Monday, October 09, 2006
Yahoo!-keitai replaces Vodafone-Live!
SoftBank replaced Vodafone-Live! by Yahoo!-Keitai. SoftBank phones have a "Y!"-button which links to Yahoo!-keitai. Yahoo-Keitai! offers a list of official sites, new services (e.g. a new communicator service), and also access to free mobile internet sites through the YAHOO directory, as well as access to YAHOO services, such as YAHOO-auctions.
YAHOO!-keitai is a fresh start to revive the mobile internet service, previously known as Vodafone-Live!, and which had been losing market share to competitors i-Mode and EZweb for about 4 years. Previous to the Vodafone-Live! period, Jsky had been successful in gaining market share both from i-Mode and EZweb.
Read more in our "Softbank-Report"
YAHOO!-keitai is a fresh start to revive the mobile internet service, previously known as Vodafone-Live!, and which had been losing market share to competitors i-Mode and EZweb for about 4 years. Previous to the Vodafone-Live! period, Jsky had been successful in gaining market share both from i-Mode and EZweb.
Read more in our "Softbank-Report"
Labels: softbank, vodafone live, yahoo, yahoo keitai
Friday, July 18, 2003
Wireless Japan 2003 exhibition (Tokyo, July 16-18, 2003)
Concept Phones
AU/KDDI Design Series Concept Phones "talby" design by Marc Newson, commercial introduction: December 2004
The following image shows the "talby" series introduced in December 2004. The commercially introduced models are almost the same as the concept models shown at Wireless Japan 2003, with a few small modifications (e.g. three navigation buttons were added to the design.)
SANYO presented a series of 3G phones and concept phones. Later (2007/2008), after a failed Sanoy-Nokia joint venture had been dissolved, SANYO sold the mobile phone division to Kyocera and ended mobile phone production.
JM-NET IP cell phone concept model
KDDI terrestrial digital TV concept model and demonstration:
SANYO 3G concept cell phones
DoCoMo 3G and FOMA
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone F2102
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone P2102 by Panasonic
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone N2102 by NEC
DoCoMo/NEC lovely pink cell phone
DoCoMo airview: remote video control via FOMA 3G
Drinks machine with e-cash payment system and DoPa wireless network connection
GEOFREE waterproof cell phone
GEOFREE waterproof cell phone
DoCoMo "Jailor" remote operation of door locks via FOMA 3G
DoCoMo remote video via FOMA 3G
Linking VISA payment solutions to DoCoMo phones
DoCoMo FOMA 3G phones
DoCoMo network camera solution
DoCoMo Wristomo (combined wrist watch and PHS mobile phone)
Robots and mobile phones
Power shovel remote controlled via FOMA 3G cell phone
SONY Aibo robot dog remote controlled via FOMA 3G cell phone
Camera phones
FUJI imaging for mobile computing and mobile camera phones
Printing images taken by camera phones
Vodafone
In 2003 Vodafone participated in the Wireless Japan 2003 exhibition. Later Vodafone's business situation in Japan deteriorated considerably, and Vodafone did not participate in Japanese trade shows any longer, before selling operations to SoftBank in 2006.
AU/KDDI Design Series Concept Phones "talby" design by Marc Newson, commercial introduction: December 2004
The following image shows the "talby" series introduced in December 2004. The commercially introduced models are almost the same as the concept models shown at Wireless Japan 2003, with a few small modifications (e.g. three navigation buttons were added to the design.)
SANYO presented a series of 3G phones and concept phones. Later (2007/2008), after a failed Sanoy-Nokia joint venture had been dissolved, SANYO sold the mobile phone division to Kyocera and ended mobile phone production.
JM-NET IP cell phone concept model
KDDI terrestrial digital TV concept model and demonstration:
SANYO 3G concept cell phones
DoCoMo 3G and FOMA
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone F2102
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone P2102 by Panasonic
DoCoMo FOMA 3G cell phone N2102 by NEC
DoCoMo/NEC lovely pink cell phone
DoCoMo airview: remote video control via FOMA 3G
Drinks machine with e-cash payment system and DoPa wireless network connection
GEOFREE waterproof cell phone
GEOFREE waterproof cell phone
DoCoMo "Jailor" remote operation of door locks via FOMA 3G
DoCoMo remote video via FOMA 3G
Linking VISA payment solutions to DoCoMo phones
DoCoMo FOMA 3G phones
DoCoMo network camera solution
DoCoMo Wristomo (combined wrist watch and PHS mobile phone)
Robots and mobile phones
Power shovel remote controlled via FOMA 3G cell phone
SONY Aibo robot dog remote controlled via FOMA 3G cell phone
Camera phones
FUJI imaging for mobile computing and mobile camera phones
Printing images taken by camera phones
Vodafone
In 2003 Vodafone participated in the Wireless Japan 2003 exhibition. Later Vodafone's business situation in Japan deteriorated considerably, and Vodafone did not participate in Japanese trade shows any longer, before selling operations to SoftBank in 2006.
Labels: 3g, au, concept phones, docomo, infobar, KDDI, vodafone live, wireless japan 2003
