Breaking News: Xperia X10 Launches In Japan
April 2, 2010 by
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its Xperia smart phone Thursday. People who where at Akihabara to buy an Xperia expressed interest in smart phones in general and Android specifically. The Hype behind The Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 In Japan is noisier than previouse announcments around the world. With DoCoMo strongly promoting the Xperia it has already recieved 50.000 preorders. The phone is set to ship in June 2010.
The Xperia's popularity "will depend on how strongly and articulately DoCoMo will promote the product, but the initial sales will probably be high," said Hiroshi Sakai, chief analyst at SMBC Friend Research Center.
DoCoMo released its first Android phone last July, that handset didn't become a big hit, while iPhone users grew by leaps and bounds.
Hopes are that The Xperia X10 will reinvigarate the Android base in Japan. "I feel that the era of the smart phone has finally come to Japan. Other carriers will be releasing smart phones as well," said DoCoMo's Yamada.
The company is ready to take on iPhone. With experts estimating that more than 2 million or even 3 million units have been sold since its Japan debut in July 2008 iPhone is King.
The spread of Android as an operating system will be key if Japan's smart phone market is to keep growing.
The Japanese people and most of Asia has been accessing the Internet through Mobile Phone longer than North Americans. Its said that up to %80 of Asians use Smartphones to access the Internet during everyday activities.
Source Japan Times.
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