MM Research Institute Ltd. announced their research on Japanese cellphone shipment share in year 2009 [J]. Sharp, Panasonic Mobile, Fujitsu, NEC, Kyocera, Sony-Ericsson, Apple, Toshiba, Casio, LG and others 2008 market share by the same MM Research was here [J], Sharp, Panasonic Mobile, NEC, Fujitsu, Sony-Ericsson, Toshiba and others As always, English media like Bloomberg… Continue reading iPhone 2009 Takes 4.9% Share In Japan
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Glad To Hear That iPhone Is No.1 In Japan Again And Again
iPhone’s “Big success in Japan” is on hype in English websphere, again. My comment for that is “Google Translate sucks”, at least for this kind of research. What does “No.1 smartphone” mean in Japan? In Japan, “smartphone” is a cellphone category which does not support common Japanese cellphone features, especially accessibility to three major carriers’… Continue reading Glad To Hear That iPhone Is No.1 In Japan Again And Again
Google inflates Search Market Share versus Yahoo! Japan
Google Japan’s year-end announcement on Dec 22nd, 2008 shocked the industry, when they loudly proclaimed that their search market share had reached 41%, which is only 3 points behind the 44% of Japanese portal giant Yahoo! Japan, using data from Nielsen/NetRatings (report on @IT [J]). The news raised some eyebrows because no such indications had… Continue reading Google inflates Search Market Share versus Yahoo! Japan