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Here is something which I think goes beyond technology...

Clutures...

I think there is a problem with the difference in cultures here... If you notice, these companies seem to survive pretty well with their domestic market... I think they even release more devices in their own market than they do outside Japan.

Outside Japan, we all look for customer care and upgradeability.

In Japan they look at being able to replace their device with a whole new one when it comes out.

We've seen it coming... who are the companies that refuse to furnish users upgrades unconditionally? None comes to mind. They may have upgrades simply to boost the marketing of their current devices which are supposed to come out earlier than WM2003SE... But will they offer it for their other devices? Not at all...

Until they get a grasp of the market that is not their own... we'll never see a following as strong as that being enjoyed by HP, Dell, and other smaller companies that are offering these precious updates.

Mabuhay! ~ Carlo