Spotted elsewhere in the news:

1) SoftBank offers a peek at 'Japan Texture' lacquerware-style mobile phone shell designs, coming soon to an 823SH near you.
http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/special/japan_texture/

2) Porsche fans of Japan: Get your Porsche news, photos, movies, engine sound downloads, etc. on your mobile with the new Daily Porsche Magazine. KDDI, WILLCOM, or au; JPY315/month. http://www.eole.co.jp

3) From the end of March, bring your Suica, PASMO, or ICOCA electronic money cards with you when crawling home late at night on a Nihon Kotsu or Kokusai Jidousha taxi, thanks to the two taxi firms' tie-ups with JR East, JCB, NTT DoCoMo, and Mitsui Sumitomo Card. From fall, add QUICPay and iD cards to the list as well.
http://www.computernews.com/DailyNews/2008/03/2008032805108FBC924A2020.h...

4) Got a Kyocera W42K mobile phone from au? If so, your battery is under recall for possible shorting, smoking, and rupture. Batteries with lot number 'KY-YDA' are okay; 14 other numbers are no good. Stop use of the battery and call 0120-600-924 (or 157 from an au mobile).
http://www.computernews.com/DailyNews/2008/03/20080328201393B9897A2020.h...

5) That iPod touch is so beautiful, you don't even want to - eww - touch it with your grubby fingers. DIATEC Corp. has the answer: a rubber-tipped 'Tap Pen' stylus for the iPod touch or iPhone. It's good for clicks, double-clicks, dragging, and scrolling/sliding. No two-finger 'pinching' capability, though, says the maker. (Come on, DIATEC, work the marketing! Tell buyers they need TWO Tap Pens, chopstick-style, for pinch operations.)
http://www.diatec.co.jp/products/det.php?prod_c=553

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