Japanese mobile phones

keitai culture

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In Japan, mobile phones are ubiquitous. In Japan, mobile phones are called keitai denwa, literally portable telephones, and are often known simply as keitai.

Much of the Japanese population own keitai, most of which are equipped with enhancements such as video and camera capabilities. This pervasiveness and the particularities of usage lead to a development of a mobile phone culture, or "keitai culture."

Talking on a keitai while riding a bus or train is frowned upon, and messages asking passengers not to make calls and to switch their phones to silent mode are played frequently.

Many people send and receive a large number of text messages daily; teenagers are especially fond of this simple, fast, and private method of communication, and many schools ban the use of keitai on campus.

Japanese mobile phones have a capability to use very large sets of characters and icons based on JIS standards that define characters for industrial appliances.

Novels and comic books are making their way onto mobile phones in Japan.

New handsets let consumers make payments using e-money, play video games and watch television.

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In the past Pagers could only display numbers and were intended to alert an owner that he or she had received a call from a certain phone number, but teens quickly began using numeric messages to communicate everything from greetings to everyday emotions.

Softbank, Japan's largest broadband internet provider, has aspirations to become a leading communications company, providing broadband, mobile and internet services. Vodafone signed a deal with internet services group Softbank to develop phones and mobile content, mainly for the Japan market.

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