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Wanted:
Online Editor/Content Manager
Mobile Media Int'l www.mmint.com seeks an Asst. Web Editor/Content Manager for its mobile content services. Candidates should be enthusiastic, Netherlands-based, native English speakers with strong editorial skills, experience with online editing and a wide array content management, understanding of mobile services, and basic knowledge of HTML.
Send resume via email to
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i-mode |
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> 45.239m |
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EZWeb |
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> 19.464m |
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J-Sky |
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> 12.769m |
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PHS |
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> 4.49m |
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> 77.472m | |
Japanese 3G Subscribers
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Au 3G: |
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> 19.849m |
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FOMA: |
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> 17.58m |
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J-Phone 3G: |
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> 2m |
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> 39.429m | |
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Updated 11/30/2005 |
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JAVA News of 3/13/2003
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Will Japan BREW Jolt Java?
Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
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Summary
Will Japan BREW Jolt Java? After a two-year business strategy planning pause, BREW finally launched in Japan last month. From the consumer point of view, BREW and Java work more or less the same: you navigate a menu, select an application, download it, then run it. There’s little to chose on a technology basis. But BREW - like 3G - may be able to gain a leg up on Java (DoCoMo’s favored choice) if KDDI can continue to roll out cool, fun, cheap, feature-laden (and BREW-enabled) handsets - much as the carrier has done with 3G.
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JAVA News of 3/7/2003
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DoCoMo demos 3D phones as designers pave route to standard APIs
Friday, March 07, 2003 |
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Summary
In a sign that 3D graphics are moving closer to the confines of the cell phone, an executive with NTT DoCoMo Inc. demonstrated at the GDC Mobile conference two prototype phones with 3D graphics the Tokyo-based service will offer later this year. (EETimes) |
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JAVA News of 10/30/2002
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Sun Microsystems VP On Java in Japan
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
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Our final program from Sun’s JavaOne conference sees Rich Green, VP and General Manager for Java software, fielding questions on the content provider ecosystem, the transfer of made-in-Japan mobile programming expertise to overseas markets, and how terminals are becoming ever more complicated - due at least in part to Java. (Wireless Watch Japan) |
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JAVA News of 10/8/2002
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Feeding Content to Keitais
Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
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Summary
Japanese carriers have created killer Java services... and they had to do so from scratch. That included the provisioning system which actually feeds the applis onto the handsets (providers merely have to write the downloadable Java code). Now another major player has launched a Java provisioning system (which also works for other content). Want to launch Java, but you’re not partnered with DoCoMo? You’d better watch this one twice... (Wireless Watch Japan) |
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JAVA News of 9/24/2002
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Wireless Java Wins IPO Riches
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
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WWJ visits then-pre-IPO software developer Net Village, creator of the "Remote Mail" Java-based mail appli. A couple of key facts emerged: Java boosts packet revenue for the carriers, the cost and complexity of deploying sophisticated Java applis may be beyond what the carriers themselves can do (economically), and Remote Mail is one cool app -- 330,000 happy users can’t all be wrong! (See a live demo.) Oh -- and NV’s IPO generated a modest 4.094 billion yen. (Wireless Watch Japan) |
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JAVA News of 9/18/2002
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Java on J-Phone: The Fine Grind of Mobile Computing
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 |
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Summary
Java continues to be one of mobile Japan’s little-told success stories. We drop by J-Phone/Vodafone to find out who’s using Java, how "applis" are loaded onto the portal, and how "desktop" applications function. We also get a live demo of downloading and running Java games. There’s an ecosystem brewing here, and the aroma is pure success. Wireless marketing heads everywhere: Pay Attention! (Wireless Watch Japan) |
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JAVA News of 8/30/2002
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Number of Phones Equipped with JBlend Mobile Java; 10 Mil
Friday, August 30, 2002 |
