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The second line of this title includes, “And Why the iPhone Is Not Successful in Japan.”
Show the iPhone to a typical Japanese and he will not be awed by its touchscreen, its 2.0-megapixel camera, or its integration with iPod. He will instead ask a lot of questions.

“Does it send MMS (multimedia message service)?”
“Can I use it as a debit card?”
“If I turn my phone away from my face, does it automatically shut the call?”
“Will it survive even if I drop it and a truck would run over it?”

Obviously, the answers are No. But why those silly questions, you ask? Actually, a “typical” Japanese smartphone can do all those and even more. Read more… »

AT&T has announced that it will exclusively carry the supercharged, super smartphone from Nokia: the Symbian S60-powered Nokia Surge. This amazing unit is set to become available online and in AT&T stores on July 19, costing at $79.99 after rebates.

The Nokia Surge is ideal for on-the-go consumers who love to stay connected with their friends and loved ones through IM, SMS, or e-mail. This unit features a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard set in a slim and stylish design, as well as the multi-tasking capabilities of Symbian S60 OS. Read more… »

The newest line of Archos portable media players will be available in the United Kingdom in August 2009.  Its flagship model, the Archos 3 Vision, comes with a three-inch touch screen display, 8GB worth of storage, a microSDHC card slot, video playback, and a bunch of minor yet probably useful features for you from a voice recorder, stopwatch, FM transmitter, and a calendar.

Archos positions the Vision PMP’s as a direct competitor of the iPod Touch with nearly half the price.  The Archos 3 Vision will be sold by as much as £90 (or $148).  Other models in the Vision line include the 2 Vision, which has a 1.8-inch display and 16GB storage space at £50 ($82); and the Archos Clipper, a smaller yet just as efficient version with 2GB storage and priced at £20 ($32).  Meanwhile, the 8GB 2 Vision is already available through Archos’ online store for only £40 ($65).

One of the largest technology companies in the world is hit hard by the economic crisis and is forced to let go of a couple of thousand of its employees and reorganize the whole company. Sun Microsystems, the company behind many software products such as MySQL, Open Storage and Open Office, as well as many other networking hardware and software products, announced today that they will be restructuring the company to save them $700-$800 million a year.

“Today, we have taken decisive actions to align Sun’s business with global economic realities and accelerate our delivery of key open source platform innovations – from MySQLTM to Sun’s latest Open Storage offerings,” said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems. Read more… »