Someone finally agrees with me about the iPhone in Japan

Byjay

I don’t know if the writer agrees with me completely, but in this article, “Warm Reception May Not Await iPhone in Japan“, a Japan Times journalists voices a lot of the sentiments I wrote about in my blog entry titled “The iPhone in Japan?” last year.

I’m still using my trusty Toshiba W52T pictured below and described in my “Who Needs an iPhone?” post on my personal blog. Recently I even hooked my phone up to my HDD Recorder and recorded all my photos as a slideshow to watch on my tv. The phone has  a cable that will connect straight to the yellow, red, and white audio and video connections  found on most tvs, vcrs, and others!

iPhone schmeiphone.

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