Just because it sells overseas doesn’t necessarily mean Japanese consumers will take to it. It’s unlikely that Android will become an instant hit, but the platform has a lot of potential three to five years down the road.
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Michito Kimura, a Tokyo-based analyst at researcher IDC, on the prospects for Google’s Android, which allows for services such as navigation with street-level views. It is due to go on sale in Japan in June or July for as low as 25,000 yen. (Bloomberg)
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nisegaijin
Dear cell phone manufacturers, please read this very carefully: in order to sell your smart phones here, all you need to do is slap on support for mobile internet such as imode or ezweb, keitai specific email, and ic chip so people can have their suica. So far NOT A SINGLE SMART PHONE has it and that's why they don't sell. you should pay me for this, really...
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stirfry
sounds like he's jealous that the japanese didnt think of it first
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jonnyboy
it's true that japanese phones have developed a lot of proprietary technology that people have got rather used to in the past few years. it's a shame that such a focus on these features might discourage the adoption of open/international standards that could offer the same functionality. but i'm afraid that's very typical behaviour
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