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Japanese government YouTube anime video gets the kids recycling their phones

The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) seems to think virtual idol Hatsune Miku singing a paean to the joys of recycling old phones will make a difference. At least they're trying....

The fact, however, that the anime is made up of art submitted by eight competition winners might just stir up interest a little.

via temple-knights.com [Japanese]

Filed under: anime environment japan phones

New book a goldmine for mobile business: 'Six Immutable Laws of Mobile' out now

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Written by some of the country's leading mobile experts, the book takes the Japanese experience as its starting point and explains how the rest of the world can learn to do business on the mobile platform in style.

I know the authors and can say it's sure to be a must-buy if you're at all involved in the smaller screen and guaranteed to be a great read!

 

Amazon link here.

via 6immutablelaws.com

DoCoMo wizardry allows future phones to handle eight different frequencies, paves way to 4G & LTE

It's a prototype for now, but the days of phones that only work in a few countries are numbered. Roll on LTE...

Filed under: DoCoMo japan phones

New 3D cellphone input technique could destroy the standard touchscreen model used in the iPhone and more

This looks like it has immense potential to replace the standard touchscreen phone - imagine if they can make it track multiple fingers to allow proper typing in mid-air.

Meanwhile, the 3D tracking looks like it should already suit CAD applications and lots more.

Filed under: japan phones tokyo

Nissan's self-healing magic paint makes DoCoMo phones virtually scratchproof...

Makers of protective gadget covers should probably look away now if they want to avoid the shock of learning about Nissan's role in rendering all their products redundant.

The car giant's Scratch Shield paint that it already uses on various vehicles sold across the globe has just been licensed to NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, which intends to use it on all its new handsets.

 

Filed under: DoCoMo Nissan phones
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