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Japan: Docomo vying to offer iPad and next gen iPhone?

Posted in iPad, iPhone, iPhone in Japan on Feb 27th, 2010

While attending Macworld 2010, I had a chance to meet Nobi Hayashi, a highly-respected technology journalist in Japan. Nobi was with a contingency of tech enthusiasts from Japan. I chatted briefly with the group about the next gen iPhone (due this summer?) and the new iPad. I was curious to get their take on which [...]

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Q1 2010 Earnings Call: Apple in China, Japan and Korea

Posted in Apple, China, iPhone in Asia, iPhone in Japan, iPhone in S.Korea on Jan 25th, 2010

Here are a few excerpts from today’s (Jan 25, 2010) Apple (AAPL) Q1 2010 earnings conference call (full transcript via Seeking Alpha): Benjamin Reitzes – Barclays Capital With regard to the iPhone could you talk a little bit more about China and in particular did that meet your expectations in the quarter? How is that [...]

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3 million iPhones sold in Japan since summer 2008

Posted in iPhone in Japan on Dec 17th, 2009

Serkan Toto has a post on Mobile Crunch today highlighting iPhone’s success in Asia. Among the key takeaways — Apple’s carrier partner, Softbank, has now sold 3 million iPhones in Japan*, capturing a commanding 46% of the smartphone market … It’s big in Korea, it’s probably big in China’s grey market, and the iPhone continues [...]

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Softbank nearly doubles net profit thanks to iPhone

Posted in iPhone in Japan on Oct 29th, 2009

Quick … someone call John Strand and tell him his thesis “no carrier has ever made a dime by contracting with Apple to sell iPhone” is in serious jeopardy of being dead wrong. Read > The INcredibles – Rob Enderle and John Strand “14 years we [Strand Consult] have never made a mistake in our [...]

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Video: Japanese iPhone/Mac users are a dedicated bunch

Posted in iPhone in Japan on Oct 25th, 2009

The editor of That Mac Show, Eric Timmer was recently in Fukuoka, Japan where he stopped by the magazine section in an electronics shop. Eric took note of the many Apple “fanzines” (fanboy magazines) and shot this short video clip. According to Timmer, Japanese Mac users are just as dedicated if not more so than [...]

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