I like Japanese cellphones, but they're OMG HUGE and I really would like to not have a brick in my pocket. Not to mention they usually get smartphones way after the rest of us.
I think the Japanese language needs a higher-resolution screen anyway, because Kanji is hard to decipher on a low-res screen. The fact that they have 3" displays is just gravy.
There have been a few Japanese cellphones adapted to GSM, but they usually don't work so well, and Sony has various patents in Japan that they don't use elsewhere, like the Jog Dial. The S710a was a hit for geeks, but it was really really big.
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Mark @ Apr 16th 2008 1:42PM
I like Japanese cellphones, but they're OMG HUGE and I really would like to not have a brick in my pocket. Not to mention they usually get smartphones way after the rest of us.
I think the Japanese language needs a higher-resolution screen anyway, because Kanji is hard to decipher on a low-res screen. The fact that they have 3" displays is just gravy.
There have been a few Japanese cellphones adapted to GSM, but they usually don't work so well, and Sony has various patents in Japan that they don't use elsewhere, like the Jog Dial. The S710a was a hit for geeks, but it was really really big.