Joshua Paul had a great writeup last month over at Business2Community.com about a recent visit he had to Disney. I think we can all agree that when it comes to a brand experience or surprising and delighting customers, Paul is dead on that Disney gets top marks. "Disney has long used their understanding of community [...]

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Disney is set to introduce a new free game for the iPad that works with physical objects ($20 toy cars from the Disney/Pixar movie "Cars" in this case) that interacts with the graphics on the iPad's display.


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Disney, which has been doing business as an MVNO in Japan (Disney Mobile) since 2008, took the wraps off two new Android phones [JP] yesterday. The DM010SH will be rolled out in Japan in October, followed by the DM011SH in December (prices tbd).

Technically, the DM010SH is based on the Sharp's AQUOS 009SH [JP] and features Android 2.3, a 4-inch LCD with QHD resolution, an 8MP CMOS camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a microSDHC slot, a digital TV tuner, an e-wallet function, infrared communication, etc.

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Disney Pixar's new iPad app is aimed at very young children. As such, it does not have any social network features. But, as I played with the interactive story app, it occurred to me that there is a social aspect that Disney should explore in the near future. But, first, about the app itself.


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I'll be honest, it's been a while since I've used Gowalla. I've found that in most of the cities I visit Foursquare has more users, more tips, is faster, easier to check in, etc. But when I arrived at DisneyWorld yesterday for a private tour with several Disney employees, among others, I learned that Disney [...]

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