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Aplix Corp. announced that the cumulative number of devices incorporating JBlend, a Java environment for mobile phones developed by Aplix, had surpassed 10 million as of the end of July. JBlend is used in all Java handsets for J-Phone Co., Ltd. and KDDI Corp. services, and is also used in some phones -- such as the SO504i Java handset model -- for NTT DoCoMo Inc. JBlend first appeared in 1997 as a Java environment for ITRON intelligent appliances and devices for embedded use. Now, JBlend can also be combined with real-time operating systems other than ITRON. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 7/10/2002
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BeTrend Java-based Mobile ASP Push Content Service
Wednesday, July 10, 2002 |
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Summary
BeTrend Corp. has launched an ASP service called "Beatcast," which provides a push solution for sending content to mobile phones including ringing melodies, a stand-by screens, and news stories. Content subscribers are required to first download a Java application into their mobile phones before starting to receive the service. The Java application is designed as a "robot" to look for the latest contents on a BeTrend server at a set interval, then automatically download them. (Asia Biztech) |
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JAVA News of 6/6/2002
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SII Debuts Motion Picture Distribution Service
Thursday, June 06, 2002 |
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Summary
Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) introduced the "AniCaJp," a motion picture distribution service for Java-based cellular phone handsets. The service will enable mobile phone handsets that can only handle still images to replay motion pictures with voices. Users of AniCaJp can: (1) transmit motion pictures and animations taken by digital cameras and digital video cameras from a personal computer to a Java-enabled cellular phone handset, and (2) animate still pictures taken by a cellular phone handset with a built-in camera and transmit them to a Java-enabled cellular phone handset.(AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 4/12/2002
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Aplix Develops New Java OS for Mobile Phones
Friday, April 12, 2002 |
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Aplix Corp. has developed a new environment to run Java called "meta OS." Meta OS runs downloaded applications in addition to an address book, a schedule manager and other applications installed by mobile phone makers on a mobile phone handset all on a Java VM. Meta OS already has been equipped with J-SH51 and J-K51 sold by the J-Phone Group. The company expects to ship one to 10 million units overseas by the end of the year. (NikkeiBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 4/9/2002
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Java Cell Phones Undergo Improvements for Business Use
Tuesday, April 09, 2002 |
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Summary
Compared to PCs and PDAs, Java mobile phones have been difficult to use as a client for businesses due to the severe restrictions on processing ability and memory capacity. Yet things are improving: there are active sales of packaged software and the emergence of new middleware that increases the flexibility of software development. Product development operating within existing constraints is enabling Java phones to offer better usability and help users cut communications costs. (Asia Biztech) |
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JAVA News of 3/27/2002
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Aplix refocuses U.S. operations, opens Europe branch
Wednesday, March 27, 2002 |
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Aplix Corporation, the Japanese developer of Java-based software such as the JBlend platform with a significant track record in Japan, has refocused its U.S. branch strategy on local market needs and also added a presence in Europe. Aplix recently established a base in Paris from which it is pursuing business with operators and handset manufacturers in Europe. 5 million products embedding JBlend have already been shipped, including audio-visual devices such as Sanyo Electric's Digital Image Album and Sony's MD DISCAM, as well as a wide range of leading Japanese mobile phones. (Business Wire) |
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JAVA News of 2/9/2002
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Number of i-Appli phones reaches 11 Million: NTT DoCoMo
Saturday, February 09, 2002 |
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At NET&COM 2002 in Japan, i-mode business planning division head Takeshi Natsuno announced that use of Java was expanding, with 11.13 million at the end of January 2002. Natsuno said that more than 50 percent of users having downloaded applications for i-Appli, and "people tend to use i-Appli more than they use i-mode now." There are currently 241 official i-Appli sites, and unofficial ones numbered 5,035. (Asia Biztech) Editor's Comment: Mobile Factoid: an informed rumour has it that the overwhelming majority of all i-Appli usage is by game users. |
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JAVA News of 12/10/2001
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K Lab Provides Technology to Support Flash Content
Monday, December 10, 2001 |
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K Laboratory Co. has started to supply content providers with delivery technology so that contents using Macromedia Inc.'s Flash can be used on Java-capable mobile phones. The technology incorporates Flash contents into a Flash player called "K-tai Player" for Java mobile phones and distributes those contents as a Java application. K-tai Players will be available for mobile phones of NTT DoCoMo Inc., J-Phone Co., Ltd., Ltd. or KDDI Corp., each of which has different Java specifications. With the Java executing environment, any mobile phone will be able to support Flash content such as animation or scripts. This way, contents providers can create Flash contents without being aware of the difference of Java specifications. (Nikkei Internet Technology) |
