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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Re:Serious question by jiheison · 2001-10-01 06:41 · Score: 1, Troll

Because (if you are in America) you are routinely sold technology that is practically obsolete in Japan and the rest of Asia and told that it is state of the art.

Just another manifestation of the BIG LIE of American technological superiority.