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Category: Technology

  • TAB Event Listings on Sony Bravia TVs

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    Tokyo Art Beat invades Sony Bravia TVs! I’ll let Paul explain what this is all about.

  • Appliya

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    Appliya is a new Japanese publisher of iPhone and iPod Touch apps, with a very friendly bilingual site that helps guide through what they’re all about. Strangely enough, one of their upcoming apps, Katana, has been held up in the Apple approval process for about two months — too bad, it looks like it could…

  • iPhone in Japan Is Turning Japanese

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    At least that’s what it looks like. Softbank has announced a few coming updates for iPhone users in Japan. From November 4, iPhone users get free wi-fi public access through Yahoo!BB. A 1-Seg tuner is set to come out in December, and it will also act as a battery charger (something I’ve wanted). It should…

  • My iPhone 3G Experience in Japan

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    So I’ve had an iPhone 3G for a week now. Is it the Jesus phone that we’ve all been praying for? Here’s my take on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the iPhone as a user in Japan, in reverse order (don’t worry, there’s a lot of good). THE UGLY Remember that post I put…

  • Danny and the iPhone Dance

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    Danny Choo celebrates the launch of the iPhone 3G on Omotesando with another look at the lines, and a little dance. Hope he could get his hands on one, considering the lack of love SoftBank is showing foreigners in Japan.

  • iPhone for Foreigners

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    Japan Probe has posted some disturbing news regarding the newly launched iPhone 3G in Japan. According to the terms on the Softbank website: “If you have less than 15 months left on your visa, you wont be able to make a contract, but they’ll sell the phone to you without a plan for ¥80.000.” What???…

  • Waiting in Omotesando for an iPhone 3G

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    The iPhone 3G releases tomorrow, and of course it had to happen while I’m out of the country. Looks like it may have been hard to get my hands on one anyway, if the line of people waiting at SoftBank’s Omotesando store is anything to go by. Then again, maybe it’s for the best —…

  • Testing the Tenori-on

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    Me trying out Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-on electronic music device at the Spiral building in Aoyama. They have two on display for demo-ing, in front of Spiral Records. It’s fun to play with, but I couldn’t really get a feel for how deep you can go with composition. Thanks for the photo, Julie!