Comments on: Pricey, slow, feature-free phone fails to catch on in Japan

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By: Johan

Johan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:25:51 +0000

It’s true that the lack of “emoji” and so forth is a big deal to Japanese mobile phone users, and is probably one of the biggest detractors right now.
However, in the app store, there seems to be a fair amount of Japanese apps being written specifically for Japanese users, with more coming every time. Based on these apps, and on the iphone being a great platform for 3rd party applications, I think iphone uptake might eventually accelerate in Japan. Someone will write that killer app. It’ll just take longer than elsewhere because a different set of barriers have to be broken down or compensated for.

By: Sensei

Sensei — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:29:11 +0000

You work for Apple Marketing, don’t you, Cracker Kevin? Nobody else could possibly be so thick. Having said that, kudos on the funniest, most ironic p*sstake in years … naming your latest “innovation” Genius. I bet some of your fanboys still don’t get the joke.

By: Cracker Kevin

Cracker Kevin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:58:37 +0000

Shouldn’t be a surprise — Apple’s kind-of all about the idea of the creative, expressive, individualistic person. Which is the exact opposite of everybody in Japan.

By: MadDog

MadDog — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:19:15 +0000

Well, Karl (or is it Groucho?)… ahem… who told me that? Let’s see, *you* declared that Japan was, in fact, the aforementioned futuristic utopia (as opposed to my declaration that it wasn’t) and Charles made the generalisation that no-one knows how to use Bluetooth. So there are my sources. Keeping up? Good.

Of course it was a generalisation, if for no other reason than the pedantic fact that Charles (I’m sure) hasn’t canvassed the opinion of everyone in Japan. It was a generalisation in much the same way that my comment about how everyone in the UK *does* know how to use Bluetooth was also a generalisation. But read my second comment again (you know, the one that inspired the hilaaaaaaaarious Ostrich tag); no-where do I make reference to how many people may or may not know how to use Bluetooth, my point was that Japan is being held up as a more technically sophisticated market (and therefore the reason why the iPhone is allegedly not successful) and yet someone from the region who surely is in a better position to know than me, says that a lot of the phones sold there don’t have something as basic as Bluetooth. I would struggle to find a phone on sale in the UK that doesn’t have Bluetooth.
Meanwhile, smiley’s and straps fir furry toys are pointed to as deal breakers.

I say again. WTF?

Swapping handsets every few months is insane. If I was going to be sanctimonious, I’d go so far as to call it irresponsible, resource-squandering, unnecessary consumerism. There’s nothing in any normal person’s life that needs that kind of gadget turnover.

Cut & Paste? I can honestly say the only time I needed that was when I was setting up my mail accounts and wanted to copy the POP server address. Since then I’ve not missed it, or even come across a situation where I needed it.

IR? Hello? 1993 called and wants its technology back…

Video? Yeah, good call. But then I already acknowledged that in my first post. The iPhone is far from perfect and I’m not trying to pretend otherwise.

One-handed operation? uh, that’s just fine, thanks. Are you some kind of mini-me character whose fingers aren’t long enough to stretch the whole 2 inches across the width of the handset? Or maybe you just don’t have opposable thumbs…

By: faddah

faddah — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:15:16 +0000

someone can write an app that inserts emoji, just like a third-party is working on cut-copy-paste and getting other apps to support it. charles, i can understand why they'd want it in that culture, it's a culture whose language was originally based on a pictogram language (kanji). IR seems entirely unnecessary to me when you have bluetooth, wifi, gps, edge & 3G already. just look at the 3rd party "remote" app that allows you to control iTunes on your mac or your AppleTV from the iPhone via wifi. wanna send contact info? develop an app that does it via bluetooth or wifi. the ic chip just scare the bejesus outta me, and i don't know why it's so popular in that culture — do they think themselves immune from identity theft, the biggest ongoing crimewave there is??? i could give a rat's ass if it gets you through a convenience store quicker or on a train faster — no thanx. oh, and by the by, welcome to the real dan lyons blog, everyone. starring mad dog & j. marx in a bitch-slap contest, featuring occasional blog posts from real dan.

By: SamG

SamG — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:29:16 +0000

I thought iPhone can be operated with a tongue, if need be. Does it care how you touch it? Talk about personalization.

SJ sold (already) bazillions of iPhones. It is working for Apple. Japanese market will have to wait for a jampack or something for an iPhone.

By: Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:06:15 +0000

Well, I’ll say that Apple’s Bluetooth sucks so much battery that I now do without it. It was fine on my old Motorolas. Similarly, I’ve disabled the location services. They were fine in 1.1.4, but now kill battery life. I don’t have the 3G phone since I’m on T-Mobile — no 3G on T-Mobile USA, and no one’s unlocked the 3G iPhone yet. Honestly though, i don’t care about 3G — just WiFi — and for some sort of connection in case of emergency Edge or even GPRS is fine.

By: faddah

faddah — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:01:19 +0000

sven gali — i operate my iPhone with one hand. in fact, i've become rather good at it. especially when i'm using the iPhone safari browser to surf ... ahem ... certain sites ... Hello? David Duchovny? Is there an extra bunk open in that rehab ...?

By: J. Marx

J. Marx — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Oh really, MadOstrich ? Who told you that ? Charles’ post nailed the issues the iPhone has which result in it being unsuccessful here, but his generalisation that noone knows how to use bluetooth is obviously just that, and many phones do come with it.

How’s your cut and paste, IR, video, and one handed operation going, by the way ?