Arjen van Blokland wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Both Ericsson and Nokia are huge in Japan, not in handsets but in the
> network infrastructure.
>
> Nokia had an i-mode PDC phone that was quite buggy. Maybe they hired just
> 2-3 people for a month who did the job ;-)
I know the guy at Nokia who was responsible for making these phones.
I can assure you, Paul, Nokia is not stupid, they know what they
are doing, although this might not be what you think they should be
doing :)
2-3 people for a month - oh boy... have you tried to make some
i-mode phones, Paul?
> Nokia will bet on 3G phones that can also be used in the Japanese market
> (see J-Phone 3G handset 6650 from Nokia).
> SonyEricsson is (still) active in marketing handsets in Japan.
I am less optimistic for SonyEricsson globally, and as a consequence
also for Japan, also I like the Sony phones, I used to have one, but
they seem to be very slow with the 504iS.
Gerhard
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