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Via Stefan

Urs tried to find out the original meaning of the word "KEITAI" / 携帯【けいたい】

携帯: KEITAI = (1) carrying something; (2) mobile telephone (abbr); (P) which uses the above kanji

携: KEI, tazusa(eru), tazusa(waru) = portable; carry (in hand); armed with; bring along

帯: TAI, obi(ru), obi = sash, belt, obi, zone

To find out things like this, I usually use these cool Japanese resources:

Japanese-English Dictionary
Kanji Dictionary (Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server)

We now have a validating Atom feed for the Sandbox.

ENGLISH

The Sandbox is here to test the KAYWA Blog Software. It's still in a beta stage, but it gives you an idea how it will work.

To post you have to main possibilities:

• Send a picture via mobile device (MMS/GPRS Email) or as email attachement to sandbox@sandbox.kaywa.com
• Go to http://sandbox.kaywa.ch and login with kaywa as username and password

For a german speaking testers there is also a help.


DEUTSCH

Die Sandbox (Beta) ist zum Testen der KAYWA Blog Software da. Sie gibt Ihnen eine erste Idee, wie das ganze funktioniert.

Um einen Beitrag zu publizieren, gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten:

• Sie senden ein Bild via Mobiltelefon (MMS/GPRS Email) oder als Attachement mit normalem Email an sandbox@sandbox.kaywa.com
• Sie gehen zu http://sandbox.kaywa.ch und loggen mit kaywa als Benutzer und Passwort ein.

Es gibt auch eine Hilfsanleitung dazu.

Several people asked where one can find our slides from the First International Moblogging Conference in Tokyo. Here they are:

MOBLOGS: From the mob into the corporation?*

* We slightly modified our slides since then.

Camera phones changing the definition of picture-worthy:

In Japanese, "material" for news and stories is called "neta." The term has strong journalistic associations, but also gets used to describe material that can become the topic of conversation among friends or family: a new store seen on the way to work; a cousin who just dropped out of high school; a funny story heard on the radio. Camera phones provide a new tool for making these everyday neta not just verbally but also visually shareable.

See also:
GLOCOM-USC-JETRO Mobile Conference: July 16, 2003