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Category: Technology

  • Pikki

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    Jonkenpon offers up another new web app: Pikki, a mobile blogging service. Read more, and view a screencast, here.

  • Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project in Ginza

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    A reader sent me a link to the “Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project,” and it sounds like Ginza is THE place to experience the latest in ID technology right now. Even better, they’re looking for participants! In the Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project in Ginza, you can experience various types of information provision and services utilizing ubiquitous…

  • AU Spring 2007 Collection

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    Paul goes through a few of the phones from the just-announced AU Spring 2007 collection.

  • DoCoMo Takes On the iPhone

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    So this is how Japanese phone makers are planning on fighting the iPhone? Pictured here is the just-announced D800iDS from DoCoMo, that features a touch-screen. I’m just dumbfounded at how ugly that interface is. Update (16/10/24): The image is no longer available.

  • Tokujin Yoshioka’s Media Skin Goes into Production

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    I didn’t realize this, but it seems that the Media Skin prototype that was designed a while back by Tokujin Yoshioka for the “AU Design Project” is finally going into production. Link via SFTE.

  • Pasmo Explained

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    Things are going to get a whole lot simpler come March 18 when it comes to riding the train, subway, or bus in Tokyo, since not only are all the private railways adopting a new Suica-like touch-and-go system called Pasmo, both JR’s card and the Pasmo will become interchangeable! Patrick explains it in more detail.

  • Apple iPhone's Partner in Japan

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    Brad offers his take on what it will take for Apple to bring the iPhone over to Japan, but I have to disagree with him on one point. He only mentions that they would go with either the bands used by DoCoMo or AU, but isn’t it pretty obvious that they’ll be doing business with…

  • No iPhone in Japan until 2008!

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    Sure, the iPhone is all that and more, and I already feel like I can’t live without one — but no release in Asia until 2008! What!?! Bad, bad, Apple! Jon over at Jonkenpon takes a look at the current iPhone-like offerings in Japan.