The look of the iPhone 2.0 may be the best kept secret in tech this year. We don’t know if it’s going to be pretty, beautiful or just plain gorgeous. What am I saying? The iPhone 2.0 is going to be gorgeous and the Japanese won’t be able to resist a 3G version. Too bad for DoCoMo, the number one in Japan, they will not be able to add to their market share and risk their rival gaining on them. I know I sound like I believe the iPhone will also appeal to the discriminating Japanese tech palate, but we’ve all learned to love sushi, haven’t we?
Update: The iPhone 3G is now a reality and Japan is among the 22 countries to be receiving it. The 2.0 iPhone software offers touchscreen character recognition.
Constable Odo says:
I’m curious as to whether the iPhone will capture the hearts and minds of the Japanese. Do the Japanese really need FeliCA, SuiCa, QWERTY keyboards and 1-SEG to make it worthwhile to purchase an iPhones Or will be be something simple that it’s just a cool product to own and very simple to use. No SMS and MMS yet, but firmware 2.0 should take care of that. Same with Japanese input. I’d think Kotoeri input on an iPhone would be adequate, but I’m not Japanese. I’d sure love the iPhone to be a hit in Japan, but they might be a tough nut to crack.