Another great work on NicoNico Douga and YouTube. This is a presentation “What is iPad”. Not in English nor in typical Japanese but in Hiroshima dialect. You may not be able to find what is funny if you don’t understand Japanese but a dub made on this video is gaining lots of applause from Japanese… Continue reading What is iPad – Japanese dub in Hiroshima Dialect
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Softbank Starts iPad Pre-sales; DoCoMo Gives Up To Provide SIM For iPad Users
Finally, Softbank Mobile got the iPad Pre-sales started. We could find no queue at their storefronts last Sunday’s night, but the scenes have been changed in yesterday’s morning. (In front of Softbank Mobile Omotesando. Picture courtesy: Japan’s A-list brogger Ichiroo a.k.a. Kotori Piyopiyo[J]) The Nikkei reports more than 100 people have been queuing at Bic… Continue reading Softbank Starts iPad Pre-sales; DoCoMo Gives Up To Provide SIM For iPad Users
DeNA Begins Free Games And Community On English iPhone/iPad
DeNA, which runs one of big three Japanese social networking Mobage-Town, today announced and immediately launched MiniNation and its games, their popular social games and its basement community in English on iPhone/iPad for oversea users. The games and MiniNation are only available “outside of Japan”. So it is not for their royal Japanese users but… Continue reading DeNA Begins Free Games And Community On English iPhone/iPad
Softbank Mobile To Begin iPad Pre-orders Tomorrow
Softbank Mobile announced it would begin the iPad pre-orders tomorrow (Monday, May 10) at 10am, Japan Time. You’ll be able to make it at iPad authorized dealers such as selected Softbank Mobile shops and consumer electronics retailers. Apple Japan’s online store deals with the iPad Wi-Fi model only, and Apple Stores will deal with all… Continue reading Softbank Mobile To Begin iPad Pre-orders Tomorrow
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)
News on the latter half of January 2010 which we did not write as a dedicated article. Part 1 is here. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. METI Lottery In Exchange For Used Cellphone Campaign Collaborates Hatsune Miku Chinese Guy In Saitama Arrested By Providing Proxy Servers For Chinese Gamers To Play… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)
Japan Has iPad(Aipad) – It’s Hi Tech Adult Diaper
Last article, I wrote Fujitsu’s iPad is only for USA market so this time Apple would not have a trademark problem in Japan… Maybe wrong. ITMedia found [J] a sensor-ready adult absorbent brief product [J] by a company called Awajitec [J], named “あいパッド”, which pronounce exactly same as iPad in Japanese. Although the product page’s… Continue reading Japan Has iPad(Aipad) – It’s Hi Tech Adult Diaper
iPad-Fujitsu Trademark Conflict Sounds Familiar In Japan
Apple’s “revolutionary” tablet PC iPad name collides with Fujitsu US’s shop clerk gear which exists for 8 years. (Engadget goes deeper) That may remind US people Apple and Cisco’s issue around the iPhone brand. To Japanese, “Aiphone” story is familiar. When Apple brought iPhone into Japan, they faced a similar issue against another Japanese “intercom”… Continue reading iPad-Fujitsu Trademark Conflict Sounds Familiar In Japan
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)
Last week our RSS subscribers passed over 5,000, which is a good milestone. Twitter followers also increased to 400. Following @asiajin also will notify our latest articles. Thank you so much. Here is the first half of January Japanese IT/Web interesting news links we did not take as a dedicated article. (part 2 is here)… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)