Tag: iPhone

16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone

Yahoo Japan released 16 free iPhone Apps simultaneously at Japanese iTunes Store. By locating each app on the screen correctly, like solving a number slider puzzle, you can depict a face of the most famous character in Japan, Doraemon. Each app icon is designed to be a part of the face of this character. Usually, iPhone… Continue reading 16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone

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)

iPhone Push-Ups Apps: Be Careful Otherwise You Will Crack iPhone Screen

NEC Biglobe, one of the largest Japanese ISP/portal releases iPhone app “Push-Ups Dojo” to count, record and share (of course, on Twitter) your push-ups. I am sure that there are already many exercise recording iPhone apps. This one directly uses iPhone’s touch panel as a counting sensor. You need to touch the iPhone on the… Continue reading iPhone Push-Ups Apps: Be Careful Otherwise You Will Crack iPhone Screen

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

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

Hatena Bookmark for iPhone: Simply Rotate Yours To Share Your Favorites

Kyoto-based tech start-up running Japan’s largest social bookmarking service Hatena[J] (meaning a question mark in Japanese) set up a new entrance specifically designed for the iPhone/iPod touch[J] today. Hatena Bookmark has a Digg-like feature allowing you to record the links of the websites that you have browsed and to share them with the other users.  … Continue reading Hatena Bookmark for iPhone: Simply Rotate Yours To Share Your Favorites