Japanese See Android as a Wedge

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Hiroko Tabuchi, In Japan, Android Rising, Phone makers see way to enter the global market. New York Times, Mar 3, 2011 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/business/global/03android.html?scp=1&sq=japan%20android&st=cse
("Because Japan’s phone industry remains highly fragmented, no company so far has been large or savvy enough to make a strong overseas push. Instead, handset makers have long been content to serve as suppliers to Japan’s three largest mobile networks, which command a market of more than 100 million users, most of them on advanced 3G networks")


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(a) Mark LaPedus, Globalfoundries, TSMC square off in litho. EETimes, Mar 1, 2011.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4213679/Globalfoundries--TSMC-square-off-in-litho

Note: Globalfoundries has not shipped 28- or 32nm yet.
(b) Mark LaPedus, TSMC to make FinFETs in 450-mm fab. EETimes, Feb 28, 2011.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4213622/TSMC-to-make-FinFETs-in-450-mm-fab

(3) Press release: AeroVironment Develops World’s First Fully Operational Life-Size Hummingbird-Like Unmanned Aircraft for DARPA. Aerovironment, Feb 17, 2011.
http://www.avinc.com/resources/press_release/aerovironment_deve
(Nano Hummingbird; "The aircraft is larger and heavier than an average hummingbird, but is smaller and lighter than the largest hummingbird currently found in nature")

Note: Before you read the press release, take a look at the two photos in the lower right corner of
Media Gallery
http://www.avinc.com/media_gallery/images/uas/


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(1) Three video clips, uploaded by the company within the past two weeks:

AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird - Without Landing Gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xolH02Zba04

AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird - 360 degree Lateral Flip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i60gFVhJUyg

AeroVironment/DARPA Nano Hummingbird UAV flying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZbtZqH6Io
(a camera on the bird)

(2) Daisuke Wakabayashi and Juro Osawa, Odd Couple Behind Nintendo 3-D Push
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071304576160041815400126.html

Note:
(a) Go directly to the top horizontal bar and click the tab "Interactive Graphic" to understand "how it works."

You need not read the rest.
(b) Satoru IWATA 岩田 聡
Shigeru MIYAMOTO 宮本 茂


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: Hiroko Tabuchi, In Japan, Android Rising, Phone makers see way to enter the global market. New York Times, Mar 3, 2011 (title in the print).
: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/business/global/03android.html?scp=1&sq=japan%20android&st=cse
: ("Because Japan’s phone industry remains highly fragmented, no company so far has been large or sav
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