electronista.com - 7/20/2009
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The Japanese are turning to Apple's iPhone as a source of ideas for how to rescue their ailing cellphone business, the head of a local think tank said today. Professor Takeshi Natsuno of Keio University told the New York Times that companies like Hitachi, NEC and Sharp have generally been unable ...
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Japanese look to Apple’s iPhone for ideas on how to fix their ailing cellphone business
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... highly customized interfaces and that the iPhone is a key example of how to solve the problem," Electronista reports. "Its emphasis on ease of use over hardware is believed to have made it more palatable worldwide and encouraged third-party app development that isn't usually present in Japan," Electronista reports. "'This [iPhone] is the kind of phone I wanted to make,' Natsuno admitted. He was previously best known for developing NTT DoCoMo's i-mode Internet service." Full article here . ...
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