Smartphones’ share now is 50% in Japan, but still Galapagos

Posted by on Nov 30, 2011 in Featured article, Mobile | 0 comments

Smartphone shipment among total mobile handset in Japan during the first half of this fiscal year (Apr-Sep) reaches 49.5%, according to MM Soken. WirelessWire News 11/30 Sharp keeps the top position (19.4%) in brand share, followed by Fujitsu (16.7%), SonyEricsson (12.8%), Panasonic (10.3%), Apple (9.3%), NEC Casio (8.8%), Kyocera (7.8%), and others. Compared to the same period last...

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Another flash of thought from CTIA, about Sprint

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Mobile | 0 comments

I guess many people think Sprint is likely to be acquired or evaporate, and many people also think AT&T acquiring Tmobile is a bad thing for competition – in the same line of thought. I don't think so.  If AT&T and Tmobile remain independent, only Verizon will be the sure winner.  Neither AT&T nor Tmobile will be able to challenge VZ in any significant manner. In...

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A few flash of thought about RIM in CTIA San Diego

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Mobile | 0 comments

RIM could be found nowhere.  There was a HUGE blackberry outage problem all over the world, and nobody talked about it.  Of course, they were not in keynote, had no booth, nobody uttered "Blackberry" in any sessions.  Wow, that is such a change from even a year ago… I think RIM grew out of their manageable size.  The current outage is probably a sign of...

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AT&T-Tmobile blocked..?

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in Telecom | 0 comments

Only Verizon wins.  It will further deter the competition, won't it??  Of course, Sprint also will have a breathing room, but not T-mobile.  Mobile industry is a big-boy's game now.

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New Episode of “Social Media” Revolution in the War against Nuke Plant

Posted by on Jun 2, 2011 in Earthquake, Net service, Social Network | 0 comments

In ancient Japan, or so the folktale goes, there used to be a mountain where old people were taken and abandoned once they reached 60 years of age. Although the practice of obasute was probably more rural legend than actual reality, it is a chilling reminder of the perils of old age in a nation where roughly one-quarter of Japanese are now 60 years old or above. via globalspin.blogs.time.com This...

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