When the iPhone was announced, hardly anyone noticed or at least that was what was being reported around the net, and we're not surprised.
We read this letter to the LA Times that lamented the fact that US carriers "just don't get it" and we agree.
In Japan the cellphone is your life. You do everything on your cellphone because you can! You can pay for things electronically. It's like a credit card. The email apps, browsers, editors etc all work seamlessly... and it's not because the phones are well made. It's because they run on networks that aren't tied to the US Market. Japan's DoCoMo and other competitors created a highspeed infrastructure to support the cell phone market and also catered the service to work with the apps that are available. No wonder computer purchases are on the decline in Asia... People can do it all on their phone!
It's no wonder that the Japanese don't even blink at the iPhone announcement. They're already light years ahead with the cell phone in their pocket today.
