Raniera Hruska Kaore he take ki te heke ki te whenua - kei te "ahi" te iPhone ki Hapani. I te mutunga o tera tau, e toru o nga waea atamai e wha i hokona he iPhones. I kii a Tim Cook i te huihuinga o nga kaipupuri hea whakamutunga ko nga hoko iPhone i Hapani kua piki ake i te 40 paiheneti. Ko tenei na te whakaaetanga i whakatauhia me NTT DOCOMO i tera tau.
Heoi, ehara i te mea ngawari te pakaru ki te whenua o Hapani. Kia tae atu a Apple ki reira, i whakamahia e Steve Jobs tetahi piriona Hapanihi karekau he kaiwhakahaere waea pūkoro, he huahua ano tana iPod e kaha ana ki te waea waea. Ko te Tumuaki o SoftBank a Masayoshi Son e maumahara ana me pehea tana whakahaere ki te hanga i tetahi kaiwhakahaere me te hoko motuhake ki te hoko iPhones.
E rua tau i mua i te whakarewanga mana a Apple i te iPhone, ka karanga a Tama ki a Jobs ka whakatuu hui. I whakaatu a Tama ki a ia i te ahua o tana whakaaro ki te waea a Apple. “I kawea mai e au hei whakaatu i aku huahua o te iPod me nga mahi waea. I hoatu e ahau ki a ia, engari kaore a Steve i whakaae, ka mea, 'E te kai, kaua e homai o tuhi ki ahau. Kei a au ake,'" ka mahara a Tama. "E pai ana, kaore au e whakaatu ki a koe aku pikitia, engari ki te mea kei a koe taau, whakaatu mai ki ahau mo Hapani," te whakahoki a Tama. Ka whakahoki a Jobs, "Miki, he porangi koe."
Kei a Jobs nga tika katoa ki te whakapae. Ko Tama, he kaipakihi mohio i roto i te ao hangarau, nana i kaha ki te hoko i nga kamupene e rua i te 19 o ona tau, i riro ia ia te $3 piriona. I tua atu, me te putea moni i Yahoo! Ko Hapani he kaipakihi angitu. Heoi, i roto i taua hui karekau ia i whai mana, i whai paanga ranei ki tetahi kaiwhakahaere waea.
"Kaore ano matou i korero ki tetahi, engari i tae tuatahi mai koe ki ahau, me haere tena," ta Jobs. I haere tonu nga whiriwhiringa mo etahi wa, ka kii a Tama kia tuhia e raua ko Jobs tetahi whakaaetanga mo te hoko motuhake o nga iPhones. Te urupare a Jobs? "Kao! Kaore au i te haina i tenei, kaore ano koe i a koe he kaiwhakahaere!” Ka whakahoki a Tama, “Titiro, Steve. Kua oati koe ki ahau. I homai e koe tau kupu ki ahau. Maku e tiaki te kaiwhakahaere.”
Na ka pera ano ia. Neke atu i te $2006 piriona i whakapaua e SoftBank i te tau 15 mo te ringa Hapanihi o Vodafone Group. I noho a SoftBank Mobile hei kamupene waea pūkoro e toru o runga ake i Hapani, katahi ka panuitia nga hoko iPhone i timata i te tau 2008. Mai i tera wa, kua angitu a SoftBank Mobile ki te whakairo i nga wahanga maakete i mua i te tiimatanga o NTT DOCOMO ki te hoko i nga iPhone 5s me te iPhone 5c i Mahuru whakamutunga.
Ko SoftBank Mobile kei te waahi tuatoru tonu, engari kei te timata te tipu haere puta noa i te ao. I tera tau, i hokona e te kamupene te kamupene Amerika a Sprint mo te rua tekau ma rua piriona taara. He korero kei te hiahia a SoftBank Mobile ki te whakapumau i tana tuunga ki Amerika ma te tango i tetahi atu kaiwhakahaere, i tenei wa ko T-Mobile US.
Mo Jobs, i whakaaro ia mo te iPhone tae noa ki tona matenga. Ka maumahara a Tama he hui ki a Tim Cook i te ra o te whakarewatanga o te iPhone 4S. Engari, i hohoro tana whakakore, na te mea i hiahia a Steve Jobs ki te korero ki a ia mo tetahi hua kaore ano kia panuitia. I mate a Jobs i te ra i muri mai.
Ko te tangata i te whakaahua whakatuwhera he rite ki a Kermit :-)