[SONY WALKMAN] music and swimming

Sony on February 16th released Walkman W series NWD-W273 updated for swimmers to be able to listen to music in the water. It has 4GB of capacity, 29g of weight and an USB 2.0 port and takes 90 minutes to be fully charged for 8 hours of music play. It is 9,072 yen($97.81). It can not be used inside a bath and sauna owing to the temperature.


Swim x Music"Walkman" meets Swimming　―ソニー
http://www.sony.jp/walkman/special/swim_w270/index.html


Car of the Year 2012-2013 won by CX-5

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

Pervasion of Smartphone is 18% in Japan

Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Google on its Japanese website revealed "Google Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012".

Apple's "Siri" will make CD debut

Apple's Siri personificated

The music CD named "Teach us Ms. Siri" featuring Siri, the personal assistant and navigation application for Apple's iOS will be released on December 8th. It included "Hello, Siri-tan" uploaded on video-sharing websites earlier this year and 5 new songs.
*This is not an official project by Apple Inc.


りんご電話のパーソナルアシスタント『しり』がしゃべり、歌う(!!)、りんご愛爆発のキャラクターCDが登場!!　―IOSYS
http://www.iosysos.com/cd/ringo/

TV use of Japanese. How long do they watch TV in a day?

MyNavi News conducted a research to 500(256 males / 244 females) of its website membership users about their use of TV.

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

Windows 8 ad trailers in Akihabara

Electronics shop in Akihabara, Tokyo at 0:00 October 26th released Windows 8.


Photos 1　―アキバBlog
Photos 2　―ギズモード・ジャパン
Photos 3　―Seaside Tears 2
Photos 4　―ITmedia PC USER

Windows 8 Limited Pack [Ai Madobe version]

Windows 8 Limited Pack [Yuu Madobe version]

-FACTS-
"Madobe(窓辺)", the family name of the two girls means "window side" in Japanese.

A new maid cafe inside Yodobashi-Akiba

Yodobashi-Akiba, in Akihabara, Tokyo

A maid cafe named "Candy Fruits" will open inside the second floor of Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba(Yodobashi-Akiba) in Akihabara, Tokyo in September 1st.
The cafe has 42 seats in approximately 50 square metre space.

Blend Coffee - 580 yen
Cheesecake - 500 yen
Mango Yogurt Parfait - 900 yen
Omurice - 1,200 yen
Taking Photo - 600-800 yen
and more


-FACTS-
Yodobashi-Akiba is the largest electronics retail store in Akihabara, Tokyo. Thea building with nine stories above ground and six below is one of the symbolic landscape in Akihabara.


秋葉原・ヨドバシに初のメードカフェ出店へ－観光客などライト層狙う　―アキバ経済新聞
http://akiba.keizai.biz/headline/2849/



"THE IDOLM@STER" occupied Akihabara Station

Criminals of Akihabara Massacre(2008) released a book

Akihabara maids all together sprinkled water on the street

Pervasion of Smartphone is 18% in Japan

Sony Ericson "Xperia acro"


The recent research by Nikkei BP Consulting, Inc revealed that pervasion of smartphones reached 18.0% in Japan.
Among the 4,400 respondents, 1,152 or 26.2% said that they have at least one smartphone. Because the respondents were sampled equally from gender and generation, revision was added to the result considering demographics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and pervasion of mobile phones. As a result, estimated pervasion of smartphones was 18.0% jumped up from last year's 9.5%.
Customer satisfaction to mobile phone carriers is ranked 1:KDDI(au) 2:NTT DOCOMO 3:SoftBank, while satisfaction to smartphone devices and services were ranked 1:SoftBank 2:KDDI(au) 3:NTT DOCOMO. SoftBank(since 2008) and KDDI(since 2011) carries iPhone.


スマートフォンの国内普及率は18.0%、1年で倍増　―nikkei BPnet
http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20120725/317298/?top_f2&rt=nocnt