One might come to the conclusion that the Japanese (as are most
people) are very susceptible to pervasive marketing. The same way
that people seem to buy the pop music that is crammed down their
throats, the promotional onslaught for the 503s (and most of the
other i-mode models that came before) is just wearing everyone
resistance down..
we've all been assimilated. at least everyone here in shibuya..
-d-
> I've seen more and more and more people with 503i phones.
>(I used to think who on earth is crazy enough to spend around 30,000 yen
>for a phone when you can get a really great one from JPhone or
>KDDI for 1 Yen!, but I've been proven wrong)
>
> I've been given lots of bags showcasing all the i-appli games
>with presents inside (from Shibuya again and again).
>
> There's signs everywhere for I-appli. Finally right now I've
>been buying quite a few keitais for testing various things. Whenever
>I buy a keitai (at Bikku Kamera), (3 times now), each time the person
>standing next to me is buying a 503i.
>
> I thought it wouldn't really take off, and who really knows
>how big the i-appli is, but the 503i series is going well even with
>its big price tag. Coming back from lunch today I saw another person
>walking down the street playing with their SO 503i. WOW!
>
> And there are a lot of other DoCoMo users out there. Last week,
>the guy next to me (total stranger) at the KaitenSushiya said he
>wanted to wait till the
>504 series came out before he upgraded his docomo phone.
>
> Besides Java, the new handsets have better resolution, better sound
>quality, cool sound effects, and lots of other features which attract users.
>
>Kyle Barrow wrote:
>
>> DoCoMo has been attracting record numbers almost every month since they have
>> been offering i-mode so I don't think DoCoMo is making a valid assertion
>> that Java is the cause of recent growth.
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>> X-9 DESIGN LAB
>> http://www.X-9.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
>> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of
>> MKinloch@the-phillips-group.com
>> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:26 PM
>> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>> Subject: (keitai-l) Records
>>
>> Looks like the java mobile is attracting customers?
>>
>> DoCoMo attracts record number of mobile users in March
>> Japanese cellular giant NTTDoCoMo has announced a record monthly rise in
>> customers during March; its total customer base rose by 911,000 to reach
>> 36.03 million at the end of the month. The company also signed 1.98 million
>> new subscribers to its mobile internet access service, i-mode, to reach a
>> total of 21.75 million. The company attributes the large rise to the better
>> availability of Java-enabled handsets, with buyers of the new handsets
>> accounting for 30% of its new subscribers.
>>
>> Source: www.cit-online.com
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
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