Japan – Page 13

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On discouraging our future daughter’s fashion trends

Wife: What if she is into boy bands? Me: I will practice b-boy dancing in the living room with my balding head and a T-Shirt that says “Johnny’s” on it. I will also fawn over her idol trading cards that she bought in Harajuku. Wife: What if she is goth? Me: Then I will greetContinue reading “On discouraging our future daughter’s fashion trends”

“iPhone failure invented in the media”

Nobi Hayashi, the main source of Brian X Chen’s disappointing article about Japanese hatred for the iPhone, has come forward in a lengthy denial where he claims his comments were taken out of context. The article provides an interesting look into the mobile culture of Japan. Hayashi makes a great point about the iPhone’s performanceContinue reading ““iPhone failure invented in the media””

The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan

Man those Japanese sure hate foreign mobile phones. The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan

Why the Japanese hate the iPhone

From Wired: Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone This article assumes that SoftBank’s iPhone For Everybody indicates that the Japanese hate the iPhone. Disappointingly, there isn’t a scrap of market data in the entire article. Considering how many iPhones one sees in the subway, I doubt there to be a universal hatred for the iPhoneContinue reading “Why the Japanese hate the iPhone”