Why Japan Leads the Mobile World: “Phurge writes ‘It is no wonder that companies touting m-commerce as the next big web thing tell us Japan is the future blueprint. The Guardian takes a look at the cutting edge and everyday life of cell phone users in Japan. ‘By offering the Japanese a multiplicity of services — and, very importantly, some very cool handsets to use them on — the operators have created what every western mobile service provider is dreaming of: a mobile lifestyle culture that keeps millions reaching for the mobile rather than the fixed internet … What they are less keen on is video calling: in Japan, as in the UK, 90% say ‘no thanks, never’. And as for using the mobile as a modem – to link to the internet – that’s very expensive in Japan.”

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