Japanâs Best Sellers Go Cellular
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In Japan, cellphone novels have not only infiltrated the mainstream but have come to dominate it.
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The use of mobile phones in emerging markets is growing but people are using their phones for more than just talking.
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Top Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo (9437.T) said on Thursday it would launch a 3G phone equipped for use overseas and including a video conferencing function, getting a leg-up on its closest rival, KDDI Corp. (9433.T).
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This month's pick of Asia's coolest new toys is heavy on handsets.
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When Kyocera (NYSE:KYO) bought Sanyo (NASDAQ:SANYY)'s mobile phone business last week, it left more than one analyst in Tokyo puzzled.
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Japan has some of the most congested, confusing and cramped streets in the world. It also boasts some of the latest technology in zapping computerized data to millions of cars, delivering what may be the world's smartest way to drive.
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InfoWorld - Just a few years ago, Japan's lead in all things digital was easy to see. Japanese consumers could buy new domestic gadgets from companies like Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic, often a year or two before they hit the market in other countries. But now things have changed. With gadgets increasingly coming out at the same time around the world, it's no longer the hardware that makes something cool, but what you can do with it.
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Apple Inc. is negotiating with Japan's top mobile phone carrier to launch the iPhone in Japan, though the cut of subscriber revenue that Apple wants has been a sticking point, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Napster Inc. said on Tuesday its  digital music service is now available in Japan, which it  called the largest music market outside of the United States.
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(InfoWorld) - Cellphones in Japan could soon provide a vital warning seconds ahead of a major earthquake. The country's three largest cellular carriers, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, and Softbank Mobile, plan to develop a way to automatically funnel alerts to cellphones from a new government advance warning system, which went into operation last year. The system, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), ties together an extensive network of earthquake monitors on a high-speed network to provide data to a variety of users, including TV stations, manufacturers, and cellphone operators. The system provides warnings by measuring the primary waves (P-waves) from a quake, which are weak and fast-moving, to automatically predict when the slower and much more destructive secondary waves (S-waves) will arrive at a given location and how strong they will be. The amount of warning varies and could be anything from a few seconds to up to a minute. People closer to the quake's epicenter get shorter warnings -- and in some cases might get none at all -- but researchers agree that the possibility of any warning is better than none. The government data, which will provide the base for the cellphone system, has already been supplied to a number of groups, including manufacturers and hospitals. The buildings are equipped with receivers to receive data from the government or service providers. The alarm system is designed to automatically stop heavy machinery or save PC data. In the future, it may also be able to automatically shut off gas valves. In the earthquake that hit Kobe in 1995, more people died from resulting fires than from the quake itself. The cellphone companies hope to have a system launched in 2008. Â
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Kyocera can use the Sanyo brand on cell phones sold in Japan and North America, in a deal a year in the making.
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All handset vendors combined shipped  285 million cell phones in the July-September quarter, with  strong demand in Asia and Africa lifting sales 12 percent from  a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.
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InfoWorld - Japan's biggest mobile telecom carrier gave its strongest support yet toÂ Google's Android platformÂ on Thursday when it said it is considering a cell phone based on the technology.
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Tired of pushing all those buttons on your cell phone? Some Japanese handsets slated to hit stores next month are designed to solve that problem: They respond to shakes, tilts and jiggles.
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MANHASSET, NY - NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Tuesday (Nov. 16) started selling what one analyst called the &quot;world&#39;s first commercially available&quot; combination Wi-Fi/cellular phone.
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InfoWorld - It's easy to be wowed by Japan's mobile communications infrastructure. "Next-generation" 3G coverage is now so ubiquitous that carriers have already stopped launching 2G phones; an impressive array of attractive handsets offer free digital TV; phones can be used to pay for goods and train rides, thanks to embedded contactless smart cards; and on the mobile information superhighway data whizzes along at 3.6Mbps.
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Anti-virus protection will ship later this month with some new phones in Japan, a harbinger of cellular threats to come. Security products are already available for handheld