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SoftBank offering free "iPhone for everybody"
arstechnica.com - 2/26/2009
SoftBank offering free "iPhone for everybody"
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Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank, Apple's iPhone partner in Japan, has a new promotion that has the company practically giving away an "iPhone for everybody." The deal can net a free 8GB iPhone 3G for customers that sign up for a two-year contract. It appears as if users signing ...
Apple to allow Verizon connections
itexaminer.com - 2/23/2009
Apple to allow Verizon connections
— itexaminer.com — When Jobs is away the cats will play (more) Apple to allow Verizon connections

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Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone
blog.wired.com - 2/27/2009
Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone
— blog.wired.com — Apple's iPhone has wowed most of the globe — but not Japan, where the handset is selling... so poorly it's being offered for free. What's wrong with the iPhone, from a Japanese perspective? Almost everything: The high monthly data plans that go ... (more) Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone

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iPhone not selling well in Japan, now available for free
crunchgear.com - 2/26/2009
iPhone not selling well in Japan, now available for free
— crunchgear.com — There are no official statistics available as how well the iPhone sells after Apple started offering it... in the Japanese market in July last year . Now Softbank Mobile, one of Asia’s biggest tech companies and the exclusive carrier for the ... (more) iPhone not selling well in Japan, now available for free

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Yahoo! Tech Advisors:  Get an iPhone 3G for free — in Japan

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Get an iPhone 3G for free — in Japan
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... , Apple has yet to release iPhone sales figures for Japan, while Ars Technica speculates that SoftBank might be struggling to fulfill its promised sales goals for Apple given the worldwide economic crisis. For its part, AppleInsider thinks the promotion could simply be a way for SoftBank to clear out its inventory in advance of a new iPhone, which ...

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Free iPhones in Japan
techorigins.com 2/27/2009 — The price of an iPhone in Japan can’t get much lower than this. Starting Friday, Softbank Mobile, the exclusive carrier of Apple’s (AAPL) smartphone in Japan, will give anyone who signs a two-year contract a free 8GB iPhone 3G. If customers prefer the 16GB model, that will cost them $118 ...
Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free — Crave: The gadget blog
Softbank is launching a promotion that involves giving away an 8GB iPhone 3G with a new contract. (Credit: Apple) Softbank Mobile, the iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhones away for free with a new two-year contract. The 8GB iPhone ...