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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. "beating" vs. better by Presence2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Balance over all use vs. ediquette and the US wins by a landslide. Jamming technology is being invented there for the very same reason.

  2. who's ass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    that's like saying "the japanese kick america's ass at producing shit from their ass"

  3. Re:We kicked their ass in WWII by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    all muslim insects will be exterminated

  4. Conclusion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We must kill them all. Bin Laden could be hiding in a Mosque near YOU.

    The Slashdot Editors recommend the use of fertilizer bombs, packed tightly into a stolen automobile along with nails and ball bearings. (Preferably one stolen from an islamic) Park outside a Mosque on a Friday, and detonate for maximum effect.

    Let THEM know the meaning of 'Terror'.

    Thanks,

    Cowboy Neal
    (posting anon because I've lost my password!)

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

    Therefore Afghanistanis are shit inside an ass called Afghanistan

    Their skin is the color of shit after all.

  6. Re:More American bashing, hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Ten years behind"....??? WTF??? The USA isn't "behind"; it just hasn't bothered to adopt all of the latest fads from Europe or Japan. Our cell phone technology is comparable to Europe's or Japan's.....unless you are referring to the occasional analog towers that still exist out in the boondocks - ie, in the middle of nowhere, USA - where it simply hasn't been cost effective yet to switch to digital.

  7. Re:60 hrs? by Joel+Ironstone · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yah, and you get 3 more weeks a year vacation than we do in north america. Life is shit sometimes