Monday August 11, 2008 at 12:55
Wednesday August 06, 2008 at 17:22
Multitrack recording application for Windows Mobile. Have to say I’m a bit sceptical about how well this’ll work, but at least they offer a demo to have a crack at.
Wednesday August 06, 2008 at 11:03
Softbank cuts iPhone data plan pricing
Softbank has announced it’s changing the pricing for its iPhone data plan, such that low-volume users will pay JPY1,695 for up to 20,175 packets, with the charges sliding up to a ceiling of JPY5,985 as data use goes beyond that threshold. That contrasts with the previous plan’s flat JPY5,985 rate and means that in a light month your total bill could fall to JPY2,990 instead of the previous floor of JPY7,280. Softbank haven’t yet said how many iPhones they’ve sold, but given that they’re still in short supply I presume the pricing cut isn’t to stimulate demand. What it might be aimed at, if we’re really going to speculate, is trying to get high-roller users to move from DoCoMo before the latter launches the iPhone itself.
And after a dry spell in terms of news on that old subject, the Japanese blogs are suddenly going nuts about it. Apparently the 2.0.1 firmware includes “JP DoCoMo (3G)” in the carrier selection screen [SEE BELOW for correction]; and after writing the above about Softbank wanting to woo DoCoMo subscribers quickly, I see there’s also a (now deleted?) blog post (second in this list of Google blog search results) on Pasona Tech’s site speculating that Softbank has revised its all-you-can-eat data plans to prepare for a DoCoMo iPhone launch; and so on and so on.
[CORRECTION: On further investigation, it seems that the carrier selection screen simply displays all compatible networks that the phone has detected; since Softbank and DoCoMo both use the same W-CDMA format, apparently DoCoMo shows up there — and has been doing since launch in Japan. Nothing new with 2.0.1, therefore.]
Tuesday August 05, 2008 at 15:40
Thursday July 31, 2008 at 16:29
Bonbonkakku.com
Fabric design website that allows you to submit your own custom designs and have them picked up for sale in the online shop if successful.Thursday July 31, 2008 at 16:21
Murakami's Norwegian Wood heads for the big screen
Tran Anh Hung, who filmed Scent of Green Papayas and Cyclo, is signed on to direct Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, with filming starting next year for a 2010 release.
The last work of Murakami’s to be filmed, Tony Takitani, seemed to be well received, but very little of his output has even made it close to the screen thus far. (There was the famous example of the director who wanted to do A Wild Sheep Chase Blade Runner-style with cyborg sheep, so you can appreciate any scepticism Murakami might feel about having his stuff filmed.)
Will be interested to see who they cast in the lead roles, for one thing.
Thursday July 31, 2008 at 11:26
mixi app for iPhone/iPod Touch
Japanese SNS mixi has been quick to get into the App Store. A couple of nice features here, like the ability to take a photo and start a blog post based on it. Free.Monday July 28, 2008 at 17:39
Wednesday July 23, 2008 at 15:56
Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 12:37
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