http://digidenki.com comments and info about some of the latest trends in japan, nice digital lifestyle gadgets, japanese mobile consumer behaviour, japanese mobile culture and general interesting insights into the digital world of japan. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:24:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When the first Flashlite phones came out here in Japan in 2004, most mobile game developers just gave it a merciful smile. Sure not a true competitor in terms of technology and market share compared to for all those thousand of java powered mobile games in the market. Over 80% of ... http://digidenki.com/2008/03/mobile-gaming-the-crusade-of-flashlite/ In the past Japans number one carrier DoCoMo relied on Microsoft as well as on its own mobile services to attract and retain users but took a blow, back in 2007, with it’s DoCoMo2.0 campaign. DoCoMo2.0 – NOT The campaign, the services and the handsets did not excite Japanese consumer at all. ... http://digidenki.com/2008/02/japan-googles-mobile-future/ Japan (and maybe Korea) is the leading high tech mobile countries on this planet. Different from other countries, in Japan the mobile phone, not the PC, is the device of choice for internet access. Now Over 80 million users access the internet through their mobile phones. High Tech Mobile Workers Millions ... http://digidenki.com/2007/09/mobile-business-in-japan-the-future-of-smart-phone-users/ Mixi is Japans most popular SNS service with a claimed market share of close to 80%. When conversation in the media come to SNS, Mixi is also the most mentioned Social Network Service. Mixi had around around 7 million in August 2007 a quite impressive number achieved in less than ... http://digidenki.com/2007/09/sns-services-in-japan/ With everybody talking these days about Apples $600 iPhone, Samsung selling a Prada phone and Porsche Design preparing their $800 Porsche Mobile Handset the question arises where the upscale market for mobile phones is going. Especially for Japan　-the home of brand luxury- this is an interesting topic to cover. Different from ... http://digidenki.com/2007/08/luxury-mobile-phones-in-japan/ After strolling around the (not so fancy) neighborhood last weekend I discovered this restaurant offer steaks starting from 30,000 Yen up to 157,000 Yen. That is around 1000 Dollars or 1000 Euro. Please note that we are talking 200 grams of steak here and not the whole cow. Let’s hope ... http://digidenki.com/2007/07/the-1000-dollar-steak/ Just weeks after the news of Softbank taking over Vodafone Japan appeared in the media things start to get serious. Softbank seems to be pushing hard to de-brand the former J-phone and then Vodafone carrier. Current ads for the new digital TV (One Seg) handset from Sharp for example no ... http://digidenki.com/2006/07/sayonara-vodafone-japan-let%e2%80%99s-start-de-branding/ The ISSA restaurant chain in Japan introduced an interactive ordering and menu system for their customers. Each table is equipped with a deatchable tablet PC like device featuring a 10 inch high resolution touch screen. Visitors can browse the menu, look for seasonal specialties or find a cocktail that ... http://digidenki.com/2006/07/restaurants-in-japan-replace-printed-menu-cards-by-tablet-devices/ (c) Visuals: Ertain Japan K.K. 2006 Have you ever felt you want to use your DS to become more creative and turn it into a a drawing tablet? Then here is the answer: The Japanese company Ertain will launch a special painting program for the Nintendo DS in July. The concept ... http://digidenki.com/2006/07/van-gogh-ds-the-nintendo-ds-turns-into-a-paint-tablet/ All visuals copyright© 2005-2006 WILLCOM, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bandai, the famous Japanese toy maker and Willcom Japan will start selling a Tamagotchi mobile phone for kids from mid July this year on. What first sounded to me like a toy phone (Bandai is already producing several different toy phones for kids) ... http://digidenki.com/2006/06/the-tamagotchi-mobile-phone-for-real/