KDDI au announces Summer 2008 collection

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greenlight @ Jun 8th 2008 5:08PM

Is is just me or are japanese phones losing their edge? Aside from WVGA, everything these phones have can be got in a midrange european Sony Ericsson, which will have a non-retarded interface to boot.

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JettaMan @ Jun 8th 2008 7:12PM

no...there are a lot more that are not mentioned...like 1seg, ic Card, build-in voice mail (so you don't have to use the service providers)...

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greenlight @ Jun 8th 2008 7:25PM

Yeah but we don't have the infrastructure for those to begin with so they don't make sense. Once we actually get DVB-H towers, phones will quickly get that (doesn't the U.S. already have MediaFLO?). IC card also doesn't make sense since we have credit cards in the west. Built-in voice mail is actually a misfeature since my main use of voicemail is when I am out of range or my phone is off...

I mean we can counter those features with stuff like MP3 support (most jap phones only do AAC), RSS/podcasting support, unlocked phones, open/free java apps, etc

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Jamar @ Jun 8th 2008 7:59PM

How about SE releasing a European version of the Re? That looks pretty nice- interchangeable keypads are cool.

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