Archive for Cellphone
September 3, 2008 at 6:18 am · Filed under Smart Tech, NTT, Cellphone, Hitachi, Sentient Tech, Marketing, QR Code
Japan’s first field test of “smart posters” using Near Field Communication (NFC) — a short-range high-frequency wireless communication technology that lets users view digital content simply by holding their compatible cellphones near the posters — is being conducted at a Chiba-area shopping mall, it was announced on September 2.
Major phone operator SoftBank Mobile, along with NTT Data, Hitachi and Dutch smart chip maker Gemalto, are testing the technology with WALL-E and Tinker Bell movie posters embedded with NFC tags.
Throughout October, selected test participants will be able to receive and view digital content such as movie stills and trailers simply by holding their NFC-compatible phones (containing NFC-USIM cards) next to the smart posters. Along with the digital content, users also receive an access code that, when transferred to a compatible Hitachi HDTV at home, allows them to view a WALL-E trailer in high definition (via Hitachi’s content distribution service). […]
Original post by Edo
May 30, 2008 at 12:13 am · Filed under Cellphone, Apple, macro, closeup, mac, keyboard
JohnKit posted a photo:
Cell phone camera and magnifying aux. lens.
Original post by JohnKit
May 29, 2008 at 6:35 am · Filed under NTT, Cellphone, Art
Appetizing dishes of NTT DoCoMo’s mushroom mascot were served up in artist Rika Eguchi’s “Last Supper” installation at last year’s “How to Cook Docomodake” exhibition in New York. Photos by Marius Watz.
Melted
Sliced
Toasted
Smothered in special sauce
More scrumptious photos at watz’s Flickr photostream.
Original post by Edo
March 21, 2008 at 11:59 am · Filed under Cellphone, Video, Music
This minimalist version of “Smoky Bubbles” by Denki Groove (from the “A” album, 1997) was performed on a jailbroken iPod Touch 1.1.2.
Bass: Pocket Guitar (Electric Bass)
Synthesizer: iPhone Synth
Drums: BeatPhone
Guitar: Pocket Guitar (Acoustic Electric Guitar)
Piano: iAno (now known as “Pianist”)
(45 words)
Original post by Edo
February 13, 2008 at 4:28 pm · Filed under food, Cellphone, Sustenance, Simulacra, Game
For mobile gamers in western Japan, a hearty seafood dinner awaits just a few key clicks away, thanks to a unique new cellphone fishing game that rewards successful players with home deliveries of fresh, real-world fish.
The game — called “Ippon Zuri” (which means “pole-and-line fishing”) — was created by FIT, a Fukuoka-based system development company who teamed up with a local seafood wholesaler. Game play is simple: players use the phone keys to cast bait to promising-looking fish in the game’s virtual waters, which include sea bream, crab, and other seasonal fish. When a fish takes the bait, the player is sent to a slot machine screen where, if luck prevails and 3 numbers line up appropriately, the virtual fish is hooked and reeled in. A message is then relayed to the wholesaler, who picks up the real-world equivalent from the local seafood market and delivers it, whole and […]
Original post by Edo
January 4, 2008 at 5:06 am · Filed under Cellphone, Health, electronics, Attraction, Sport, Society
The January 8 issue of DIME magazine takes a peek at some of the events, products and developments expected to have an impact on Japan in 2008. Here is a small taste of the many items mentioned in their preview (in no particular order).
Apple, Disney tap into Japanese phone market
Of the countless new electronic products to be unveiled in Japan this year, few are likely to generate the amount of buzz that will accompany the Japanese launch of the yet-to-be-announced 3G iPhone. For the time being, would-be iPhone fans are holding their collective breath for all the gory details and specs, which may or may not come out at MacWorld 2008 (January 14-18).
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Original post by Edo
June 22, 2007 at 4:00 am · Filed under Environment, NTT, Tokyo, Cellphone
On June 20, NTT Docomo and am/pm Japan announced plans to begin equipping convenience stores with cellphone recycling bins, making it easier for people to recycle their unwanted handsets.
Since 1998, Japan’s wireless providers have been recycling unwanted phones in their own stores for customers who switch models or cancel their contracts. In recent years, however, more and more customers are waiting to recycle their old handsets, as phones have grown more sophisticated and hold greater amounts of important data that users need to access after switching models. Most users eventually decide to dispose of their phones, though, so NTT is hoping they will make use of these recycling bins, which will initially be set up at eight convenience stores in central Tokyo.
The recycling bins, which are designed to prevent people from stealing the cellphones inside, are open to unwanted handsets of all makes and models.
In 2005, NTT […]
Original post by Edo
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