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Yes, DoCoMo is doing so poorly it's been renamed to CoCoMo. Is that a beach in Mexico?

The Japanese appreciate quality and function in a small portable device.

For instance if you forgot your iPhone somewhere, you can hack it via SMS and ask the new user to return it.

When the iPhone overheats, it makes a nice hand warmer in winter or a heater for warm sake.

ok, just kidding...

I'm confused: we were assured two years ago that the iPhone was much too unsophisticated to make a dent in the Japanese market.

Emoji is the only feature I recall being added that was highlighted at the time; was that all it took? Or were the initial naysayers missing the point, yet again?

Jul 03, 09 - 03:03 pm Comment from: Brau

Damn! Now I'll never get one. Apple has been after making a foray into the all-important Japanese tech market for years and they'll surely make sure to send as many iPhones as they can that way.

Jul 03, 09 - 04:00 pm Comment from: Arnold Ziffel

Two posts in and the FUD starts flowing. Hmm.

But....But.... the iPhone doesn't have a lanyard loop for hanging trinkets off of, so I will never be embraced by the Japanese. Oh! Snap! I forgot you couldn't (past tense) squirt your contact info so young Japanese people will reject it.

Fact is the iPhone is so far ahead of other devices it should be criminal. I know people say that the iPhone is x amount of years ahead of the competition but the truth is until the competition can field a device with a desktop class OS the iPhone will ALWAYS be better.

I thought you couldn't use the iphone in Japan (or Australia for that matter). Can I roam there with my US 3G?

Jul 03, 09 - 06:08 pm Comment from: _Bill_

If you Google "NTT CoCoMo Aquos SH-04A" (which I'd never heard of, but wanted to see a pic) all you get are iPhone-related articles...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=NTT+CoCoMo+Aquos+SH-04A+&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B5GGGL_enUS304US305&ie=UTF-8

Jul 03, 09 - 06:14 pm Comment from: DavidO

And this survey was done BEFORE the 3GS was released in Japan?!?! Am I understanding this correctly?

Jul 03, 09 - 06:40 pm Comment from: silverhawk

The naming convention is soooo bad: "NTT CoCoMo Aquos SH-04A." It just rolls off the tongue.

Jul 04, 09 - 01:51 am Comment from: Fred Thirsty

@bill: google with "NTT DoCoMo Aquos SH-04A" not with "NTT CoCoMo Aquos SH-04A"

Jul 04, 09 - 07:23 am Comment from: UltraVisitor

@Fred Thirsty

You're right, it totally is DoCoMo, not CoCoMo. I guess MDN was trying to make fun of a name that none of us have heard of.