Verizon to become a member of Joint Innovation Lab
Verizon Wireless has announced that they would join Joint Innovation Lab.
Joint Innovation Lab has been created by China Mobile, Softbank and Vodafone.
The aim of this organization is to help standardize mobile application development.
The purpose is to get the applications out to the user in [...]
iPhone for Everybody Campaign launched in Japan
SoftBank Mobile has announced their latest marketing campaign which has been named “iPhone For Everybody”.
The company is aiming to massively boost the sales of the Apple iPhone 3G in the Japanese market.
As part of this program, they are giving customers in Japan a free 8-GB iPhone 3G with a [...]
NTT DoCoMo to launch a Google phone next year
NTT DoCoMo has announced that they plan to launch a new mobile phone next year that would be developed in collaboration with Google.
A company representative said: “As we are allied with Google, we are considering a commercial mobile device together.”
This phone is going to be powered by [...]
Apple iPhone bills in Japan to go down
Japan’s third largest mobile service provider Softbank has announced that they are now lowering the monthly fees for the Apple iPhone 3G device.
Softbank said in a statement that they are cutting the fees for data transfer on this device.
Users would now be paying fees as low as 2,990 [...]
Nokia aims to boost presence in Japan
Nokia might be the dominating player in the world’s mobile phone market but they are a minority player in Japan.
The company said that they are now going to boost the features on the devices they sell in this country.
Nokia said that they would now link a Local Area Network [...]
Apple iPhone in Japan for USD 215
Softbank has announced the pricing for the Apple iPhone for the Japanese market.
The company said that they would sell the much awaited Apple iPhone 3G in the market for USD 215.
This would be slightly above the price of the device in the US market where it would be offered [...]
Softbank to sell Apple iPhone in Japan!
Softbank has announced that they have won the rights to sell the Apple iPhone mobile devices in the Japanese market.
They are going to introduce the iPhone in Japan within this year itself.
The company however did not reveal any information on the pricing or launch date. It is also [...]
Sharp 922SH mobile phone optimized for blogging
Sharp has revealed that their new mobile device named 922SH would be optimized for bloggers.
The mobile device would enable the user to update their sites. It features a small QWERTY keyboard.
Sharp 922SH is currently being sold by Softbank Mobile which is the third largest player in this market.
The device [...]
Apple starts talk to launch iPhone in Japan
Japan is one market which Apple would like to do well with their iPhone. The mobile market is Japan is rather different from the America and very advanced devices are available on sale here.
Technology advances at a rapid face in this country with people relying on them to [...]
Walt Disney confirm plans for Japan
US based entertainment company Walt Disney has now confirmed their plans to enter the mobile phone market in Japan.
They would be working in collaboration with Softbank to launch their phones and mobile services.
The two companies would work together on several fronts like new mobile devices, content for the mobile devices [...]
