Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance

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In this July 11 2008 file photo customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 3G celebrate as sales begin in Tokyo. Japan has a cloistered mobile system with its own icons for e-mail and other unique tools. That means many people even iPhone fans are l ...
In this July 11, 2008 file photo, customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 3G celebrate as sales begin in Tokyo. Japan has a cloistered mobile system, with its own icons for e-mail and other unique tools. That means many people, even iPhone fans, are likely to stick to their old-style phones lest they be left out of the familiar communication circles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

(AP) -- Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.


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