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JAVA News of 9/18/2001
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Nikkei BP survey shows popularity of i-Appli phones
Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
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According to a survey of Japanese wireless web users by Nikkei BP, i-mode handset selection by customers was based on the devices' capability to access i-Appli, NTT DoCoMo's Java-based downloadable application service launched in January 2001. The survey also showed that a higher ratio of the users questioned spend more on their data communication costs and service use fees after purchasing i-Appli compatible handsets, attesting to the success of the i-Appli launch. At the time of the survey, five cell phone manufacturers were producing terminals for the 503 series. N503i of NEC Corp., P503i of Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., F503i of Fujitsu Ltd., SO503i of Sony Corp., and D503i of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Nikkei BP Research Dept.) |
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JAVA News of 9/12/2001
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NTT DoCoMo to Add Capacity to 'i-appli' Handsets
Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to increase the size of Java applications that can be handled by its i-appli handsets. New i-Appli phones that go on sale next spring will be able to run Java programs that are up to 30KB in size -- triple the current limit of 10KB per application. At present, users of i-Appli phones -- or 503i-series handsets -- can download and run Java applications comprised of a maximum of 10KB of compressed data. However, Java content providers have pointed out that the 10KB size limit means that the variety and type of applications that they can offer to users is restricted. The i-Appli service already lags its two main competitors -- J-Phone's comparable Java service allows for 30KB, while KDDI's can handle 50KB Java applications, a full five times the current i-Appli maximum. NTT DoCoMo also says that the speed of i-mode data communications is to be boosted, with the maximum speed of data transfer being tripled to 28.8kbps (when data is being downloaded to the handset). (Nikkei Byte) |
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JAVA News of 9/11/2001
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Java i-appli Boosts Users' Spending on Data Communication
Tuesday, September 11, 2001 |
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Users of Java-based "i-appli" service on NTT DoCoMo's mobile phones spend an average of 17.1 minutes per day utilizing the service, including time for downloading and starting-up the system, according to a survey conducted by Nikkei Business Publications Inc. In terms of frequency, the average use of i-appli service by users of "503i" models -- i-appli compliant mobile phones -- is less than once a day on both weekdays and weekends. This is about the same as the frequency of reading online newsletters and browsing Web sites. The use of mobile phones is still focused on e-mail communication, For example, they exchange personal e-mails about five times a day and make only a couple of telephone calls a day on average. Regarding the operating costs for users of the 503i series, 63.4 percent and 36.6 percent of the users saw an increase in their spending for data communication and for content service charges (information fees), respectively, in comparison with their bills before they bought a 503i phone. (Asia BizTech Research Dept.) |
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JAVA News of 8/8/2001
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Infoseek Launches Search Service for Java-based i-appli
Wednesday, August 08, 2001 |
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Summary
Infoseek Japan has launched a new search service for locating "i-appli," Java-based applications for use on NTT DoCoMo's mobile Internet service i-mode. Infoseek's new search service, located on its existing "i-seek" search engine portal, supports key word searches and category searches, enabling users to select from among nine categories such as "simulation," "network tool," "information tool" and "entertainment." The service also provides popular i-appli software information, as well as rankings. The company has tied up with Spicy Vector Inc., which provides the i-appli search service.(BizTech News Dept.) |
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JAVA News of 6/26/2001
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Spotlight: Mobile Java in Japan vs. the Promise of BREW
Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
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Java technology for cellular phones is in the spotlight, including Mobile Java and Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) that enable development of applications that can run on cellular phones. At present, the environments for Java being deployed by Japan's three wireless operators are incompatible. Yet BREW may demonstrate superiority and spread after it is introduced by KDDI later in 2001. This article includes a comparison table. (Nikkei Communications) |
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KDDI Launches 'Ezplus' Java-Compliant Mobile Internet July 4
Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
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KDDI Corp. will launch Phase 1 of an application service using Java technologies for its browser phone service, "EZweb," on July 4. The new service, called "ezplus," will be comparable to "i-Appli" of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and "Java Service" of the J-Phone Group, but will allegedly offer advantages over rivals such as (1) capacity for Java applications up to 50KB (2) handling of packet data commmunication apps between compatible handsets (3) mobile agent capability (4) use of personal information (address book, positioning data) (Nikkei Communications) |
