Vodafone Japan's final media briefing: out with a whimper.

"It's ironic, also, that last week's presser actually showcased some technology and services that could have noticeably boosted the carrier's oh-so-slow growth in 3G users... They also turned some heads with the new OTA (over the air) update service based on software from InnoPath and a pre-loaded face recognition function provided by Oki Electric."