Greetings from J-List August 28, 2000

Greetings once again from your favorite volcanic nation, Japan.

Japanese people love little gadgets, and no gadget in recent years has attained as much popularity as the cellular phone. The Japanese cellular market is dominated by NTT”s DoCoMo subsidiary, with other players competing on price and features as best they can. One of the features in NTT’s crown is iMode, an Internet-like system that allows you to access many convenient features through your phone. AU, a new company formed by cellular provider Ido, and long distance companies KDD and DDI, will bring a new feature: phones based on Qualcomm’s CDMA standard, allowing a traveler to use his normal phone in Japan, America, Hong Kong

One thing that’s hard to get used to is seeing Japanese people rapidly typing emails on their phone’s keypad. Based on a code that’s quite easy to learn (if you’re used to Japan’s system of 46 syllable-based sounds) — 11 through 15 is the A line, 21 through 25 is the KA line, etc. — Japanese seem to get along fine without a full keyboard. With the popularity of mail-enabled cell phones, the image of the tired commuting salaryman or board young people listening to music while on the train have been smashed. Now everyone’s playing with their “keitai, sending email.

For tonight’s update, we’ve got a ton of great nice items, including:

First, new magazines, including two popular items, Cho Very Good!! and OK, the magazine for beautiful Rapeman life”
If you love sexy Japanese women in silky stockings, high high heels, and short skirts, the new Super Legs is up, too
We have some wonderful new photobooks, including the “commercial film special” photobook of the wonderful Yuka, Tamura Ayumi’s lovely “girl of summer” hardcover photobook, and more
Also, we have more copies of a dozen or so great photobooks that had gone out of stock, including the popular “Nude Grand Prix” by Aida Garo
There’s a great new erotic wide manga on the manga (new offerings) page, Cosplay Heaven
On the Dojin Soft page, we’ve got several really excellent new one-shot DVDs, with fabulous dojin erotic works on CD ROM
We’ve got three dynamite and very classy new videos for you: Japan AV’s “good girl” Kawashima Azumi’s “Promise, busty dream Yumeno Mariya’s H cup Explosion, and a super *90 minute* Contrary Soap Heaven” special
For our DVD lovers, another great long-playing featuring *16* lovely AV idols and *120 minutes* of super erotic performance — see Obscene Venus Ecstasy Collection on the DVD (Gallery) page
If you’re a member of the Macross Otaku Generation, there’s a great new “Macross Perfect Collection” card series, on the Anime Cards & Puzzles page
Want the ultimate Bruce Lee phone strap/key holder? We’ve got a cool one on the Anime Toys page
For our loyal JPOP fans, we’ve got a dozen or so new CD singles and maxi-singles, including new music from Uehara Takako, T&C Bomber, and Da Pump
On the “Trendy Stuff” page, we’ve got another slew of wacky, fun stuff — today we’ve posted Japanese study cards, the little cards held together on a removable plastic loop. Use them to study Japanese vocabulary!
Finally, for fans of fun Japanese snacks, we’ve got a new “charcoal roasted” traditional coffee candy, on the Japanese snacks page. It’s delicious!