mobile tech

AU’s Lismo vs iTunes

I’ll be brief with this because there’s no comparison. iTunes wins based on price, however there’s an article that takes an interesting if not twisted perspective on this. Lismo charges about 420 yen per download. iTunes Japan charges about 150 yen for the same download. AU makes it very hard for people to put music

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Tech – “I Feel Lucky” Type Google Search On Fujitsu Docomo Cell Phones

Just today I’ve seen a commercial for “Google ‘ippatsu kensaku’” on Fujitsu cell phones about three times. Basically it’s the kind of search that automatically takes users to the top rated result for whatever they searched. The latest phone (the F906i) also features Google x Yoko-motion. Here’s a picture. Currently, most people in Japan have

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AU KDDI’s EZ-mail server will now automatically save all email using Gmail’s system

I reported before the tight relationship I think Google is developing with Japan’s mobile companies. More and more cell phones are using google as their default search. Spearheading this is AU which has tied it’s online email service directly to Gmail, currently offering 6GB of space. The new news states that all mail sent with

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