Category: Cellular Phone

Half Of Japanese Male iPhone Users Keep Their Japanese Cellphone

Nikkei BP Consulting and AdMob ran an online research to 1,000 Japanese iPhone users. The result [J] tells that 49.4% of Japanese Male iPhone Users have two or more cellphones. On the same research, male:female ratio is 72.3%:27.7%. Web-tan Forum [J] who reported excerpt of this paid research did not mention how much of female… Continue reading Half Of Japanese Male iPhone Users Keep Their Japanese Cellphone

Japan No.2 Carrier KDDI au Announces Android and Windows Phone Shipment Since This June

KDDI (cellphone network name is “au”) today announced [J] that they will sell 2 smartphones, Android and Windows Phone at earliest in June 2010. They will open their own Android Application Market besides the original Android Market. On there, application providers’ charge will be able to be included on their cellphone bills, as same as… Continue reading Japan No.2 Carrier KDDI au Announces Android and Windows Phone Shipment Since This June

Faceboook Is Making Japanese Cellphone Dedicated Version

Nikkei Trendy Net reported [J] that Facebook Head of International Growth Javier Olivan told them Facebook’s Japan branch status and their first goal, specially customized site for Japanese cellphone. According to the report, Facebook already opened their Tokyo office on February 2nd, which was announced in last fall (our report). The main task of them… Continue reading Faceboook Is Making Japanese Cellphone Dedicated Version

Dentsu iButterfly Experiments AR and Location Based Coupon Service

Dentsu Inc., Japan’s largest advertising agency, announced that they started experimental coupon platform iButterfly with free iPhone application. The application “iButterfly – Coupon Entertainment” can be downloaded for free until the end of March 2010 (requires iPhone 3GS). On the mobile application, user can look through the iPhone app to the town and find butterfly… Continue reading Dentsu iButterfly Experiments AR and Location Based Coupon Service

iPhone Final Fantasy Targets Oversea Market

Square Enix, who holds two best selling Japanese role playing game series, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, announced on Facebook their Final Fantasy I and II are being ported to iPhone/iPod Touch. In Japanese cellphone market, Square Enix has been offering downloadable early Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy Mobile [J] on three major carriers offered the… Continue reading iPhone Final Fantasy Targets Oversea Market

Hakuhodo And Koozyt Introduce iPhone App Adding Video Extension To Paper Ads

Japan’s second largest ad agency Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Sony CSL‘s spin-out specializing in developing location detection technology with WiFi signals Koozyt and the country’s second-ranked newspaper in its circulation the Asahi Shimbun jointly started a new ad service using the iPhone today. The new service is named A-Clip, by installing the iPhone app and… Continue reading Hakuhodo And Koozyt Introduce iPhone App Adding Video Extension To Paper Ads

Asiajin iPhone/iPod Touch Reader App Debuts

Hong Kong-, Tokyo-, Silicon Valley- and London-based tech start-up MotherApp has kindly developed the iPhone/iPod Touch app which allows Asiajin readers to get the latest news more easily on their palms.  The company specializes in developing apps for multiple mobile platforms only by simple and single development process, and won the first prize of the… Continue reading Asiajin iPhone/iPod Touch Reader App Debuts

Glad To Hear That iPhone Is No.1 In Japan Again And Again

iPhone’s “Big success in Japan” is on hype in English websphere, again. My comment for that is “Google Translate sucks”, at least for this kind of research. What does “No.1 smartphone” mean in Japan? In Japan, “smartphone” is a cellphone category which does not support common Japanese cellphone features, especially accessibility to three major carriers’… Continue reading Glad To Hear That iPhone Is No.1 In Japan Again And Again

Taxi-pooling Service Meets The Best Known LBS iPhone App And Map Portal

Probably it’s common in any city around the world that not more female geeks are appeared than males at tech industry scenes.   Except some activities that encourage more females to join this exciting community, such as U.S.-based “Girls in Tech” and Tokyo Girl Geeks[J], it is mere that we see a female entrepreneur who runs… Continue reading Taxi-pooling Service Meets The Best Known LBS iPhone App And Map Portal