Im not sure if itll do well in japan because the cell phones japan has is far more advance, such as using it to pay for items like a credit card etc. I remember watching a TV special before the first launch of iphone and they interviewed alot of japanese localist in japan asking for their thoughts on the iphone. mainly the response is that it looks nice but not very useful compared to the phones they have or just old technology to them. if it does sell then it's definately for its look and hyped name of iphone.

Japan, at last!!!!
That's the good news, the bad news is that they have stuff light years more advanced than we do.

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What happened to the iphone being a gsm phone type exclusive. Last I checked Japanese use a special frequency.. =p If they can do that, then why not make the iphone for CDMA phones in the parts of the world that can use it.

It's a waste of time and resources, if you ask me. The iphone is well adapted to the needs of western consumers, but it falls short to deliver for Japanese consumers.

For example, virtually every cell phone here (in Japan) includes a special barcode scanner. Magazines print these barcodes on advertisements and articles. So by just scanning the barcode with your cellphone, you access the mobile website for that brand/article/company.

This is just one example of how views of how a cellphone should function differ between the West and Japan.

I'd be really surprised to see this take off.

lets play spot the grammar mistake