Review: ACN Mobile World Updated!

Recently new competitor of Skypeout hit the market ACN Mobile World allows customers to save up to 70% on their mobile phone bill. They simply pick their plan and download a Mobile Application to their compatible smartphone or make calls through the Call Back Service through a traditional mobile phone. 

• Apple iPhone users can download the ACN Mobile World Application directly from the iTunes store.
• The ACN Mobile World Application may use up to 3 Mb of data for a 5 minute call from a data plan.
• There is no contract required with ACN Mobile World.
• You will be charged according to the plan you choose and the destinations that you call. Charges may include a monthly charge for your plan and per-minute charges for your calls.
• Calls made using the Mobile Application consume approximately 3 Mb of data for a 5 minute call, and your mobile phone or Internet service provider may subject you to additional charges based on the Internet connection type that you are using and your data plan. Contact your mobile phone or Internet service provider for more information.

Is my smartphone supported? Backberry and Windows phone support is coming soon!

Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global

LG Decoy?

TOKYO — At first glance, Japanese cellphones are a gadget lover’s dream: ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators.

But it is hard to find anyone in Chicago or London using a Japanese phone like a Panasonic, a Sharp or an NEC. Despite years of dabbling in overseas markets, Japan’s handset makers have little presence beyond the country’s shores.

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“Japan is years ahead in any innovation. But it hasn’t been able to get business out of it,” said Gerhard Fasol, president of the Tokyo-based IT consulting firm, Eurotechnology Japan.

The Japanese have a name for their problem: Galápagos syndrome.

Japan’s cellphones are like the endemic species that Darwin encountered on the Galápagos Islands — fantastically evolved and divergent from their mainland cousins — explains Takeshi Natsuno, who teaches at Tokyo’s Keio University.

Read the full New Your Times story by HIROKO TABUCHI