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Friday, October 21, 2011
Read the full story iPhone | Japan 03:56 AM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink •
Tagged with: iphone

It’s a reasonable bet that most people who drop a new iPhone into a steaming bowl of ramen will head straight to the store for a replacement, but not Fukuoka-based Ken Yokota. Instead of crying over spilled tonkotsu broth, he went and designed a completely new way of attaching a Japanese-style strap to the slippery hunk of metal and glass.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Read the full story iPhone | Japan 07:50 PM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink •
Tagged with: iphone japan

Our creative friends from Simplism have been in touch with a couple of case/protector suggestions for those of us unwilling to go bareback with Apple’s glassy beauty.

Friday, July 23, 2010
Read the full story Announcements | iPad | iPhone | Japan 01:05 PM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink •
Tagged with: business ipad iphone ipod japan

If you recall that we launched a new PR service specializing in mobile and, particularly, iPhone, iPad and iPod apps earlier this year, you may be interested to learn that the move to help local devs has been so successful, we’re already on stage two - helping Western developers break the Japan market.

Sunday, December 20, 2009
Read the full story iPhone | Japan | Transportation 06:04 PM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink •
Tagged with: iphone trains

Most of us long-time Japan hands probably catch a few zeds on any train ride over about ten minutes, but what about that age-old problem of knowing where to get off? Solo iPhone programmer (by night, financial recruiter by day) Warwick Pearmund has a techy solution in the shape of his new GPS-based Wake Me Shake Train Alarm app.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Read the full story Announcements | Internet | iPhone | NOT Japan | Wireless 03:27 PM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink •
Tagged with: iphone software

If you’re an iPhone app developer or know someone who is, then stay tuned for some exciting news…