Japan’s second largest mobile operator KDDI’s au introduced several new lineups for their design-oriented feature phone series last month, and they have been running a promotion campaign collecting user-generated parody songs via Twitter. When you post a set of lyrics consisting of five-seven-five syllables (which has a similar rhythm to Haiku or Senryu) via Twitter… Continue reading KDDI Promotes Brand New Products And Collects User-Generated Parody Songs
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KDDI To Increase Tribrid Powered Cellphone Base Stations To Reduce CO2 Emissions
Japan’s no.2 cellphone carrier KDDI au announced to start the deployment of a new power control system to their cellphone base stations as to switch the power sources to three ways of solar power, battery and midnight power service. Solar-powered stations used to be deployed only in the areas which have no access to commercial… Continue reading KDDI To Increase Tribrid Powered Cellphone Base Stations To Reduce CO2 Emissions
KDDI Running Out of Motorola’s au BOX
KDDI au, Japan’s 2nd largest cellphone carrier, announced that from October 31’st it will stop accepting new contracts for the au BOX. The official reason given is “we will soon sell the allotted number of units for our au BOX service”. While new contracts are denied, existing customers will be able to continue using the… Continue reading KDDI Running Out of Motorola’s au BOX
Japanese Cellphone Manual Goes In Manga Comic
Different from other countries where cartoon are mostly for kids, in Japan, manga (Japanese style comic) nation, many grown-up keep reading manga through their lives and eventually almost all kind of things, which are covered in type texts books in other culture, are provided in manga. (for example, last Manga I read was a biograph… Continue reading Japanese Cellphone Manual Goes In Manga Comic
Another Sekai Camera? KDDI’s Lab Unveils AR Cellphone App
Japan’s second largest telecommunication company, KDDI introduced today an “augmented reality” cellphone app[J] allowing transillumination of the objects you shoot with a camera embedded on the phone. This new app is now available at the experimental lab menu[J] of the company’s website. With a GPS feature and a built-in 6-axis force sensor, the app will… Continue reading Another Sekai Camera? KDDI’s Lab Unveils AR Cellphone App
au BOX: KDDI, Motorola and Opera intro new multimedia terminal in Japan
Yesterday KDDI, one of Japan’s many telecommunications powerhouses, held a press conference in Tokyo to present the so-called “au BOX” to the general public for the first time. “au” is KDDI’s cell phone brand and the reason why the company can call itself Japan’s second biggest cell phone carrier. Based on the Motorola VIP1830 IP,… Continue reading au BOX: KDDI, Motorola and Opera intro new multimedia terminal in Japan