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Japan’s sumo wrestlers grapple with Apple’s iPad (AFP)

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AFP – After years of fat-fingered struggles to type emails and text messages on tiny mobile phone keypads, Japan’s sumo wrestlers have been given Apple’s iPad to pound with their jumbo-sized digits. (read on….) Related items Japan’s DoCoMo ties up with publisher to launch e-books (AFP) Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy rest of US PacketVideo ...
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iPad the right fit for giant sumo wrestlers (Reuters)

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Reuters – Japan’s ancient sport of sumo is embracing the latest high-tech, with its governing body set to distribute Apple’s iPad to wrestlers who often struggle with smaller cellphone keypads due to their giant hands. (read on….) Related items Japan’s sumo wrestlers grapple with Apple’s iPad (AFP) Samsung Tab to reach Australia for Christmas iPads Now...
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Japan’s DoCoMo ties up with publisher to launch e-books (AFP)

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AFP – Japan’s top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said Wednesday it would tie up with a major publisher to launch an electronic book service, as it aims to compete with Apple and its hugely popular iPad. (read on….) Related items Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP) Japan mobile phone makers...
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy rest of US PacketVideo (AP)

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AP – NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile phone operator, said Monday it will spend $111.6 million to acquire the rest of PacketVideo Corp., a mobile technology company. (read on….) Related items China Mobile profit lifted by economic growth (AFP) China Mobile and Xinhua agree to set up search engine (AFP) Japan’s NTT...
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP)

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AFP – Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services. (read on….) Related items Vodafone ‘to sell China Mobile stake’ (AFP) Toshiba, Fujitsu to merge mobile phone business (AFP) China Mobile profit lifted...
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Japan mobile phone makers to roll out ‘augmented reality’ (AFP)

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AFP – The “Terminator” had it, US fighter pilots use it and it’s the next hot feature on Japanese smartphones — “augmented reality” which peppers the world around you with useful bits of information. (read on….) Related items Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP) Telecom group sues San Francisco over mobile...
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More Japan workers lose jobs, factory output falls (AP)

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AP – Japan received a sobering reminder Friday of its fragile recovery: The jobless rate rose, deflation deepened, and factories made fewer cars and mobile phones. (read on….) Related items Japan’s sumo wrestlers grapple with Apple’s iPad (AFP) Japan’s DoCoMo ties up with publisher to launch e-books (AFP) Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to buy...
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iPhone 4 Will Go on Sale in 17 Additional Countries

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Apple’s iPhone 4 will ramp up its world tour Friday, reaching new markets in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. The popular but trouble-plagued handset has been available since late June in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom for the same cost as the U.S. version, $199 for the 16-gigabyte model and $299...
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