New Microsoft vid demos Japanese Mango, new exclusive apps

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Good news for our Japanese readers expecting their first Windows Phone next month (or thereabout), Microsoft has posted a video overview of Mango, including demoing a few unannounced apps that we can expect to see on launch. From NanaPho, who kindly explained it all to us:

  • mixi - Mixi is the most popular social networking service (SNS) in Japan. While Facebook has only 3.85 million users, mixi has 23 million users.
  • NAVITIME - Navitime is one of popular navigation services in Japan including roadmaps, transit information for train & bus.
  • Hotpepper - Hotpepper is popular gourmet and coupon service in Japan.
  • Jorudan Norikae-Annai - Jorudan is popular train route finder service in Japan.

And is it us or does Windows Phone look pretty awesome with kana/kanji? Microsoft looks like they're finally set to take on the Japanse market, launching a new website, they got the phone--great news for them and great news for Japanese consumers.

Source: Microsoft; via NanaPho

Daniel Rubino
Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.