Links

Official sources:

i-mode™ Compatible HTML tags
i-mode Compatible HTML tags from NTT DoCoMo.
[ http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/imode/ ]

i-mode™ Handset Designs
i-mode™ Handset Designs from NTT DoCoMo.
[ http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/products/ ]

i-mode™ Pictograms
i-mode™ Pictograms from NTT DoCoMo.
[ http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/i/tag/emoji/ ]

Specifications for Compact HTML (cHTML)
Specifications for cHTML from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
[ http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-compactHTML-19980209/ ]

W3C HTML Validation Service
W3C HTML Validation Service; a free service that checks HTML and XHTML documents for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.
[ http://validator.w3.org ]

World Wide Web Consortium
Information on HTML, cHTML, and the transition to XHTML Basic for mobile applications.
[ http://www.w3c.org ]

Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) SDK
[ http://java.sun.com/products/cldc/ ]

Sun's J2SE JDK as a development environment
gives you a compiler and a jar tool to use, in addition to many other tools. This is a common choice for i-mode™ developers, and fairly easy to get and find.
[ http://java.sun.com/j2se/ ]

Books and magazines:

"i-mode+guide"
i-mode™ Developer's Guide book
[ http://www.imode-guide.com/ ]

Japan Inc.
The premiere source of information in English on technology trends in Japan, including a weekly wireless update -- not to be missed!
[ http://www.japaninc.com ]

"Mobile Content Providers and their Business Models: What can Sweden learn from the Japanese experience"
- Thesis by A. Devine and S. Holmqvist
[ http://www.japaninc.com/online/sc/master_thesis_as1.pdf ]

"CJKV Information Processing"
The bible of Japanese text handling by Ken Lunde
[ http://www.praxagora.com/lunde/cjkv-ip.html ]

Online sources:

Keitai-L mailing list
An excellent mailing list for topics involving mobile and wireless applications and services in Japan. Have a question about i-mode™ development? If so, search the postings from the past 3 years, look through the FAQ, or post your own questions or comments to the list.
[ http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]

Mobile Media Japan
[ http://www.mobilemediajapan.com ]

Wireless Watch Japan
The only independent English-language media focusing exclusively on the business of wireless in Japan. Host Daniel Scuka, co-author of i-mode™ Developer's Guide and senior contributing editor at J@pan Inc magazine, interviews the people in the know about i-mode™, photo and video mail, 3G, DoCoMo, FOMA, i-Appli J2ME Java, iMelody ringtones, and much more.
[ http://www.wirelesswatchjapan.com ]