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The Gaijin Coder
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Articles that have peaked the interest of Byron Kidd, a Tokyo based mobile software developer and mobile internet consultant specializing in introducing foreign companies to the Japanese mobile market.
- Author: Byron Kidd
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Recent Posts
iPhone dominates foreign handsets in Japan, thats all.
Recent market research has concluded that the iPhone has secured 46% of the Japanese smartphone market, ousting Windows Mobile as the market dominator. This news was reported world wide as Apple dominating the Japanese smartphone market which was s...
16GB iPhone 3GS Now Free in Japan
Japanese carrier Softbank announced on Tuesday that it will give a 16GB iPhone 3GS to anyone willing to sign-up for two years. A 32GB iPhone 3GS is priced at about $6 per month. The announcement is part of “iPhone for all of Softbank,” a new camp...
Softbank to Release Android Phone in Japan
Softbank, the Japanese carrier partnered with Apple to bring the iPhone to Japan, announced yesterday that they will be releasing an Android powered phone to the Japanese market in the spring of 2010. Details are sketchy but the device is reported ...
Java ME SDK 3.0 - Early Access for Mac OS
Mac developers have often asked when Java ME SDK 3.0 will be available for their operating system. The answer from Sun has always been that they were working on it. Today it finally happened, Sun have released Java ME SDK 3.0 Early Access for Mac O...
English support for DoCoMo and Softbank Developers
As DoCoMo move into markets outside of Japan including India, Taiwan, and possibly even the USA one would assume the number of non Japanese developers to be on the rise.As a non Japanese developer working in Japan I constantly refer to Japanese API...
NTT Docomo to launch website for confirming stolen handsets
Mobile phone operator NTT Docomo announced on Tuesday it will launch a website on Thursday to enable consumers to confirm whether used handsets are stolen phones or not before they purchase them. Consumers will be able to make the confirmation when t...
