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Androidoll – Android Apps Review Site For Girls

It was 2 months ago that I introduced a new segmented Android Apps review site for Otaku – Moedroid. Now, rapid-spreading Android phones in Japan has brought us another interesting review site, for Japanese female cellphone users, Androidoll [J]. “Android apps review site from the viewpoint of girls” is the catch they put in large… Continue reading Androidoll – Android Apps Review Site For Girls

Wipe Glove: Running With iPhone

Wipe Glove [J] by Podo is a jogging glove with water absorbing material, by which you may dry your face, neck, etc. during jogging. “The Smart Series” of it also has a big pocket to hold smartphone, music player, keys and coins. The pair of gloves costs 2,390 yen(US$28).

DeNA And CyberAgent To Start Joint Smartphone Ads Network For Mobage/Ameba

DeNA announced that CyberAgent and they are to established a new joint venture company at the end of April. The company will form an ads network for smartphone since May. CyberAgent will own 51%, DeNA 49%. DeNA holds 24.48 million social network users on Mobage and Yahoo! Mobage, Cyber Agent has 13 million users on… Continue reading DeNA And CyberAgent To Start Joint Smartphone Ads Network For Mobage/Ameba

Mixi Releases Android App

Mixi, Japan’s leading social network, already offers a decent mobile web site for smartphone users (Mixi Touch, which was launched in September). And today, the company finally announced an app for Android users (you can pretty much forget their much older iPhone app). The new app makes it possible to use Mixi’s main features, including… Continue reading Mixi Releases Android App

Physical iPhone/Android Test Robot From US$70,000

Quality Commander [J] from Japan novel Corporation [J] is a gadget test automation robot which combines an industrial robot with camera and software. A blog S-max reported [J] their demo at Embedded Technology 2010 conference at Yokohama. The robot touches the device’s screen, by program and/or repeating a human’s first operation. The software will capture… Continue reading Physical iPhone/Android Test Robot From US$70,000

Mixi Unveils SocialPhone For Softbank’s Androids

Mixi, one of Japan’s biggest social networking services, which is the most similar with Facebook among three, announced their new smartphone application plan with the third largest cellphone carrier Softbank Mobile. The trademarked “SocialPhone” is an Android application service which utilizes phone data like phone number data with Mixi’s social graphs. The service is planned… Continue reading Mixi Unveils SocialPhone For Softbank’s Androids

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