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Apple’s Japanese puzzle as iPhone sales slow
MacBytes.com — ... continued challenge in Japan: “Andy, it’s fair to say that Japan continues to be our most challenging major market. It is the only market that we - a major market that we’re not growing significantly in.” Mac sales are doing well, he added, “the overall Mac had its best year-over-year performance in Japan in seven quarters, with units up 14% year over year and that compared to an IDC estimate of the market in Japan contracting an additional 2%. So it’s a tough market,” he said. CNN reports that slower-than-hoped-for iPhone sales could be due to some technical problems ...

News: Mix: Softbank, Frenzic, Goldstriker, Zune Marketplace
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — image Softbank Chief Strategy Officer Tetsuzo Matsumoto recently said that the company is “happy” with its current situation regarding the iPhone 3G, despite reports of slower-than-expected sales. “We introduced the iPhone without any big market trial, so the initial package had some problems,” Matsumoto told Dow Jones Newswire at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress. Citing research from MM Research Institute, Newswire reports that Apple sold about 200,000 iPhones in Japan in the first two months, but has seen falling demand, leading analysts to speculate that total sales are ...