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JAVA News of 6/25/2001
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Konami Provides Java Contents to Big Three Japanese Carriers
Monday, June 25, 2001 |
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Konami Corp. said it will begin to supply games for Java-compatible cell phones to coincide with the start of the Java Appli service of J-Sky provided by J-Phone East Co., Ltd. and ezplus of EZweb by KDDI Corp. Games will be distributed through "Konami Net", a game service site which Konami operates for i-mode, J-Sky and EZweb. (Nikkei Electronics) |
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JAVA News of 6/20/2001
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Software company targets i-mode 'i-appli' developers
Wednesday, June 20, 2001 |
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WebGain, a provider of integrated software for e-business development, is aiming to capitalize on Japan's mobile Internet boom with the June free promotional release of its Windows-based Java development package, "i+VisualCafe," targeted to professional developers of Java applications for mobile phones. (MobileMediaJapan.com) |
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JAVA News of 6/14/2001
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Sony Computer Entertainment Says PS2 to Support Java
Thursday, June 14, 2001 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced that it aims to start equipping its PlayStation2 (PS2) game consoles with Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) by the end of this year. This will enable PS2 users to run Java programs, including applet and i-Appli Java applications, on their game consoles. (Nikkei Software) |
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JAVA News of 6/7/2001
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Registrants of Hudson's 'I-Appli' Site Exceed 400,000
Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
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Hudson Soft Company Ltd. announced that the total number of registrants to Hudson's "i-Appli" site exceeds 400,000. The company is now providing six entertainment Web sites for i-Appli. (Nikkei Electronics) |
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JAVA News of 6/5/2001
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Cell phone industry infiltrates JavaOne show
Tuesday, June 05, 2001 |
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This week some of the biggest wireless players are coming together in San Francisco for the JavaOne trade show. Speakers include the president of Nokia and other wireless giants, such as Japan's NTT DoCoMo, who will detail how the company managed to lure more than 23 million mobile-phone subscribers with Java-powered services such as cell phone games or ring-tone downloads. (CNET News.com) |
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JAVA News of 5/16/2001
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Fujitsu, TurboLinux Release Free Tool to Convert I-Mode HTML
Wednesday, May 16, 2001 |
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Fujitsu Ltd. and TurboLinux Japan KK said they are releasing the beta version of a jointly developed tool which converts Compact-HTML codes for i-mode into i-mode-based Java source codes.(Nikkei Byte) |
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JAVA News of 5/10/2001
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Microsoft, Aplix to Form Business for WinCE Java Technology
Thursday, May 10, 2001 |
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Microsoft Co., Ltd. and Japan's Aplix Corp. agreed to work together on Java technology for embedded devices running on the Windows CE operating system.The plan is to port Aplix's "microJBlend," which is a Java execution environment for mobile devices, into Microsoft's Windows CE. (Nikkei Electronics) |
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JAVA News of 4/27/2001
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J-Phone to Launch Java Service by End of June
Friday, April 27, 2001 |
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J-Phone Group will host a Java service for "J-Sky," its Internet connection service, by the end of June. It has also announced at the same time that the new Java-compatible browser phone, "J-SH07," will be released during the same period. (Nikkei Communications) |
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JAVA News of 4/20/2001
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Japan goes ga-ga over Java
Friday, April 20, 2001 |
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Sun Microsystemsfs Java programming language is slated to become a mass-market reality for mobile phone users in Japan. (TelecomAsia) |
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JAVA News of 4/13/2001
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KDDI Unveils Plans for Java-Compatible Mobile Phone Service
Friday, April 13, 2001 |
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Following similar announcements from NTT DoCoMo Inc. and the J-Phone Group, telecom operator KDDI Corp. has revealed an outline of its strategy to introduce Java-capable mobile phones. (Nikkei Byte) |
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JAVA News of 4/12/2001
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Software to Allow PDAs to Run i-Appli Java Applications
Thursday, April 12, 2001 |
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A Japanese venture company called eValley Inc. has developed a prototype version of new software that allows i-Appli Java applications, originally intended for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s mobile phones, to run on personal digital assistants (PDAs). (Nikkei Computer) |
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Lotus Upgrades Security for Notes Gateway on Java Cell Phone
Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
