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2011-06-05 , 06:25
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Originally Posted by cBeam View Post
The smart-phone category is comprised by their definition as "mobile devices running iOs, Android, MS Windows Phone, RIM's OS, and Symbian S60" (which is not offered in Japan).
Many of the "advanced function phones" are running some variant of Symbian, or a Linux variant. All are highly customized for the handsets by the carrier, which are built to order for the carrier (and believe me, if you think jailbreaking sucks, fight one of those!)

I am not clear in which functions "advanced function phones" differ from smart phones, as all functions available on smart phones are seemingly present in these advanced function phones.
Web browsers compliant with modern standards generally aren't. They definitely fill a niche in the market, but due to their lack of integration into the proprietary web networks (think AOL) their adoption isn't quite keeping pace. Though the end result will probably be the death of the proprietary networks.

Understanding how smart phones are defined it is no wonder that iOs and Android make up more than 90% of the Japanese smart phone market.
The smartphone market is tiny. Also consider that the iPhone is on the smallest of the 3 major networks.

Adoption of smartphones is slow in Japan due greatly to the lack of OS integration with the various data and commerce services in Japan. It's only a matter of time though. If anything, the inflexibility of Apple and Microsoft's solutions will eventually hold them back, at least in Japan.
 

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