News | Akiba Today -Business & Culture News from Tokyo Akihabara-

Japanese Magazines on your iPhone

posted 09/07/22

A new service initiated by Yappa and Dentsu called Magastore allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to download Japanese magazines to their iPhones/iPods for a mere 115 Yen each. First time users however need to purchase the App for 600 Yen. So far only the 30 biggest magazines are available for download but the company plans to expand the service up to about 50 mags. Dentsu also aims for other markets like video game consoles or other mobile phone brands interestingly not only in Japan but overseas as well.

The act of turning a fading print medium like magazines into digital data seems like an crucial step for their survival. Newspapers went online a long ago but that transition went a lot easier then the layout heavy mags. Otaku will certainly rejoice once they can check release dates for their favorite eroge without having to go and buy the paper print. Otaku Mag service anyone?

Yappa
Dentsu

This article has been created in collaboration with

Akiba Keizai Shimbun

iPod Disco in Akiba (Akiba Today)

TrackBack

Track back to this article:

http://www.akibatoday.com/cgi-bin/mt/trackback/638

Latest article 20

Air Yakiniku: Do you like Yakiniku? In case you don't have a grill a...; posted 09/07/24

Japanese Magazines on your iPhone: A new service initiated by Yappa and Dentsu called Mag...; posted 09/07/22

Fish Alien for sale?: When going around Japanese fish markets one can find t...; posted 09/07/17

First Akiba Aptitude Test to Determine Your "Akiba Mastery" this Fall: On September 23, the Make Akiba Energetic Club based i...; posted 09/07/16

Team Ico's Ueda comments on other games: In a recent Interview the head of Team Ico commented o...; posted 09/07/15

Bye-Bye Miniskirts - Long Skirt Boom for Japanese High School Girl Uniforms?!: Japanese high school girls typically wear their unifor...; posted 09/07/14

Richard Gere visits Hachiko: If you ever had an appointment in Shibuya chances are ...; posted 09/07/13

A Girly Gundam?!: A blinged out Gundam has made the news on the Net.Acco...; posted 09/07/09

Nintendo lets player skip hard parts: Everybody who regularly plays video games knows about ...; posted 09/07/08

Cola & Green Tea - A Japanese-American Combo Drink?!: Coca Cola Systems started selling Coca Cola Plus Catec...; posted 09/07/07

Japanese Ganguro fashion on the rise again?: For those of us who live in Japan and don't avoid Shib...; posted 09/07/03

Endless Troubles for DoDonPachi on the Xbox 360 - Maker Explains Cause: The video game DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Extra...; posted 09/07/02

Robotic Sushi Pro: The recently revealed robot hand, weighing a light 340...; posted 09/07/01

Shrine Maiden Classes at Kanda Shrine: Introductory Course for Shrine Maidens 101 will be hel...; posted 09/06/30

The Last Guardian: New Info: After a trailer of Team Ico's highly anticipated game ...; posted 09/06/26

Pink McDonald's: Walking down Shibuya Center-Gai for a few minut...; posted 09/06/25

1:1 Scale Gundam now fully visible: The giant Amuro Gundam in Odaiba can now be seen...; posted 09/06/24

A Katana as an Umbrella? - The Samurai Umbrella: Japan has entered the rainy season. It keeps raining o...; posted 09/06/23

Otaku Encyclopedia: If you read about the latest trend in the Otaku realm ...; posted 09/06/22

Become a Kamen Rider Action Figure!: 　Bandai has revealed that it has started taking orders...; posted 09/06/18