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Cell Phone as e-Book Reader (in Japan)

Posted by timothy on from the doubles-as-a-vision-test dept.

aussie_a writes "Reading books on your cell phone has become the latest feature in Japan. With games, e-mails and the news already standard features, the Japanese cell-phone is more then just a phone. Novels are downloaded in segments and are run as Java-based applications on the phone. But users can do much more then just read the book, they are able to search for books, write reviews and send fan mail to the authors."

2 of 136 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Anime? by tepples · · Score: 0, Troll

    Watch anime and read the subtitles. Or read manga; anime is just manga with some basic animation on top.

  2. So what? by MikTheUser · · Score: 1, Troll

    What's the freaking news?

    Cell phones can do just about anything now, and a little more. They should rather explain why they still call them "phones"...