPS function, and up to 5.3 hours of recording time. The phone will only available in Japan market.
Source: aving
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December 12th, 2007
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More than 150 films will be screened at the festival, organised by the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, which is being held in neighbouring Yokohama, said spokesman Yuko Mori. They will compete to grab the prize of 500,000 yen (£2,200).
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