3G Cel Service Starts in Japan

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 1, 2001 @06:24AM from the they're-always-ahead-of-us dept.

Graymalkn writes "According to this story on the BBC, DoCoMo has finally launched the world's first 3G cellular service in Japan. Phones start at $560 and can go as high as $800 for one which can double as a video camera." Eventually they'll be able to watch movies on the new phones, but for now service for the phones is limited to a 20 mile radius around the center of Tokyo. I haven't found an exact number of bandwidth, but I believe it's like 384k downlink. To your phone. Once again, my jealousy runs rampant.

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1 hour battery life by sulli · 2001-10-01 06:27 · Score: 4, Flamebait

and the thing overheats in 15 min. Sounds pretty experimental to me...

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Re:Why do I want to watch a movie on my cellphone? by Troed · 2001-10-01 08:11 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Most cities have cell-phone coverage in the subway.

Ah, I'm talking about European contries here of course, maybe the US lags behind in that area too?

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