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“Top 50 Apps In Asia”: Help Accelerate 2010 Identify The Best Asia-Related Mobile And Web Apps

Serkan Toto — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:58:54 +0000

Can you think of a great mobile or web application that's either made in an Asian country or specifically geared towards users in this region? Or have you developed such an application yourself?

Then you should nominate and/or vote for your favorite app in the "Top 50 Apps In Asia" program that e27, a startup community from Singapore, have set up. The goal is to identify the coolest mobile and web apps in Asia and give them some serious airtime and other perks (more in the FAQ below).

The Top 50 Apps page is already pre-populated with apps from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, India, and the Philippines. But there should be room for many, many more.

The program is part of Accelerate 2010, an apparently huge technology industry event that's going to be held in Singapore from September 22-23 (register from here/early bird info in the FAQ below). South East Asian telecom behemoth SingTel and venture fund Neoteny Labs are the other organizations behind the conference.

Here's a quick "Top 50 Apps In Asia"-FAQ that e27 has put together:

Asia's Top 50 Apps FAQ

Who's eligible?
Web and Mobile Applications that was developed in Asia or serves Asian markets.

How are the top apps selected?
Nominate and vote for the Top 50 at http://www.e27.sg/2010/07/top-50-apps/

Voting closes on 31 Aug 2010. Results will be announced on Sept 1 2010.

The Top 10 will be judged by a select panel of experts from the top 50.

The Top 10 will be revealed at Accelerate 2010 on Sept 22-23 2010 in Singapore.

What do the Top 50 get?
Get listed in the Asia’s Top 50 Apps Directory which is distributed to 4,000 regional and local business attendees at both Accelerate 2010 and Singtel i.Luminate 2010 which happens Sept 22-23 2010 in Singapore.

What do the Top 10 get?
-Access to a deal room session to pitch their products directly to the region’s top telcos under the Singtel umbrella. That means your app gets the chance to reach Singtel’s customer base of more than 300 million customers.
-Get your app in front of 1,500 tech and mobile industry movers and shakers. That’s CEOs, CTOs, business and marketing people from the leading telcos, vendors, and software and web developers.
-Free access and travel to Accelerate 2010
-50% discount on demo pits

About Accelerate:
Accelerate is a two-day conference happening in Singapore. It will host the largest gathering of solution providers and developers from around the world on September 22 and 23, 2010, in Singapore.

-Accelerate 2010 is the ONLY conference that gives you the opportunity to access multiple Asia Pacific markets in one go.
-You will receive an unparalleled level of insight into the key trends, market barriers and regulatory frameworks in these markets.
-Get involved in cross-disciplinary workshops that will provide you with skill-sets that enable you to gain new perspectives to help future-proof your business.
-Share knowledge with veteran developers and thought leaders on topics such as open source, cloud computing, social collaboration, social networking and mobile applications.

Special Early Bird Price available now till 31 July at SGD199. Use the promo code E27EARLY. Click here to get your ticket.

For more information on Top 50 apps, click here: http://www.e27.sg/2010/07/22/help-us-find-asias-top-50-apps/

“Top 50 Apps In Asia”: Help Accelerate 2010 Identify The Best Asia-Related Mobile And Web Apps

Japanese Comics Target The World’s Second Most Populated Market

Masaru IKEDA — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:30:27 +0000

An NTT group company in mobile content development, NTT Solmare, and Kyoto-based mobile content developer Zero-Sum started distributing Japanese comic titles for cellphone users in India last Friday.

The service is provided to the users of the country's 6th ranked mobile carrier Tata Teleservices, and is also expected to start for the country's 3rd ranked carrier Vodafone Essar next month. Every title costs USD0.42 or JPY45 approx.

Title	Price (India Rupee)
Always by Yourside	INR20
Comic Adventure	INR20
Save the Cafe	INR20
The Tale of the Stone God -Guarding You at Your Service-	INR20
Magic Academy -Miire&Rajie-	INR20
Kimodameshi -Dare Game-	INR20

In India, cellphone subscribers are increasing at the fast pace of 10 million a month in ten consecutive months. The country's accumulated population of cellphone users reached 441.7 million last July.

See Also:

Press Release by NTT Solmare and Zero Sum[J]

Japanese Comics Target The World’s Second Most Populated Market

Japan’s DeNA brings its mobile social gaming platform MobaMingle to India

Serkan Toto — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:37:49 +0000

Tokyo-based mobile social gaming giant DeNA takes the international version of its super-successful gaming platform Mobage-town [JP, PC version], Mobamingle, to India (find some detailed background info on MobaMingle here and here).

According to a report in the Nikkei, the service will be made available to Indian users in English as early as at the end of this month. Mobile subscribers to three leading Indian mobile phone carriers (the country's No. 2 provider Reliance Communications is one of them) will be able to access MobaMingle directly through their menus.

Screenshots of MobaMingle:

The service is free to use everywhere, including India (you can't access it from Japan though). After the launch in September 2008, MobaMingle has attracted around 150,000 members by March 2009 (newer numbers aren't available).

DeNA also plans to offer some avatar designs especially geared towards their future Indian users (see an example below).

DeNA's foray into India isn't really surprising as the country's mobile subscriber base exceeds 400 million and is the world's second largest (China has around 700 million/Japan: 107 million).

But what's really interesting for MobaMingle in India is the number of smartphones. And here Gartner Research estimates that of the 122 million handsets sold in India in 2008, 6-7 million were smartphones.

Japan’s DeNA brings its mobile social gaming platform MobaMingle to India