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  2. Japanese mobile phone culture - Wikipedia

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    Japan was a leader in mobile phone technology. The first commercial camera phone was the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, released in Japan in May 1999. [2] The first mass-market camera phone was the J-SH04, a Sharp J-Phone model sold in Japan in November 2000. [3] It could instantly transmit pictures via cell phone telecommunication. [4]

  3. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese military played a key role in Japan's expansion abroad. The government believed that Japan had to acquire its own colonies to compete with the Western colonial powers. After consolidating its control over Hokkaido (through the Hokkaidō Development Commission ) and annexing the Ryukyu Kingdom (the " Ryūkyū Disposition "), it next ...

  4. Galápagos syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A derived term is Gara-phone (ガラケー, gara-kei), blending with "mobile phone" (携帯, keitai), used to refer to Japanese feature phones, by contrast with newer smart phones. Takeshi Natsuno, professor at Tokyo's Keio University , explained, "Japan's cellphones are like the endemic species that Darwin encountered on the Galápagos Islands ...

  5. List of citizenships refused entry to foreign states - Wikipedia

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    Somali citizens coming from abroad will no longer qualify for visas from embassies of Pakistan. Somali students and families living in Pakistan must possess a recommendation letter and visa extended permission from the government of Pakistan. Police registration is required within 7 days of getting a visa from the government. [30] Australia; Canada

  6. List of mobile phone brands by country - Wikipedia

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    Grundig Mobile: Hagenuk Telecom GmbH: insolvency in 1997, mobile phone development and manufacturing business acquired by Telital in 1998 [9] Siemens Mobile: Acquired by BenQ Corporation in 2005 to form BenQ Mobile: Telefunken Italy: Onda Mobile Communication India: YU Televentures: Was a subsidiary of Micromax Indonesia: Nexian Japan: Sanyo ...

  7. SIM lock - Wikipedia

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    A SIM lock, simlock, network lock, carrier lock or (master) subsidy lock is a technical restriction built into GSM and CDMA [1] mobile phones by mobile phone manufacturers for use by service providers to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and/or networks.

  8. Is Japan Falling Behind in Smartphones? - AOL

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    Once upon a time, Japanese companies dominated the consumer electronics industry. In the smartphone market, companies from this region have lagged international rivals. Panasonic has now said it ...

  9. Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (FOMA) is the brand name of the W-CDMA-based 3G telecommunications services being offered by the Japanese telecommunications service provider NTT DoCoMo. It is an implementation of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and was the world's first 3G mobile data service to commence commercial ...