Posts by TokyoJimu

Finally! And of course just a few weeks after I went out and bought a new unlocked iPhone 4S the day before I was leaving the country for many months. Still, who wants to wait two years for an unlock! Verizon Wireless will unlock (for...

120,000 people. Has any factory in the U.S. ever had anywhere near that number of employees? Even back in the days of the big steel mills and such? Can you even imagine a U.S. company trying to hire 120,000 people for a new...

Quote: Originally Posted by fuwafuwa When Docomo starts selling iPhone, the game is over. Exactly! There are TONS of people who just don't want to leave DoCoMo, and they are dying for the iPhone.

Quote: Originally Posted by OriginalG What do they get with that $45 plan? The ¥286 plan includes 950 MB of data, 900 domestic minutes, 40 M messages, and 50 T messages. Incoming voice and messages are free. Details on all the plans...

Quote: Originally Posted by superdx Only in Japan can you still find ancient technologies peddled by similarly ancient Japanese corporate dinosaurs. It's always such a paradox that Japan is king of high tech, and yet its business...

Quote: Originally Posted by BestKeptSecret That's like thinking that all long lines in China and Hong Kong will have guys getting into kung-fu fights. And all long lines in the U.S. result in a gunfight! :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil This can't happen until storage is large enough cheaply enough to house all of the server-side software on every device. Not to mention that the Nano has no network connectivity.

Quote: Originally Posted by Red Oak It's shocking that India and China were on equal footing in the 70's. There is something to be said for top/down centralized planning, I guess Exactly! For all the criticism of China's...

I notice that Apple is now selling the old models unlocked in the U.S. I don't recall them selling the 3GS unlocked in the past (though maybe I just never looked). The 3GS is going for US$375 and the 4 is $549. Both come with just 8...

Quote: Originally Posted by OllieWallieWhiskers why would they call it iPhone 5 if it's the 6th iPhone? Exactly. This analyst can't even count. ¿Why should we listen to anything he says?