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Nokia to cease sales in Japan

2008-11-27 20:28:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Japan except for its luxury Vertu brand after struggling to expand its presence Finnish Nokia has previously said it will cut costs 'decisively', expecting global mobile phone sales to shrink next year amid an economic downturn Japan is the world's fourth largest mobile phone market after the United States, China and India. But it makes up...
 
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Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push

2008-09-08 23:08:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation's popular "wallet phone," a government official said Tuesday Although Japan boasts some of the most sophisticated cell phones in the world, delivering high-speed Internet connections, digital TV broadcasts and video downloads, the nation has...
 
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In Japan when the old get lonely they turn to shoplifting

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2008-12-04 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Japan is upside down and what the elderly do with all their free time is no exception Long story short: On the northern island of Hokkaido for every two teenagers arrested, police collar three people 65 or older Said Hirokazu Shibata, a Hokkaido police official who leads a crime prevention task force, "Theft used to be a crime of the young,...
 
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Why Zen Software Design Does Not Come From Japan [Designmodo]

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2008-10-28 14:26:45 by Lisa Katayama in Gizmodo
Japan is the epicenter of Zen, a concept with deep religious roots and a mandate for simplicity of appearance and lifestyle. But when it comes to native gadgetry, Zen is only skin-deep. Japanese cell phones are sleek on the outside, but once you open the clamshell, the interface is a complete mess. While American-made phones are leaning more and...
 
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30 million Symbian smartphone shipments in Japan up until the end of November 2007

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2008-01-17 10:39:44 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Japan up until the end of November 2007 According to the companys numbers, Symbian OS marketshare of the NTT DoCoMo FOMA market grew in one year from 50% to 65% at the end of H1 2007. To date, a total of 69 mobile phone models based on Symbian OS have launched in Japan by six Symbian customers: Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp and...
 
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What's Not Hot in Japan? Try iPhone

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2008-09-15 17:30:26 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Japan Apple 's partnership with Japan's third-largest mobile operator, Softbank Corp ., to sell the iPhone 3G certainly created a buzz. Like elsewhere, Japanese consumers lined up at stores in advance of the phone's release on July 11, and many locations sold out almost immediately But now analysts estimate that demand in Japan has fallen...
 
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Think Tank: Greying Japan On Its Way To Robot Majority

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2008-04-10 11:54:11 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Japan's intricately formalized rules of social decorum: perhaps the culture has reacted explosively to the lack of personal space by building up psychological breathing room in every transaction, constructing as many obstacles as possible between two human beings actually interacting I suspect this same theory goes a long way towards...
 
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Apple secures 'iPhone' trademark in Japan - 3G iPhone coming to Japan?

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2008-04-22 19:45:36 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...Japanese company Aiphone . The two companies have apparently come to terms with the use of the iPhone trademark in Japan, allowing both Apple and Aiphone to use the trademark. Aiphone has reportedly been talking to Apple since last summer over the iPhone trademark While Aiphone isn't exactly the same as iPhone, both words are apparently...
 
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Apple looking to launch 3G iPhone in Korea and Japan

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2008-05-21 20:39:20 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...Japanese wireless markets. Previous reports indicated that Japan would not be getting the iPhone anytime soon, seeing as how the nation's 3G network did not mesh well with the current iPhone. But, Apple is reportedly looking to bring their next-generation iPhone to both Korea and Japan in a joint-launch on Korea Free Telecom (KTF) and NTT...
 
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