Third-Generation (3G) Mobile Phone contents business manager DG Mobile Corporation publishes keitai magazine on Yahoo! Contents Store October 15th.
~Adult Keitai Magazine Site [e-Book Japan DX]
The world’s first Third-Generation Mobile Phone manga and photo contents business manager, DG Mobile Corporation (Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku / CEO: Kazusuke Obi), the PC electronic-book sales site “e Book Japan” administrator e-Book Initiative Japan Corporation (Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku / CEO: Yusuke Suzuki), and the most famous domestic advertising network owner Sky Media Corporation (Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku / CEO: Masaya Nakagawa) have joined forces to produce the keitai magazine site “e-Book Japan” for Yahoo! Japan’s “Yahoo! Contents Store” on October 15th, 2005.
“e-Book Japan” is an entertainment site concept aimed at adults offering well known magazine and sports newspaper contents on a weekly basis and can be enjoyed anywhere, even on a daily commute. The content line-up includes the top headlines of “Shukan Post”, popular comics such as “Yarukkya Naito”, “Cobra”, and “Ringu”, as well as seasonal selections from popular photo-gravure talent. Also planned is the most massive line-up of comic, photo, and magazine contents for adults culled from the contents offered by the PC site “e-Book Japan” and DG Mobile.
Distinct features of the service include special-edition and popular contents with each purchase and a monthly pay course of “Monthly Miyasunonki”, a gravure-photo course from specific genres offered in a magazine-style package. The world of mobile phone entertainment is reaching out to adults. Among future developments scheduled are a product review function and a popular blog site with a keyword for distribution of associated reports and contents service to respond to readers’ needs.
“e-Book Japan DX” also plans to reach out to au and Vodafone.

■Service Name: [e-Book Japan DX]
◇URL: http://y.ebdx.jp
◇Service Launch Date: Saturday, October 15th 2005
◇Format and Viewer Standard: based on Serushisusha [Comic Surfing]
◇Access:Yahoo! Mobile (http://yahoo.jp) ⇒ [Contents Store] ⇒ [Electronic Comics] ⇒ [e-Books Japan DX]
■Information (Materials/Charges)
◇1 story/ 31 yen, tax included (30 points) *single purchase possible
◇Monthly Fee Information and Publishing Points
1) Monthly Fee: 315 yen (tax included): 300 points worth of entertaining contents month-to-month.
⇒ Courses: [Shukan Post Course], [Monthly Miyasunonki Course], etc
2) Monthly Fee: 525 yen (tax included): 500 points worth of entertaining
contents month-to-month.
⇒ Courses: [Gravure Photo 525 Yen Monthly Pay Course], etc
※To be introduced in October. Subscription to more than one course simultaneously possible.
■Corresponding Consoles
●Docomo i-Mode
◇900i Series
D900i, F900i, N900i, P900i, SH900i, F900iT, F900iC, N900iS, N900iG, N900iL, P900iV
◇901i Series D901i, F901iC, N901iC, P901i
■Main Line-Up
◇Shukan Post: new headlines and back-issue from the previous year
◇Comics: “Yarukkya Naito”, “AVNAI YATSURA”, and “Tokyo Nampa Street” by Miyasunonki
“Kabocha Wine” by Mitsuru Miura
“Cobra” by Buichi Terasawa
“Ringu Series” by Kadokawashoten/ Suzuki
◇Photos: Miri Hanai, Natsume Sano, Mihoshi Aoyama, and other popular gravure-photo
talents

< For information regarding this press release, contact>
DG Mobile Corporation
Contact: Kenichi Sugi
E-Mail: sugi@dgmobile.co.jp
Tel: 03-5452-0355 Fax: 03-5452-0356
E-Book Intuitive Japan Corporation>
Contact: Hideke Suzuki, Keita Kawai
E-Mail: pr@ebookjapan.co.jp
Tel: 03-5283-9674 Fax: 03-5283-9671
Mailing Address: 101-0062 Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku,Kanda,Surugadai 2-9-18
Bansui Building 4F
Sky Media Corporation
e-Book Japan DX Keitai Site Bureau
Contact: Dai Kuramitsu
E-Mail: t.kuramitsu@skymedia.co.jp
Tel: 03-5469-5642 Fax: 03-5469-5643 |