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Addressing a widely-publicized feature omission for Japanese iPhone users, local carrier Softbank on Thursday announced plans to begin selling a TV Tuner add-on later this year that will also serve as an extended battery pack.
Expected to retail for around US$100 when it goes on sale in mid-December, the rechargeable brick-like receiver [...]
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A product recall may delay Friday’s expected arrival of iPhones at U.S. base exchanges in Japan, a SoftBank representative said Monday.
He declined to say how many phones have been ordered, but said it would be “sufficient” to cover anticipated sales. However, the recall may delay shipping, said the representative, who [...]
Softbank Mobile Corp. said Tuesday it will reduce the minimum monthly basic fee for Apple Inc.’s iPhone from the current ¥2,990 to ¥2,324 in a stated bid to counter the latest move by larger rival NTT DoCoMo Inc. to launch new low-charge services.
It will be the second time Softbank Mobile has lowered the minimum monthly [...]
James over at Japan Probe has this very interesting article on a potential problem that foreigners may face when buying an iPhone in Japan. He writes:
“Live in Japan and want an iPhone? If you’re a foreigner, you’ll probably have to pay a huge sum of money. Blogger w00kie has translated the terms on Softbank’s website.”
It is reported that [...]
Unlike most countries, Japan isn’t going iPhone crazy at precisely midnight on the morning of 11 July. Instead, the sole carrier there is planning on keeping most customers waiting by holding off until lunchtime that day. Softbank Mobile announced this morning that it would put the new iPhone on sale nationwide at noon on Friday.
Hiroyuki Sano, a [...]
Okay, I’m past the typical otaku excitement that Apple will release the 3G iPhone in Japan. I plan on buying two (one for me and the Mrs.) next month to compliment my other geeky Mac toys but it seems that Apple will have to really gambaru if it plans to kick the cell phone mafia, [...]
