There have been many information leaks and rumor about the iPhone 3G and who knows what is true and what is somebodies fantasy, and in the end it doesn’t really matter as those who get an iPhone basically have no choice in what is offered, pricing plan, speed of service etc etc etc.. well maybe there is a chance to fight the thieves at Rogers of Canada.

General Ramblings I have read in no particular order:

Speed limit to be set for iPhone 3G to access some websites. Softbank Mobile (SBM) Corp. announces that it will possibly limit communication speed when iPhone 3G connects to certain websites which flow a lot of data into the network.The limitation will be imposed to prevent the users’ outrageous operations of iPhone 3G that burden the network too heavily, according to the officials.

You probably wont be able to use emoticons like you can with other Japanese Keitai’s… I don’t know how I will be able to get my message across without them… maybe I’ll just use words … \(^^)b

iPhone 3G will have push technology to make organizing email and calendar functions much easier than it is now with current phones and applications.

You wont be able to swap batteries while on the road… well here in Japan everybody buys plug in chargers than run on AA batteries to top up their phones charge.

No 1seg TV that drains your phones life in about 2 hours while trying to maintain crappy recetion to view bad Japanese TV that I don’t use now.

No phone strap… just buy a case with the facility.

7.2 Mbps internet speed … AWESOME!

Multiple email accounts at once.

We still don’t know what time we can start buying iPhones here in Japan, I have been told everything from 9:30am to 12 Midday and have even been told once that they don’t know.. I guess Apple told them to keep quiet before the announcement at WWDC but somebody forgot to tell them it’s ok to talk about it now.

Games Games Games…  Super Monkey Ball, just the name is worth buying the game for.

No video recorder out of the box.. App on it’s way I am sure.

GPS that I can use.

According to one survey 90% of Japanese don’t wont an iPhone… pffff.. we’ll see…

If Willcom think their D4 is a serious contender, go to Yodobashi for a look…. aaaahahahahaha …. It’s as large and sexy as a box of tissues… get real Willcom.

Internet Ramblings Update: 07.07.08

The iPhone could also face an uphill battle in Japan, where handsets allow users to watch television and pay for goods like a credit card – neither of which the Apple phone can do…. as I have said before, I have all those functions but don’t use them..TV is crappy, we have Passmo and Suica cards so no need for the Phone to carry money as well….

“I can foresee the iPhone storming the rest of Asia but not Japan,” said Yusuke Tsunoda, a telecom analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Centre…. wow! a fortune teller.. how about just survey the f..k..n Softbank stores to gauge the consumer demand….

Compared with Japanese cellphones, it is not technologically superior….. umm… I can show you things on the iPhone that the Japanese Ketai cannot do….so they are technologically different… one is not better then the other…. p.s. try and sync your current Keitai with your MS Outlook….

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I would love to hear your thoughts, complaints, successes regarding the iPhone.

BTW there is a web site that has popped up that purports to be the Japanese Authority on iPhones… unfortunaetly the Adsense splattered all over the front page is more interesting than the 2 stories they have managed to enlighten us with.

Watch the guided tour in Japanese, click the image below.

The cost of the iPhone should follow the global pricing strategy but how much the SoftBank plan will be is still a secret for the most part… but not unexpected as I am sure there are a bunch of ineffective SoftBank managers to scared to commit to anything…

Spending a bit of time on Japanese forums I was able to find some nice glossy brochures so I am starting to feel a bit better that I will be able to get an iPhone on the 11th July, however I am not convinced it will be a 16gig model, I am sure I will be subject to more bureaucracy before I get my hands on a 16gig iPhone here in Japan.. the whisper on the streets is late July for the 16gig iPhone.

At least for now I can enjoy the pamphlets below, sorry SoftBank for showing the public your top secret marketing for the iPhone…