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Category: Technology
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More Trouble for the iPhone in Japan
BUSINESS WEEK takes a look at the challenges Apple faces in bringing the iPhone to Japan. I still think that no current handset in Japan even comes close to matching the iPhone’s innovative, and user-friendly, interface. (Thanks, Max!)
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The DoCoMo iPhone?
Although I’ve always assumed that the release of the iPhone in Japan would be through a partnership with Softbank, seems like it could very well be with DoCoMo. Thanks, Max!
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PingMag: The Great Robot Exhibition
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PingMag covers the “The Great Robot Exhibition,” currently showing at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Uneno, until January 27.
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Japanese iPhone Fans Unite!
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What? There’s no iPhone in Japan? That can’t be, since you can pick up a copy of the iPHONE FAN BOOK at your favorite bookstore. Thanks, Marxy.
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Tokyo Subway Maps for the iPhone
Sure, the iPhone isn’t yet available in Japan, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting it anytime soon, but if your passion for one has led you to follow the import/unlock route (or you brought one along on a trip) then here are some iPhone-formatted maps of Tokyo’s subway and JR lines ready for…
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TENORI-ON in the UK
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Remember the TENORI-ON, that electronic music creation device designed by Toshio Iwai for Yamaha? I actually featured it in the very first edition of my “On Design” column for THE JAPAN TIMES 2 years ago, and now comes word that it will finally go on sale in the UK on September 4. No plans on…
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Keepon and Spoon in Tokyo
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WIRED recently produced a video that sees Keepon, a robot developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski, dancing to the track “Don’t You Evah” by Spoon, with all locations in Tokyo. Via Tokyomango.
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New Electronics at MUJI
MUJI has just launched a new line of cheap electronic goods, like these USB adapters, memory card readers, mobile phone adapters, etc.