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Lotus Development Japan Ltd. will lanch an upgrade version of "Domino PhoneConnect" gateway that will make the gateway compatible with PHS-based, browser-phone services, as well as with the new Java features of NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service. (AsiaBizTech) |
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NTT DoCoMo Unveils I-Appli Development Toolkit
Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its "i-Appli" toolkit called "J2ME Wireless SDK for the DoJa," for developing Java applications for the i-mode service. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 3/26/2001
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Japan's Sharp to Employ Java on Its Mobile Devices
Monday, March 26, 2001 |
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Sharp Corp., Japan's No.1 liquid crystal display manufacturer, said Friday it is to employ Java technology for its popular personal digital assistant called Zaurus giving it greater variety in operations. (BridgeNews) |
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Sales of Java I-Mode Mobile Phones Place Among Top Five
Monday, March 26, 2001 |
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Among top sales of cellular phones, two Java-based i-mode-supported mobile phones, which were launched by NTT DoCoMo Inc., became two of the five best-selling models for the second week of March (March 5-11), according to Nikkei BP/GfK SalesWeek3200. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 3/22/2001
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Mitsubishi's D503i Handset With 'ATOK Pocket'
Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. recently began sales of the i-Appli-enabled cellular phone handset called Digital Mova D503i, made by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and featuring the "ATOK Pocket" input method provided by Justsystem Corp. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 3/12/2001
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Java Cellular Phones Blossom in Japan
Monday, March 12, 2001 |
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Research on cellular phone production in Japan showed that the production scale of Java-capable cell phones, which comply with Java2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME), will reach 4.65 million units in the first quarter of 2001. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 3/8/2001
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DDI Pocket's Java-Enabled PHS to Adopt MIDP
Thursday, March 08, 2001 |
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DDI Pocket Inc. plans to adopt the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), a specification for the Java language, for its Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Nikkei Byte learned. (AsiaBizTech) |
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Au's Java-Capable Wireless Phones to Use MIDP
Monday, March 05, 2001 |
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The basic technical specifications for au Group's new Java-compatible mobile phones were unveiled on March 1, which mobile information device profile (MIDP) will be employed as the application programming interface (API). (AsiaBizTech) |
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DreamArts' Web-Based Groupware to Support I-Appli
Friday, March 02, 2001 |
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DreamArts Corp. said it will make the next versions of its "INSUITE One" Internet-based groupware applications, which are scheduled to be launched between April and June this year, compatible with NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new "i-Appli" services for mobile phone content. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 3/1/2001
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Aplix, MegaChips Team Up to Develop Java, MPEG4 Applications
Thursday, March 01, 2001 |
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Aplix Corp., a developer of embedded Java technology, and MegaChips Corp., a developer of MPEG4-coded LSI solutions, have teamed up to develop software technology to handle animation and music from Java-based application software. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/28/2001
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Linc Media Forms Company to Support Java Mobile Developers
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 |
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Linc Media Inc. has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Layer-8 Technologies Inc., to support content providers who want to develop Java applications for mobile phones. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/23/2001
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Red Hat, Two Others Collaborate on Built-In Linux Business
Friday, February 23, 2001 |
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Red Hat KK, software developer AXE Inc. of Kyoto, Japan, and 10art-ni Corp., a Linux-Java system integrator, have agreed to a comprehensive collaboration ranging from development to sales of "Sikigami," a GUI environment for mobile Linux machines that AXE is presently developing. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/22/2001
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Zenrin, Cybird Start 'Vector' Map Data Distribution
Thursday, February 22, 2001 |
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Zenrin Co., Ltd. and Cybird Co., Ltd. started a distribution service called "Zenrin keitai map," a vector map data service, for Java i-mode mobile phones. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/21/2001
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VeriSign To Power Secure Transactions for NTT DoCoMo's Users
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 |
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VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of Internet trust services today announced that it will embed its digital certificate technology into NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Java-ready 503i series mobile phones. (PR Newswire) |
