Having already spread over the US and Europe, the iPhone is now poised to take on one of the biggest mobile markets in the world.

Agence France-Press is reporting that Steve Jobs has met with the president of Japanese mobile firm NTT DoCoMo.

Kyoto News backs this up, suggesting that Apple has the firm at the top of its list for perspective iPhone partners in Japan.

21 Dec 2007

This would definitely prove to be a challenge for the iPhone. Japan is rivaled only by South Korea in terms of mobile use and network sophistication. However, these days the iPhone can sell itself on reputation and fashion appeal alone.