Mobile Applications

February 2006

• (02/16/06) Multilingual mobile mapping app targeted at foreigners
• (02/13/06) 3D rendering engine MascotCapsule in 100m mobile devices
• (02/09/06) Mobile Suica: 20,000 subscribers in one week
• (02/07/06) Remocon Saucer utilizes 3G service
• (02/06/06) Podcasts for cellphones
• (02/01/06) List of Japan's mobile apps with potential for adoption in US

January 2006

• (01/31/06) Voice recognition simplifies access to mobile blogs
• (01/27/06) Cellphone stock trading rakes in billions of value
• (01/24/06) E-books find popularity among mobile handset users
• (01/23/06) Four reasons for high mobile data usage uptake in Japan
• (01/03/06) Wine Labels Database

Japan's Wireless Carriers

February 2006

• (02/14/06) Motorola and Nokia get into partnerships with local players

January 2006

• (01/25/06) KDDI posts 300m downloads of polyphonic ringtones
• (01/18/06) DoCoMo rethinks its strategy
• (01/12/06) Japan ends 2005 with more than 90 million handset users
• (01/08/06) Foreign handset makers’ goal in Japan
• (01/05/06) NTT DoCoMo: 20 million of 3G users now

Japanese Handset Makers

February 2006

• (02/15/06) Report: Top-selling phones in Japan during first week in February
• (02/08/06) Eco handset - a real differentiator for NEC

January 2006

• (01/30/06) Music phone from NEC holds up to 1,000 songs
• (01/26/06) Vodafone probes Japan's market with 2G phone
• (01/22/06) Handset subsidies in Japan
• (01/16/06) Prosolid vs. Razr V3: the thinnest phones compared
• (01/12/06) NEC chip: 50 hours of non-stop audio playback on cellphone
• (01/11/06) Can basic phones in Japan count as mid-range in US?
• (01/09/06) Japan's smartphones: W-ZERO3
• (01/08/06) Foreign handset makers’ goal in Japan