Jean Snow [.net]

Category: Technology

  • Dual Music Player

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    I don’t listen to CDs anymore (just rip them), but I must say that this portable dual music player — it plays MP3s and CD — from Yanko Design looks pretty damn cool.

  • Books on Phones Sell Well

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    A couple of interesting statistics for the past year from the Digital Content Association of Japan (from Anime New Network): Sales of electronic books (including manga) on phones grew 331.3% Sales of e-books (non-phone) grew 69.7%

  • iPhone Does Manga

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    From Anime News Network: The software developer Voice Bank demonstrated software that can convert manga for Apple iPhone screens at the Red Herring 2007 “Insight Japan” conference in Kyoto, Japan, and the company is seeking partners to deliver content from Digital Manga Association Japan in the United States. Voice Bank CEO Yoshihide Kinokawa demonstrated the…

  • Keitai Manga

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    THE JAPAN TIMES has a piece up on mobile phone-formatted manga, which to me, really does sound like something I’d like to see grow even more (including from North American publishers).

  • MEDIA SKIN in Black

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    I’ll admit that up until now I haven’t really been attracted to the design of the MEDIA SKIN phone from the AU Design Project — they always show images of that red/orange version — but I must say that the black one that Roy got looks mighty fine.

  • MEDIA SKIN on Display

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    LDK’s Jun checks out the Tokujin Yoshioka-designed MEDIA SKIN phone in Omotesando Hills. She liked it so much that she has one on reserve already. Planning on getting one? In the comment thread, a reader writes: “In every AU shop I asked, they said there are already too many reservations and they don’t accept others!”…

  • Second Life in Japan

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    Second Life — the online virtual world that boasts rainfalls of dildoes (to get a better take on it, follow Warren Ellis‘ excellent weekly “Second Life Sketches” column for Reuters) — is coming to Japan. Will it catch on here? I finally got around to downloading the client a few weeks ago, wanting to find…

  • Softbank + Pantone

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    If you’ve ridden on the Yamanote line in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen the massive ad campaign for the latest mobile phone model to come from Softbank, the Pantone collection (also known under the exceedingly boring model name 812SH), available in 20 colors. The image above is from a post on Core77.…