Sorry everyone to occupy the bandwidth, but I could not respond
to his email address "garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
Jim Terazawa
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> From jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Oct 29 11:57 CST 1998
> Message-Id: <199810291757.MAA02958@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] A request for our Japanese list members (fwd)
> To: garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:57:00 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Jim Terazawa" <jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Terazawa)
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> Garth,
>
> Please be aware that there may be several reasons that Sony (doesn't
> have to be Sony for that matter) does not market certain items
> outside Japan. The reasons maybe patent infringement, operating
> system (OS) incompatibilities, and so on. I recently saw an ad
> from Hong Kong based magazine which it advertizes Sony's smaller-
> than-palm sized color LCD TV. But it indicated that this is
> only sold in Japan. I think it is because of difference in
> radio frequency (TV monitor/FM band) used in Japan.
>
> >From what I have seen from the past, say Walkman for example,
> it was introduced only in Japan in the beginning. Then sometime
> later (donno how long), they came up with an US and an European
> versions which they had slightly different cosmetics as well as
> different hardwares.
>
> So, I would think Sony is fully aware and probably in the planning
> stage of mass production for the ROF (rest of the world), especially
> if the product is for consumer products (more demand).
>
> I would stay patient - I don't want you to get this product
> and find out that it costs about same amount of $$ to modify
> for the US standards (I assume you are in the US).
>
> Regards,
> Jim Terazawa
>
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> > From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [OM] A request for our Japanese list members
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> > I know this isn't directly OM-related, so I'll keep it short.
> >
> > I'm trying to buy (or find out how to buy) a Sony VAIO PCG-C1 "palmtop"
> > computer, ostensibly made *only* for the Japanese domestic market (which
> > strikes me as silly -- Sony could sell several bazillion of these little
> > wonders if they'd simply make 'em available everywhere else...). The
> > product itself is described at:
> >
> > http://www.sony.co.jp/ProductsPark/Consumer/PCOM/PCG-C1CAT/top.html
> >
> > I've basically fallen in love with it, having watched it in use at OOPSLA
> > '98 in Vancouver, Canada last week.
> >
> > Could the Japanese members of this list (or those of Japanese ancestry who
> > occasionally visit Japan) assist me? Please contact me via private e-mail.
> >
> > Oh yeah, Olympus content: if I get one of these puppies, I can work on the
> > Unofficial Olympus Web Photo Gallery almost anywhere, anytime! (I'm sure
> > that would come as a relief to some of you...)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Garth
> >
>
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