Originally posted by cali92rs It may be a case of Ricoh believing this will sell well in Japan and neglecting the rest of the world
Sad, but possibly true. But actually I don't even see a possibility for high sales in Japan. Literally EVERY living thing in Japan (except for me and maybe the oldest person alive hidden in some mountain temple) has a smartphone. And since Japanese people tend to spend every waking minute (walking, sitting on the train, sitting in the restaurant, toilet...) playing around on their smart phone, I guess they will have found those kinds of apps as well.
I can only see a potential market with the very rich people that need every new toy even if it never even leaves the packaging - just a kind of "it's brand new, but I already have it". No one else will really "need" this product.