KEITAI LOG The Musings of a Wireless Generation Keitai Log is back! This feature is an occasional Web diary by a group of Tokyo college students who are researching the changing role of cell phones -- keitai -- in Japanese society. This week: Capturing fireworks on keitai, mobile matchmakers
WIRELESS DoCoMo I-Mode's Quiet Growth in France Launches of the Japanese mobile media platform stalled elsewhere in Europe. But France's Bouygues Telecom successfully duplicated the Japanese wireless carrier's development and marketing strategies -- right down to the last pixel. By Daniel Scuka		WIRELESS Mobile Trends Aim to Join TV, FM Radio and More Analog TV handsets led the way in Japan last year. Now cell phones with sophisticated digital services emerge. These systems may migrate out of the country, but audience preferences are still an unknown. Second of a two-part series. By Daniel Scuka
Japan's Success in Mobile Media Has Wanna-Be Messages for West New technology and business plans are making 3G networks profitable for NTT DoCoMo and other Japanese mobile carriers, as well as for content providers. Powerful terminals, workable billing and rich content all contribute to fast growth. First of a two-part series. By Daniel Scuka
Emerging Business Applications in the Japanese Mobile Internet The mobile Internet may have gained popularity in Japan because of cool ring tones and text messaging, but now businesses are finding that using cell phones to track information increases productivity -- and saves money.
Camera Phones Changing the Definition of Picture-Worthy Unlike the traditional camera, the camera phone is an intimate and ubiquitous presence that invites a new kind of personal awareness, a persistent alertness to the visually newsworthy that makes amateur photojournalists out of its users.
Why do Some Love the Mobile Internet, While Others Barely Know it Exists? It's a mobile mystery: Why do Americans use their cell phones mostly to talk, while the Japanese can't get enough of cruising the Internet, snapping pictures and e-mailing friends on their 'keitai?' A researcher presents his theories at a recent Glocom conference. (Video)
A Decade of Mobile Communications in Japan Ten years ago, the cell phone was a luxury item used only by businessmen. Now just about everybody in Japan has at least one 'keitai, and the ubiquitous little devices have transformed interpersonal communications. This essay by the inventor of the Personal Handyphone offers a look back over the brief history of the cell phone. By Kenji Kohiyama.
International Moblog Conference Focuses on Mobile Publishing Web and camera-enabled cell phones now mean that ordinary citizens can shoot and send news photos and videos to the local newspaper and TV station -- or publish them to their own personal Web sites. By Bruce Rutledge
Will Moblogging Democratize Journalism? The moblogging movement could herald a new era of participatory journalism -- or not. Bloggers who want to be read as a credible alternative to mainstream news must first learn how to report, how to check facts, how to get it right -- how to be good journalists. By Howard Rheingold
3G Phones Let Time-Strapped Families See Each Other Every Day Phones with full-color motion screens are a hit with business travelers. Cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo thought people would use the phones to share pictures of the world around them, but families focus on each other. By Tim Clark
Japanese Mobile Companies Look to Expand to Europe As the mobile Internet gains popularity in Europe, the companies that sell content, software, ringtones and other gizmos to mobile carriers in Japan are marketing their wares to new buyers overseas. A special report from Wireless Watch Japan. By Daniel Scuka.
Asahi's Wireless Magic Act While most of the world's media companies have yet to figure out a way to coax readers to pay for online news, Japan's No. 2 newspaper is making $200,000 a year selling wireless news to more than 1 million subscribers. How do they do it? They're giving people what they want -- a news feed heavy on sports and entertainment news. By Jane Ellen Stevens.
Japan's Generation of Computer Refuseniks Most teens and young adults in Japan don't use computers to surf the World Wide Web. Instead they use cell phones to access a scaled-down wireless Web. The result: A growing computer literacy problem among Japan's youth. By Tim Clark.
Cell Phones That Surf for News New always-on desktop applications for cell phones can be programmed to scan the mobile Web constantly for the latest news and send you links to must-see stories, photos and videos. This latest development in cell phone technology may turn phones into the next big news delivery device. By Daniel Scuka.
Keitai Log: The Voice of Japanese Mobile Youth Culture Cell phones are bringing sweeping changes to how the Japanese coordinate, communicate, and share information. One new study shows cell phone e-mail is replacing phone calls among teens and young adults in Japan. By Mizuko Ito.