Sony 80GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) Comes to Japan

Tomorrow, Thursday October 30th, 2008, Sony is supposed to release release the new 80GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system with DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller in Japan. The retail price is rumored at 39,980 yen (including tax).

The Sonly 80GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) system will come in Clear Black, Ceramic White, and Satin Silver. As a holiday season offer, it will come bundled with the Blu-ray Disc version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III for PS3.

Along with the launch of this new model, the long-awaited LittleBigPlanet for PS3 will also become available on Thursday October 30th.

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China's Online Shopping will outrank Japan's Online Shopping in 2010

A MasterCard survey was released showing that China will now replace Japan as the largest online shopping market in the Asia region in 2010. China will have roughly 480 million online shoppers and spend upwards of 1.4 trillion dollars (USD). India is also ready to overtake Japan as well.

Percentage wise, this will take China from 49.9 to 58.6 percent of the total online shopping population in the region. That's quite an increase.

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The 3G Apple iPhone coming to France, Japan, South Africa, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Spain Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia & Poland

The 3G Apple iPhone offering is expanding internationally at a pretty good clip. Here's a list of the iPhone 3G Locations where they are expected along with the target dates for 3G sales to begin.

South Africa on July 20 (through VODACOM)
Austria, Germany, Netherlands starting on July 11th.
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia later in the year.
France, Portugal and Switzerland starting next month (Through France Telecom's Orange division)
Spain expected before Summer (Through Telefonica)
Japan - Date is TBD (through Softbank)

As more become available, we will add to the list.