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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Fun! by SpanishInquisition · 2001-10-01 06:26 · Score: 1, Funny

Tentacle porn on the go!

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Re:Meanwhile... by CaseyB · 2001-10-01 06:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Just a reminder that you need to keep your geek-goodies envy in perspective.
Yeah! Just think: if WE'RE jealous of this phone, and THEY'RE jealous about the power & water that we take for granted, just think how incredibly jealous they must be about this phone!
You'd be THE MAN in Ethiopia with one of these!