This app didn’t really get the attention it deserved when it was released a short while ago, so it seems only right to draw some attention to it now. You Are Connected is digital book featuring all the drivers and teams competing in this year’s Formula One World Championship in picture form. Each picture is accompanied [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Proving that the iPhone dominates in pretty much every market it hits (unless saddled with restrictions like China’s legit iPhone), MobileCrunch is reporting on a Japanese report which concludes that the iPhone has captured 46.1% of their smartphone market . Earlier this year there was a story from Wired that the iPhone was failing in [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 5, 2009
Despite previous reports that Japanese cell phone users were not all that excited by the iPhone, it seems that may not be entirely true, that is, at least according to a recent survey. That survey, which consisted of 2,300 Japanese retail stores was conducted by market research company BCN and offered evidence that cellphone sales in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Could we be seeing some further proof that the iPhone 3G is not selling well over in Japan? SoftBank, who is the official carrier in Japan has recently begun a new campaign that is giving away 8GB iPhones for free. The campaign has been dubbed “iPhone for everybody” and simply requires the user to sign [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
A new feature that was included in firmware 2.2 was emoticons, however this feature seems to have been made available only to those on the Japanese carrier SoftBank. But, worry not, if you are outside of Japan and feeling a strong desire to have those sometimes annoying little icons, then a fairly simple process will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 18, 2008
Despite statements from Softbank claiming that the iPhone remains a popular item, some analysts are now reporting that iPhone 3G sales in Japan are going to fall very short of what was initially hoped for. Initial estimates were expecting around one million in total, but so far the sales are looking like they will top out [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
Yet another carrier pricing announcement, but just in case you are from Japan, or just have some strange desire to know how much Japanese customers will be paying you can now rest your mind. Apple and Softbank have officially announced their pricing plans. The 8GB model will be selling for 23,040 Yen (about $215 US) and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A recent survey conducted by iShare showed that around 91% of 402 Japanese wireless subscribers do not have any plans to purchase the 3G when it is initially released. The translated version of the website is very hard to understand, as many of the words were not directly translated to English, but its pretty obvious that the [...]
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