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Cool Tech That's Only Available In Japan?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-think-I'm-turning-japanese-I-really-think-so dept.

Ted Cabeen asks: "So a friend of mine is going to Japan soon, and has offered to bring me something back if I want anything. Therefore I ask you, what cool electronics are available in Japan that we can't get in the United States, yet?" Aside from the next Playstation, what other cool technology can you find in Japan that might be usable to a person who can't read kanji?

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  1. Send him to Akihabara by kazzuya · · Score: 3

    Cybercity Akihabara !
    The most useful thing you can find in Japan are ultrathin laptops like those you find here but with internal CD-ROM (why not in USA ??!). I've heard the VAIO notebook with Crusoe is already out, there. Cellphones are ages ahead but they are kind of fragile (cause they aren't made to last) and most of all useless in USA 8)
    You can also find lots of weird software: games where you have to seduce chicks, software where you can build your own schoolgirl in 3D, Doraemon figure keyboard cleaner. Also very nice PDAs (if you really need a good Japanese writing recognition) such as Taurus.
    Japanese game magazines (such as Famitsu) are also lots of fun.