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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Whoop Dee Doo by jo42 · 2001-10-01 06:32 · Score: 3, Offtopic

> it's like 384k downlink. To your phone. Once again, my jealousy runs rampant.

No need to be jealous...

Take a piece of large paper. Cut a hole in it 1.5" by 2.25". Cover your monitor with this piece of paper. Now start using your computer like this and you will experience things just as if you had this service on a cell phone in your neck 'o the woods.