Catching up With Ketai Culture: 3 Next Gen Features North Am
Friday 30th of July 2010 11:22:23 PM
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| Earlier on the cell phone plans blog, we discussed the LG eXpo, the first projector phone to hit North American shores. Like many cutting edge smartphones, the LG eXpo debuted many mobile features and technology that were new to the U.S., but old hat for the prescient Japanese mobile phone culture ("keitai culture"). For example, the LG eXpo's c |
JapaneseCultureGoNow!: Kiichi Nakai
Friday 30th of July 2010 11:22:23 PM
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| If we had a “Most Underrated Japanese Actor” category here at JapaneseCultureGoNow!, Kiichi Nakai would easily qualify—although the guy has won a swag of Japanese Academy Awards, including best actor. Nakai worked on the hilarious 'Samurai Cellular', in which he touted a mobile phone instead of a katana blade. |
Cellular Life in Japan
Friday 30th of July 2010 11:22:23 PM
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| MIT Technology Review interviews Japanese anthropologist Mizuko Ito, about his work on Japan's mobile-phone culture. Main point: "the way Japanese consumers actually use cell phones and other mobile paraphernalia is an outcome of historical and sociological factors unique to Japan." |
How Mobile Phones Conquered Japan
Friday 30th of July 2010 11:22:23 PM
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Personal, Portable, Pedestrian offers a rich, textured look at the role keitai culture plays in Japanese life, and a glimpse of what the future holds for the rest of us.




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