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Darth Vader has appeared in a quirky ad for NTT Docomo’s launch of the Samsung Galaxy S I9000. I’m sure there’s some kind of logic for this pairing, but it’s completely lost in translation. Still, I can only applaud any reference to Sith Lords, Dark Sides, and any other ancillary dorkery in the wireless world.…
Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is teaming-up with Evernote to bring the popular note-taking service to its customers. Best of all, DoCoMo’s users will get the Premium version of the service, which otherwise costs $50 a year, for free! As part of the deal, the carrier will pre-install Evernote app on every Android smartphone…
Japanese operator DOCOMO releases their mobile phones like the fashion world releases clothes, meaning a whole bunch at a time, twice per year. Recently the company unveiled their Spring 2011 lineup, and while we’re not going to go through all 28 devices announced, mainly because none of us are going to be able to buy…
Japanese operator DOCOMO is set to launch their LTE service, dubbed “Xi”, on the 24th of December. It’s unusual because traditionally the small island nation has always been the first to adopt the latest in networking technologies, launching 3G when European and American mobile phones were only starting to get color screens. Now Sweden, Norway,…
Operators have traditionally made their money from the services that made landline phones popular a century ago: voice. Then SMS came and the profit margin on those, since they’re a fraction of a penny to send and receive, paved the way for yet another infusion of cash that could be used to do useful things…
Just as we expected, Japanese NTT DoCoMo will start selling the Samsung Galaxy S (model SC-02B) this month. The date is set at October 28th, when interested folks will be able to grab the slightly customized version of Sammy’s popular smartphone from the country’s leading mobile operator. Speaking of customizations, we know the device will…
NTT DoCoMo and Pioneer Corporation are teaming-up to work on navigation services compatible with the “docomo Drive Net” service in Japan. Under the agreement, a mobile car-navigation application for smartphones, docomo Drive Net powered by Carrozzeria, will be developed by Pioneer and offered by DOCOMO starting from the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending…
Although Samsung has released its Galaxy S smartphone in quite a few countries, Japan is not one of them. I’m not sure why that’s the case, but what do I know – I would expect that the ever hi-tech people of Japan dig Android and high-end smartphones such as the Galaxy S. Anyway, we just…
Normally when there’s talk of an operator joining forces with the government the context is usually negative such as tracking suspected terrorists without a warrant or highlighting the past location of someone who is on trial for some heinous crime, but what if the government and mobile operators actually did something useful together? NTT DoCoMo,…
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo doesn’t want to settle for the existing 35% stake of PacketVideo, which it acquired in July 2009. The operator, Japan’s largest, has announced an agreement with NextWave Wireless to acquire the remaining 65% equity interest in the company for $111.6 million. As a result, PacketVideo will effectively be turned into a wholly…