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JAVA News of 2/15/2001
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HP Introduces Micro Edition of ChaiVM
Thursday, February 15, 2001 |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced on Feb. 12 the "HP MicrochaiVM," the micro edition of HP ChaiVM, a Java virtual machine for embedded use. (AsiaBizTech) |
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Telemagic to Launch Middleware for Java-Based Cell Phones
Thursday, February 15, 2001 |
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Telemagic Inc., a Japanese venture firm, exhibited at the NET&COM21 event a pilot version of the class library "kModulet," which is used for developing downloadable mobile agents that can be executed on a Java-enabled mobile phone. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/10/2001
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DoCoMo embarrassed by Java handset sales suspension
Saturday, February 10, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo, the leading Japanese mobile phone operator, and one of its most trusted suppliers, suffered an embarrassing blow on Friday when the companies were forced to suspend sales of their latest internet-enabled handsets. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/9/2001
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DoCoMo to Suspend Java Phone Sales After Glitch Found
Friday, February 09, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest cellular phone company, said it will temporarily stop selling handsets running on the Java-based programming language because of a glitch found in the software. (Bloomberg) |
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JAVA News of 2/6/2001
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Sun's Java Shines on New DoCoMo Services
Tuesday, February 06, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo is using Java technology enabled i-mode phones and services to power its new "i appli" service, which provides consumers with new interactive content including multi-player games, mobile e-commerce and eventually enhanced communications. (internet.com) |
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Java I-Mode Mobile Phones Quickly Become Top Selling Items
Tuesday, February 06, 2001 |
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Summary
A Java-based i-mode-supported mobile phone, which was launched by NTT DoCoMo Inc., became the third best-selling model for the fourth week of January (Jan. 22-28, 2001), according to Nikkei BP/GfK SalesWeek 3200. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 2/2/2001
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System to Link Java Mobile Phones, Application Servers
Friday, February 02, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT Software Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. said they have jointly developed a system that links a Java-based i-mode cell phone and an application server located in data centers. (AsiaBizTech) |
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Java chip vendors set for cellular skirmish
Friday, February 02, 2001 |
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As NTT Docomo releases its long-promised Java-based service this week for more than 17 million i-Mode subscribers in Japan, Java silicon vendors, feeling vindicated, say the time is ripe for their Java acceleration solutions. (Silicon Strategies) |
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JAVA News of 2/1/2001
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Mobile Phones in East Go Java
Thursday, February 01, 2001 |
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Summary
There were a lot of sad-eyed youngsters in Japan this Christmas. Santa hadn't dropped off what he (well, DoCoMo) promised for the end of the year: Java-enabled mobile phones. (Java Industry Connection) |
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Qualcomm brews Java alternative for cell phones
Thursday, February 01, 2001 |
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Qualcomm announced Wednesday the development of an open application platform for wireless devices, which the company said is a better alternative to Java for mobile telephones. The announcement, made in Tokyo, comes five days after the first cell phones with support for Java went on sale here. (IDGnet) |
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JAVA News of 1/31/2001
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Konami to Deliver Baseball Game Contents for Java I-Mode
Wednesday, January 31, 2001 |
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Summary
Konami Co., Ltd. said it would deliver a Java version of "Powerful Pro Baseball," a series of baseball game contents popular in home entertainment games, starting in March 2001. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 1/23/2001
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Contents Site is Open for Java I-Mode
Tuesday, January 23, 2001 |
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GiGAFLOPS Japan Inc. will open a contents site called "Giga Appli" for NTT DoCoMo's Java-based i-mode mobile phones. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 1/20/2001
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NTT Docomo to Start ''I-Appli'' Service
Saturday, January 20, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Thursday it will start a new ''i-mode'' Internet connection service for mobile phones on Jan. 26 that enables users to download game software. (Kyodo) |
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JAVA News of 1/19/2001
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NTT DoCoMo Unveils 'I-Appli' Service for Java I-Mode
Friday, January 19, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will start a service called "i-Appli" for users of its Java i-mode mobile phones, which are slated to appear in stores on Jan. 26. (AsiaBizTech) |
