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i.gizmodo.com - 2/3/2009

For Japan, Email is a Cellphone Phenomenon [Japan]

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We all know that Japan is nuts about cellphones, having browsed the internet via mobiles since we were but gleams in 3G's eye. But the phenomenon is about more than the web—it's about email. NPR recently aired an interesting program exploring Japan's use of the cellphone. In it, Satoshi ...

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For Japan, Email is a Cellphone Phenomenon
textually.org — ... While most Americans use computers to develop an intimacy with the Internet, the Japanese access the Internet primarily through the cell phone. U.C. Many Japanese actually say they prefer the cell phone keypad over the computer keyboard because they can type faster on it. And perhaps, most importantly, they don't have to share their phones with anyone else. That’s why the pager fad exploded in the '90s, because it was so personal. [OTM via Gizmodo] ...