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Back in October, we reported that Japanese novelists have found a new medium in mobile phones. Now, the trend goes further and we see a printing company launching its first mobile picture book.
Apparently, these mobile picture books are designed to be read page by page, without much scrolling – just clicking from page to page. There will be both popular children’s titles and original content published and the company behind the project hopes to have 50 titles and 10,000 downloads by September of this year.
Already available titles are available for 100-200 yen (about $1-2) each.
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
