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Yep, and every one of those three carriers LOCKS the iPhone and keeps it locked even after it goes off-contract. It's a disgraceful ignoring of Japanese consumer rights and I think it continues like this because Japanese pols are in the pockets of J…
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Yes, but trying to get the Japanese government to do anything on its own initiative to protect consumers over business is like trying to get blood out of stone.What we need is to get the Japanese housewives' consumer federation on our side—they are …
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While I applaud Apple for embracing environmental policies, it falls down badly in one area and that is reuse/retasking of iPhones. Many old iPhones end up in landfill not because they are broken or useless but because they are locked to a carrier a…
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In fact, you can buy an unlocked phone online from Apple Japan here for about 75,000 yen. Apple Japan does not widely advertize this but then you face the problem of no payngo SIMs and very few MNVOs (two perhaps) none of whom offer payngo. The MN…
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As a SoftBank subscriber in Japan, what I take from this story is that however Son gained exclusive first rights to the iPhone in Japan, it enabled him to lock the iPhone and keep it locked even after au and DoCoMo joined the fray 3 years later. Sof…
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As I see it, the problems for Apple TV in the WORLD markets are not hardware but content, content, and content. I have an ATV here in Tokyo but there is hardly any content worth watching on it; no Netflix, Hulu is local Japanese stuff of little inte…
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Sadly, it is not just gmail accounts that are affected. I have a MBP with two IMAP accounts with non-Apple and non-Google providers and it is affected by this bug. Another Mac Pro with only Apple iCloud accounts is never affected. Apple has known a…
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Far far far too expensive%u2014I just counted the bulbs in my small house (currently using LEDs and LED spots that cost about $5 to $8 each now). The result is 20 upstairs and 13 downstairs. 33 x 60 = almost $2000 for lightbulbs%u2014dream on Phili…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton In many parts of Asia, including Hong Kong, Thailand, China, and I'm guessing Japan, we have a Lunar New Year discount instead. Nope—not in Japan. The best they can manage is a few Lucky Dip bags for 32,000…
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Ummm%u2014what about Japan? If US BF deals are good for Europe and the Antipodes, why should other regions lose out?
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The new Pages and Keynote just showed up free in Software Updates for the two '09 standalone versions I purchased last year on an old Mac Pro 4,1 running Mavericks
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I have lived in Japan for 30 years and worked in mobile for 20 of those. DoCoMo needs some iPhone service differentiation from SB and au. As a first step in stemming the hemorrhage, it could offer subscribers the chance to unlock an iPhone free-of-c…
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I have mixed feelings about Nuance and especially about its business model. I bought the quite expensive DD for Mac a few years ago and it has always behind the curve with slow updates but recent versions were semi-OK, although still not multi-proce…
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Nice IF it is not just for the USA. Apple is still far too US-centric with these new service launches, forcing the rest of the world to wait 12 to 18 months before it rolls out the "new" service.
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While Apple might not like it, there is nothing illegal about jailbreaking a phone—I have done it since the iPhone 3G and have NEVER downloaded a pirate app. Many people jb for valid reasons—in my case, my carrier SoftBank refuses to support IMEI …
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I'd like more details about the lock dimensions and makers it supports before reserving—and how does it work when you have two on one door?
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Philips—an 80% price cut would help too. These lights are still FAR too expensive to be anything more than a nerd gimmick. If we really want to cut energy consumption with smart LED bulbs, they need to be not more than $5 each so that most peopl…
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I'd just like the new Mac Pro to be released asap (like yesterday) and then I could make an informed decision about whether to soldier on with FCP X on ageing hardware or move to Premiere on better non-Apple hardware. The Apple obsession with se…
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The operation couldn%u2019t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -3001.)(102). Beginning of the slide into mediocrity%u2014Cook needs to fire a few more.
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Ironic that the screen shot shows a map but the base wifi model has no GPS function, making it essentially useless for maps even when using applications like citymaps2go that provide downloadable maps. I would have bought one if it had GPS but I…