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Quote: Originally Posted by DaveGee I was under the impression that in Japan, products built by Japanese corporations were most favored by the press/public and buying a non-Japanese product was usually considered undesirable/shameful or...

On the surface, this seems bad all around. I never imagined the huge, highly-visible chains like Yamada or Bic as undertaking shady practices with regard to Apple (or any) products; I wonder whether that's really part of the picture....

"Steve Jobs teams with Arnold Schwarzenegger to push organ donor registry" Boy, that sounds like a headline from The Onion until you realize that it makes perfect sense.

Is it any surprise that, when data finally becomes available, it shows the iPhone doing just fine in Japan? Not at all. If there's one thing that all of the "iPhone is flopping in Japan!" claims had in common, it's that NONE of...

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater I love how everyone keeps saying Dell when we are talking about Microsoft. Could it be you don't bring up MS because they could buy Apple with their pocket change? What decade are you living...

Well, it doesn't look exactly like the leaked Microsoft store concept sketch I saw, but it's hard to tell with the crowd inside. It'll be fascinating to see whether the crowds stay in the months ahead, and whether the "open...

Sorry if I missed it in the thread somewhere, but is there a date given for the MS retail store opening? Any known specifics of appearance, features, etc., besides vague rumors of Apple-like design and a "Guru Bar"? I saw...

Someone said: "Further, the Zune HD will be more customizable than any iPod - making it have the ability to reflect the owner, than just be another player with a fruit on the back." Yes, the iPod has a fruit in back of...

"And while the iPhone had struggled at first in Japan..." Is there some proof of this? I sure hope AppleInsider isn't going by that lazy, discredited WIRED article! Here in reality, the immediate reaction to the iPhone in...

Amen, JDW! Sounds similar to Tokyo.