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Cell Phones: Japan vs. the United States

Posted by michael on from the ma-bell-knows-what's-best-for-you dept.

Stirland writes "Cell phones/Connectivity: Japan and the United States: Worlds Apart on Wireless. Interesting analysis of the economic and cultural reasons for why the Japanese kick Americans' butts when it comes to wireless cell phone technology and usage."

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  1. Not only the japanese by ssn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Also the Europeans kick American's ass.

    1. Re:Not only the japanese by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Haha, you socialists fucks over in europe are all so poor that you have to ride the bus. Godamn, maybe if you weren't so fucking lazy you could afford a car.

  2. Brain Cancer by herbierobinson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder what effect this is having on the brain cancer rate in Japan?

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    An engineer who ran for Congress. http://herbrobinson.us
  3. Re:There's a reason for all of this... by MisterBlister · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Because nobody wants a cellphone that only works within a single city, jackass. They want a phone that works anywhere in the US.

  4. What're you smokin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    US cell phone users are among the rudest assholes on earth. And I swear, the next motherfucker with a phone stuck to his head that swerves into my lane on the freeway is gonna get some .45 caliber ventilation. I don't care who you think you are, you're not that fucking important. Really.

    And of course the Japs are way ahead of the US in the technology and usage, they're all a bunch of little tiny people with Coke-bottle glasses, they can see the tiny little buttons and displays. Besides, their schools work, so the people there are smart enough to use the damn things. Here in the US, the school taxes keep going up to pay for a lot of liberal bullshit that just makes the kids dumber. Hell, I have to hire kids with college degrees these days, and most of them still don't have what should be basic high school skills. The high school graduates I see are generally dumber than a fucking brick. Even the college kids can't spell... "ediquette" indeed.

    And here's a question for the offended geeks reading this - why can't you assholes spell? If you screw up spelling in a program your compiler crashes, when you screw up spelling in your documents or job applications, the old guys who hire and fire you think you're a dunce and if you do get the job, you get paid a lot less. For real.