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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Getaways where cars and phones are banned - AOL

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    In travel news this week: Bodily fluids erupt in flights across North America, the launch of the “cruise that never ends” and quiet getaways where you can escape Europe’s tourist throngs.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Denis Villeneuve: ‘Cell Phones Are Banned on My Sets. It’s ...

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    Villeneuve said that mobile devices are banned on his productions. Christopher Nolan similarly bans cell phones. “Cinema is an act of presence,” Villeneuve said.

  8. 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.

  9. Communications in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The nation of Japan currently possesses one of the most advanced communication networks in the world. For example, by 2008 the Japanese government's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry stated that about 75 million people used mobile phones to access the Internet, said total accounting for about 82% of individual Internet users. [1]