Sharp is releasing an Aquos Android clamshell phone with a 16-megapixel camera running Gingerbread. This is the latest step in Android’s quiet and gradual takeover of the Japanese phone market. I believe that Japan will eventually become a strategic stronghold for Android and in turn this will serve to shore up Google’s historically weak performance against Yahoo in search and online services in Japan.

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I’ve long been a keen observer in the growing war of opinions over the future of intellectual property rights. Just a few days ago, ABC, NBC and CBS decided to block Google TV devices from streaming from their websites, joining Hulu in what appears to be a last-ditch effort in forcing Google to cough up concessions it really shouldn’t have to. This got me thinking, so I shall leave a few notes here for my future reference.

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<3 Google. I feel totally motivated to blog now.

Anyway, it’s not like I haven’t been keeping up with the latest season. I’m currently following Hayate no Gotoku, Claymore, Nagasarete Airantou, Lucky Star, Romeo x Juliet, Bokurano and Darker Than Black. This is about the number of series I’ve been following for every season for the past year or so. I just need to find a bit more time for blogging… I wonder if you guys will mind if I blog more about non-anime related topics? My Real Life™ recently has been really… exciting. LOL.

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