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NTT DoCoMo to launch new i-mode service based on Java
Friday, January 19, 2001 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will launch a new i-mode service based on Sun Microsystem's Java*1 technology. The new service, dubbed "ippli", will be launched on January 26, 2001 and will be available throughout Japan wherever packet communication services are offered. (NTT DoCoMo) |
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X21 to Transform Java-Compliant Cellular Phone to PDA
Thursday, January 18, 2001 |
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SkyArts.com, a Japanese Java application development firm, released a pilot version of its "X21" software, which enables the use of Java-compliant cellular phones as personal digital assistants (PDAs). (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 1/15/2001
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NTT DoCoMo Unveils Java-Enabled I-Mode Phone
Monday, January 15, 2001 |
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Summary
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will soon launch a mobile phone called Digital Mova 503i that supports Java i-mode software. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 1/10/2001
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Konami Developing Java-Based Game on I-Mode
Wednesday, January 10, 2001 |
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Summary
Konami Co., Ltd. said it is developing Java-based game contents to run on a Java-based, i-mode cellular phone terminal. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 1/4/2001
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NTT DoCoMo Announces Java Specifications for I-Mode
Thursday, January 04, 2001 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Dec. 26 announced the execute environment for the Java language and specifications for the program language that will be used in the Java-based i-mode service. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 12/30/2000
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NTT DoCoMo to Start Java-Based Mobile Services in January
Saturday, December 30, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's dominant cell-phone company, aims to launch the world's first wireless Internet services compatible with the Java programming language in January. (Bloomberg) |
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JAVA News of 12/27/2000
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NTT DoCoMo starts Java Internet service for cell phones
Wednesday, December 27, 2000 |
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Japan's cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo plans to offer cell phone Internet service globally based on Java computer language, a newspaper report said Tuesday. (dpa) |
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JAVA News of 12/18/2000
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AppStream Opens Subsidiary in Japan to Sell Java Tool
Monday, December 18, 2000 |
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Summary
AppStream announced an agreement with Aplix Corp., which sells Java for embedding called "JBlend," to integrate AppStream's Java technologies with the "JBlend" solution. (AsiaBizTech) |
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Java-Type I-Mode Phones Face Problems of Compatibility
Monday, December 18, 2000 |
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The new Java-equipped phones being designed for use with NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service and scheduled to start hitting the market in January may be unable to properly run some Java applications. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 12/12/2000
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NTT DoCoMo's Java-Equipped I-Mode Likely to Have 'JBlend'
Tuesday, December 12, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. will have the "JBlend" Java platform by Aplix Corp. on some models of its i-mode mobile phone "503i" series that is to be debuted towards the end of 2000, Nikkei Electronics has learned. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 11/19/2000
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DoCoMo's Java i-Mode Delayed Until Early 2001
Sunday, November 19, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc's plans to introduce a Java-enabled version of its hugely successful "i-Mode" Internet-ready cell phone have been pushed back until early 2001, its top researcher was quoted as saying Thursday. (ThinkMobile) |
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JAVA News of 11/18/2000
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Mobile phone vendors jump on Java
Saturday, November 18, 2000 |
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With the world's three largest mobile phone suppliers readying Java-enabled handsets for release as early as the first half of 2001, Java looks set to make inroads into the red-hot wireless arena. Several Japanese handset makers are also readying Java handsets designed for NTT DoCoMo's I-mode, the world's largest mobile Internet service. |
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JAVA News of 11/16/2000
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DoCoMo's Java i-mode delayed to early 2001
Thursday, November 16, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc's plans to introduce a Java-enabled version of its hugely successful 'i-mode' Internet-ready cell phone have been pushed back until early 2001, its top researcher was quoted as saying on Thursday. (Reuters) |
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JAVA News of 11/11/2000
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NTT DoCoMo to Announce Java Specifications for I-Mode
Saturday, November 11, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. will make public the run-time environment and language specifications of Java that it developed for i-mode mobile telephones. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 10/31/2000
