mattman
join:1999-10-25
Lafayette Hill, PA
|  Wow.
Nice article Justin! Only thing is I can't see people using their phones here in the U.S. in the same way that they use it in Japan. O well, prove me wrong guys.
Interesting that you say that phones cost 0-100$ (and that would be a top of the line model). How can this be. The phones obviously contain advanced technology, and they do cost a lot more than that. How can they go about selling these phones for such a loss, since you say that most new phones are purchased by people who already have ones.
Those phones look pretty cool however. Puts my Samsung SCH-6100 to shame, then again its 2 years old. I have a friend who is from Korea, and he tells me that the phones we have hear are phones that he saw there a few years ago, which I can believe!
And of course they are already moving past sms, yet i know of maybe one or two people that have even used sms here. i just don't see the point here of using sms, might as well call them  . Those net speeds sure do look nice, and I could see that being useful if you brought the labtop in the park and hooked it up into your phone and was able to relax and use the computer at the park. however, i bet the companies here won't price it low enough for most people to use it for leisure.
-Matt
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ultraman80
join:2001-07-26
Saint Paul, MN
| said by mattman:
And of course they are already moving past sms, yet i know of maybe one or two people that have even used sms here. i just don't see the point here of using sms, might as well call them .
Exactly what I thought before I started using them.
Using the phone to read email is actually very handy. A lot of people use it to receive email rather than send one. It beats having to boot up a PC or laptop and having to hook it up to phone jack or cell phone. By the time you get to your office you'll be done reading all email that came in during the night.
As for sending SMS, it depends on how you use it. Most kids do it to pass funny messages between friends or set up a date as well as talk. You can put frequently used messages (like "I'll meet you in front of Parco at 6:00 pm" in memory (actually some phones come with a default set of messages) and have it sent tapping only 3 keys.
To the kids who grew up with this stuff, its just another communication tool and its natural to them as TV.
And if you've every commuted in Tokyo, you'll know that reading a cell phone is much easier than trying to read a newspaper or book while being sardined into a train running at 150% capacity. |
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@att.n
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I live in Tokyo and own a sony phone with most of the above options and an mp3 player (using a 64kb memory stick) I can tell you without a doubt, phones can cost more than 100 bucks easy. The newest imodes by docomo are running 200-300 dollars right now and the foma numbers are higher still. It is true however that most phones cost under 100 dollars. |
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@att.n | oops "mp3" is misleading.. lets just call it a "network walkman" thats what sony calls it after all |
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