ImaHima
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ImaHima in Japanese means "are you free now?" and is the name of a mobile location-based social-networking service created in 1999[1] by the Japanese company ImaHima. ImaHima pioneered[2] the concept of sharing current status (location, activity, mood) among friends using mobile phones. Initially ImaHima started out as an "unofficial"[3] service but was later accepted inside the walled garden of the Japanese mobile carriers (NTT DoCoMo,[4] KDDI, Softbank). At its peak, ImaHima had over 500,000 users in Japan and was also made available in Switzerland and Australia. The service won a few awards including the coveted Prix Ars Electronica in 2001.[5] ImaHima is currently used by mobile users in Japan via the mobile carriers.
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- ^ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=10954. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "US Patent". 1999-12-14. http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT7284033. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ Guth, Robert A. (2000-08-18). "The Wall Street Journal". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB96655594017665802.html. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Wired - Listening Post". 2001-04-01. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.04/eword.html?pg=4. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=10954. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