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Sun Foundation For Advanced Wireless Internet Services
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 |
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the foundation for delivering advanced services over the wireless Internet, including $100 million of venture funding in wireless companies and a new communications software platform. Companies that have announced they are using Java technology to develop and deploy wireless services and products include: Far EasTone, Fujitsu, LG Telecom, Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, One 2 One, Research In Motion, Siemens, Sony, SmarTone, Symbian and Telefonica. (PRNewswire) |
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Why Java on DoCoMo could be very SlowCoMo
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 |
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In a few weeks the giant Japanese telco DoCoMo will begin to ship its next generation of i-Mode Java-enabled phones. Trouble is, this won't be Java as we know it. Or at least not just yet. (The Register) |
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JAVA News of 10/28/2000
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Java technology goes wireless
Saturday, October 28, 2000 |
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NTT DoCoMo is looking to Java, technology developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc., to help drive the i-mode service into the next phase of its development. (Sun Microsystems) |
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JAVA News of 10/19/2000
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DoCoMo shows Microsoft wireless gizmo
Thursday, October 19, 2000 |
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Almost a year to the day after Microsoft struck a deal with Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo, the first fruits of the deal were displayed at World PC Expo in Tokyo yesterday. But it may well go unnoticed as the Japanese market swings to using Java-based gadgets. (The Register) |
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JAVA News of 9/25/2000
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Java to Open Up Possibilities for Mobile Phone
Monday, September 25, 2000 |
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In Japan, the first Java-compatible mobile phones are scheduled to become available in December, marketed by NTT DoCoMo. Sometime in the spring of 2001, two other companies -- the J-Phone Group and the soon-to-be-formed KDDI (a three-way merger between KDD Corp., DDI Corp. and IDO Corp.) -- will also be launching Java-compatible phones of their own. (AsiaBizTech) |
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JAVA News of 9/19/2000
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Sun serves up Java on cell phones
Tuesday, September 19, 2000 |
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After years of programming, evangelism and corporate wrangling, Sun Microsystems and its business partners have created a standard for putting Sun's Java software into cell phones, the company will announce tomorrow. The standard, called the mobile information device profile (MIDP), will be used in cell phones from Motorola, Nokia, LG Electronics, Nextel and NTT DoCoMo, Sun said. (CNET) |
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Wireless Industry Specifies Java(TM) Technology
Tuesday, September 19, 2000 |
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Delivering Java technologies for the wireless market, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and its wireless industry partners today announced the shipment of the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile enabling the creation of next generation, personalized, interactive services for wireless devices. Companies involved in the development of the wireless profile include: America Online, DDI, Ericsson, Espial Group, Inc., Fujitsu, Hitachi, J-Phone Tokyo Co., Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Palm Computing, Research In Motion (RIM), Samsung, Sharp Labs, Siemens, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Symbian and Telecordia. (PR Newswire) |
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JAVA News of 8/2/2000
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Cybird's New Firm to Support Java Content Development
Wednesday, August 02, 2000 |
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Cybird, a Japanese venture company, will set up K Laboratory Co., Ltd., specializing in development of content for the Java-enabled cellular phones that NTT DoCoMo Inc. will roll out in December. (AsiaBizTech) |
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Japan Mobile Penetration agest 5-9 to reach 64% in 2007 |
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Summary (Yahoo)
Under 10s and over 60s are expected push the Japanese mobile market up to 100 million subscribers in the next few years. According to the new Japan Mobile Market statistical handbook, future growth in the Japanese mobile market will be centred on the unde... |
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Japan’s KDDI profits rise on growing mobile business |
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Summary (AFP)
Japan’s number two telecoms operator KDDI said its net profit in the nine months to December picked up 2.5 percent year on year as a robust mobile phone business absorbed losses in its fixed-line business. KDDI posted net profit of 158.01 billion ye... |
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Vodafone Japan Mobile Phone Users Up Net 125,200 Oct-Dec |
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Summary (Dow Jones)
The Japanese unit of UK mobile phone firm Vodafone Group said Tuesday it added a net 125,200 subscribers to its mobile phone service in the October-December quarter.
Vodafone K.K. had about 15.1 million users as of the end of December, the company said.... |
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