New Prototypes, Gadgets And Devices From CEATE

Nooper writes: "This years CEATEC 2001 features a bunch of new wireless gadgets accompanying DoCoMo's 3G (FOMA) launch." Check out the cute pictures -- in their "Showcase of Japanese Keitai (mobile phone) Culture you can find 72 free to use photos from this years CEATEC. We even made a special gallery with the integrated camera of our new FOMA phone." Phones in the U.S. look like such monsters in comparison.

Comments

Small phones

[wiredog]

Tiny phones have a problem. Ergonomics. There's a size below which the buttons can't go before you need a stylus to operate them, and a size below which the displays can't go before they are unreadable. If a phone, or other device, is below that size people won't buy it, because it will be inoperable, no matter how cool the tech, or how low the price. Remember calculator watches?

Re:Small phones

[tomknight]

The other problem is having a very short phone, so the microphone ends up being nearer your ear than the front of your mouth.

This makes people think THEY HAVE TO SHOUT LOUDER on their phone to be heard. Man, that drives me mad! I have to fight off the impulse to explain that the recipient of the call is also using a phone, and shouting really isn't necessary.

Tom.

Apples and Oranges

[Frosty26]

You cannot directly compare Japanese Cell phones to North American or European Cell phones. Japanese cell phones are smaller because they can be, no because their technology is vastly superior.

The fact is Japanese cell phones can be smaller because their Cell grid is a lot more dense than in North America.

Think about it this way, in Japan almost all the population lives in a small belt of land near the ocean. In North America by comparison people are spread out over vast distances. Cell coverage obviously is going to be substantially different.

You just do not need the tranmitting power in Japan you need in North America. Thus you can make smaller more compact phones.

Re:Let me get this straight...

[mar1boro]

Yes, we should all sit around wringing our hands and composing diatribes against those who aren't as scared as we are.

Instead of writing crap like this [ in like 4 threads now ] why don't you spend your energy making your society stronger and more productive. This would go much further in accomplishing your "stated" ( and I doubt true ) goals.

Do you have a level of conviction which would allow you to die for what you believe in? If so, please remember you live in a country where you are free to do so.