Comments on: Who Will Carry the iPhone in Japan?

By: 3G iPhone In Japan | Neil Duckett

3G iPhone In Japan | Neil Duckett — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:53:48 +0000

[...] first wondering back in January about the iPhone it's recently been announced Softbank has been chosen as provider upsetting NTT Docomo in [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:22:35 +0000

アィフオーヌ？！

freakin hilarious!check your online romaji to katakan translator man!:-)

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:42:17 +0000

The English menu Nokia you wants alread exists. I have (2 yr old ?) Nokia 6630 (Voda…errr Softbank? 702NK). The OS is an Englsih OS first…. so there`s no half-assed translated stuff. Currently the have the 705NK (http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/en/product/3g/705nk/index.html). Check it out.

By: www.japansoc.com

www.japansoc.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:16:30 +0000

Apple iPhone Japan…

The iPhone has taken the world by storm and the the next country to have a rumored release is Japan, and sources there say that Docomo will likely be the company to release the Gadget of the Year here in Japan….

By: Shoovi

Shoovi — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:04:04 +0000

Folks.
iPhone is nice however… I would prefer to have different mobile but mp3… iPod touch only

later

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:41:43 +0000

You know – I don’t think the iPhone is going to draw that much attention over here – the phones here are great – if and when the iPhone does go on the market I have a feeling it will not receive the same celeb status it did in the US – and elsewhere in the world. However slick the screen is, eye-candy, gotta have one it may appear – I can see it kinda sticking out like a sore thumb compared to the jpn phones at the moment – the key in my blah – ‘at the moment’, if I had my way, let Apple products run for prez…they certainly got my vote -

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:38:13 +0000

Im hoping the deal Docomo strike will be different to that off the states based on the Japanese consumers phone habits being different to that of the US …. fingers crossed anyway!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:49:27 +0000

When you upgrade prepare to enter into a 2-year contract to keep your next phone.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:06:27 +0000

That’s probably what i’m looking for Jason,the simplistic use of a phone designed for the western market …. regardless of if its the Apple iPhone or another phone i’m used to … i was formally a Nokia lover in Australia.

By: ジェイソン (Jason)

ジェイソン (Jason) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:45:43 +0000

It will be interesting to see who will get awarded the iPhone contract, but I don’t think I’ll be running out to buy one anytime soon. While I’m no fan of the Japanese way of getting from Point A to Point B on a cell phone (why do they insist on having 5 drill down menus just to send a darn text message when there’s a darn “Message” button on the phone?), the Apple way of doing things just doesn’t appeal to me.

That said, if this phone does become a hit with the gaijin market in Japan, then perhaps other foreign cell phones will start to appear in the DoCoMo, Au or SoftBank lineup. I’d really enjoy getting my hands on a sexy little Nokia with a North American English menu system