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Apple iPhone, Asia demand create touch-screen boom
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model available Friday likely will stoke enthusiasm further. (article 7)
Jon Mulder said touch screens have become a "hygiene factor" und a must-have for phones that want to compete in the high end of the U.S. market. (article 7)
Carrier Softbank Corp., which beat market leader NTT DoCoMo for the right to sell the iPhone in Japan, is planning a countdown ceremony at its flagship downtown store. (article 4)
The iPhone goes on sale there five hours earlier than other nationwide outlets, helping to kick off a global rollout in 22 nations. (article 4)
DENVER (Billboard) - When it was unveiled in June, Apple's new iPhone didn't appear to offer anything new for music fans. (article 6)
Thanks to the subsequent launch of the App Store on iTunes, iPhone users can download a host of applications to add new functions to the device. (article 6)
MOSCOW - In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. (article 3)
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iPhone, Apple, app, touch, phones |
Source articles
- 3G iPhone review: addictive, fast, power-hungry (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 07/18/2008, 268 words)
- iPocalypse: iTunes failure brings iPhone launch chaos (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 07/18/2008, 418 words)
- iPhones hot even in places they're not sold, like Russia and China (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 712 words)
- Apple iPhone debuts to lines in Japan, elsewhere (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 666 words)
- Personal Tech (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 07/18/2008, 413 words)
- New iPhone music to users' ears (msnbc.msn.com, 07/20/2008, 532 words)
- Apple iPhone, Asia demand create touch-screen boom (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 449 words)
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