alafista.com » Mobile Phone http://www.alafista.com Embracing Japanese POP Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Arashi Becomes 2D in Android au CM http://www.alafista.com/2011/07/04/arashi-becomes-2d-in-android-au-cm/ http://www.alafista.com/2011/07/04/arashi-becomes-2d-in-android-au-cm/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:40:40 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=18162 [...]]]> Arashi has shot a new series of commercial for Japanese mobile phone company au for their new Android phones lineup and one of the most interesting one features Ohno Satoshi and Matsumoto Jun in “2D”.

Thankfully they didn’t had to remain in their 2D forms for long otherwise fans would be really sad XD

And here are the rest of the CM featuring other members of Arashi.

 

]]> http://www.alafista.com/2011/07/04/arashi-becomes-2d-in-android-au-cm/feed/ 1 My Moe Ringtones http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/08/my-moe-ringtones/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/08/my-moe-ringtones/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:41:34 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=2353 [...]]]> After getting a new Mobile Phone, my next task was to decide on a suitable set of ringtones for my mobile phone. And since its Christmas, I thought it would be nice in the spirit of giving to share it with my readers.

First off is the ringtone for the incoming call. I decided on Vanilla Salt, which is the opening theme for Toradora!. I chose it because it has the word “Vanilla” in it and my favorite ice-cream flavor is Vanilla.

Moving onto incoming text messages, I decided to carry on using the ringtone from Hayate No Gotoku Character CD 3 Nagi Sanzenin.

Its very cute, everytime there is an incomgin text message, it goes:

ユー・ガッタ・メール！うむ、メールが届いたようだ

> You Got Mail! Umu, A mail has arrived.

Download link here

Moving on is the alarm ringtone. Instead of using a proper alarm clock, I rely on my mobile phone’s alarm. So similarly I chose a track from the Nagi Character CD.

おい、朝だぞ！早く起きろ。

> Oi, Asa da zo! Hayaku Okiro. [Oi, its morning already! Hurry up and wake up.]

Download link here

Another alarm ringtone which I had been using for quite some time is from the Mousou Voice CD Vol.2 [Oshikari CD].

It is voiced by Ito Shizuka (better know for her voice roles as Tamaki Kousaka from ToHeart2, Hinnagiku from Hayate no Gotoku, and Lenalee Lee from D.Gray-man). Anyway this CD is more interesting because it has the track scolding you in many different ways.

こらっ。いつまで寝てんの。早く起きないと踏みつけちゃうぞ！

> Hey! How long are you gonna sleep? If you don’t wake up, I’m gonna kick you!

Download link here

So these are the ringtones that I wanted to share with you folks. If you have more of these interesting sound packs, do share them with us. Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

]]> http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/08/my-moe-ringtones/feed/ 3 My New Ice-Cream Mobile Phone http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/06/my-new-ice-cream-mobile-phone/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/06/my-new-ice-cream-mobile-phone/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:44:21 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=2325 [...]]]> My previous mobile phone went dead on me yesterday. So today I went shopping for a new mobile phone. This new LG Ice Cream caught my eye immediately when I went into the shop.

My New Cell Phone

I love it design. Especially because it has a nice led lighting on the front cover that lights up with there is any incoming call.

My New Cell Phone

Here’s a youtube video of the led lights in action:

My friend was teasing me that it was a girlie phone but I think its okay. RAWR

Anyway, I had a search and found this very cute promotional video featuring Kim Tae Hee.

I wonder which new ringtone should I upload. So here’s the question for the day: what ringtone are your currently using for your cellphone?

]]> http://www.alafista.com/2008/12/06/my-new-ice-cream-mobile-phone/feed/ 7 Grandpa Attempts To Murder Dad For Buying Grandchild Mobile Phone http://www.alafista.com/2008/06/18/grandpa-attempts-to-murder-dad-for-buying-grandchil-mobile-phone/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/06/18/grandpa-attempts-to-murder-dad-for-buying-grandchil-mobile-phone/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:46:19 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=970 [...]]]> Here’s an interesting piece of family drama – A grandfather (75) attempted to kill his own son (45) with a large pair of scissors after he found out that his son had bought his middle school granddaughter a mobile phone.

Apparently, the scissors were really large. It measured 51cm in length and the blades were 13cm.

Luckily, grandpa didn’t skewer dad with the scissors but only used it to beat his son on the head repeatedly.

Source: Yomiuri via Sankaku Complex

Looks like this grandpa is so overbearing, can’t even let his own son decide on what to do for the granddaughter.

]]> http://www.alafista.com/2008/06/18/grandpa-attempts-to-murder-dad-for-buying-grandchil-mobile-phone/feed/ 5 40% Japanese Bathe with Cellphones http://www.alafista.com/2008/03/22/40-japanese-bathe-with-cellphones/ http://www.alafista.com/2008/03/22/40-japanese-bathe-with-cellphones/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:44:33 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/2008/03/22/40-japanese-bathe-with-cellphones/ [...]]]> Do you bring along your mobile phone when you take a bath? According to a recent poll, more than 40% of Japanese have at least once taken their mobile phones to the bathtub to make calls, type e-mails, listen to music or play games. LOL

Interestingly, this poll was carried out by video-game maker Sega with 16,250 people.

The survey found that the most common reason for taking the phone to the tub was to type e-mails, followed closely by listening to music.

Thankfully, Japanese mobile phone makes have made some of their handsets “safe for the bath”. So theres no worries of dropping it into the bath.

Source: AFP

If you ask me, isn’t soaking in the bath supposed to be a time to relax? Why would people still bring their mobile phone along? I think its rather simple to just return a missed call later.

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