“The iPad tablet computer from Apple went on sale in Japan and eight other countries — Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland — after selling more than one million units in the United States,” Tabuchi reports. “A flood of orders in Japan for the iPad caused Softbank, the exclusive phone carrier of the iPad in Japan, to stop accepting them after three days. About 1,200 people lined up for the release of the iPad at an Apple Store in central Tokyo on Friday… Similar lines were seen at Apple stores in Europe.”
“The hype around the iPad in Tokyo highlights what has become a sobering reality for a country once considered the technological trend-setter. Japan now frequently looks overseas for innovation,” Tabuchi reports. “Other industries are being shaken up by Apple’s latest export. Once solely focused on creating video games for dedicated consoles like the Wii from Nintendo and more recently for cellphones, the Japanese game developer Konami Digital Entertainment released an iPad version of its popular Metal Gear Solid Touch this year. Another game maker, Capcom, says it will reformat its BioHazard 4 for the iPad.”
Read more in the full article here.
Just like Japanese cars, there’s no stopping Apple!
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“Another game maker, Capcom, says it will reformat its BioHazard 4 for the iPad.”
A trainer for the CDC?
Can’t help but notice the same language of none other than my post from here at MDN from a few days ago:
First there was Sony, then there was the Walkman, then there was Apple, then there was Macintosh, then there was darkness then there was NeXT, then there was the return of Steve Jobs, then there was the return of the Mac, then there was OS X, then there was iPod, then there was iPhone, then there was iPad, now there is an unstopable Avalanche, a Revolution, now there is light.
It’s good to know that our coments and feedback do get noticed by the sham less unqualified press…
The IPad Avalanche cannot be stopped no matter how myth FUD anyone throws at Apple
The car in front is a Toyota…
Just be glad it’s not behind you!!!!!
I’ll get my coat…
“Just be glad it’s not behind you!!!!!”
Ohhh, gimme a brake!
Stop it… you guys are killing me!
But, but once you do get it stopped, the resale value is way high.
If you have a Prius and the accelerator gets stuck, it might take you several hours to notice!
@blucaso
The nation’s most famous speeding tickets in the last two years have all been in Prius’. That would be those of Woz and Gore’s son. . . . Have you ever driven one?
Oh, . . . and never scoff a Cadillac.
Biohazzard on the (upcoming) AppleTV.
Gamechanger. So-to-speak.
“Colonel Saito mutters ‘padness!’, Jobs named Shogun.”
I got a speeding ticket in my Prius right after I bought it. I really didn’t notice how fast I was going because it was so quiet. Really. The cop didn’t feel any sympathy for me.
If only Apple had been incorporated during WWII — the entire Pacific Campaign would have been easier, without a doubt…
“Japan now frequently looks overseas for innovation.”
History is so quickly forgotten. Innovation in so many areas has almost always come from the US. Asian markets took it and often improved it. But their foundation was primarily the US and, on some occasions, Europe.
Apple continues that tradition.