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> It's like they're super-high-tech in everything - except computers, which are very expensive compared to what you can get here in the US. High-tech/lo-tech a

by isolate 11y ago

> It's like they're super-high-tech in everything - except computers, which are very expensive compared to what you can get here in the US. High-tech/lo-tech and expensive/cheap are different axes. Everyone in Japan was doing the whole text message thing 15 years ago, back when most of us were just coming to terms with email. The same can be said about GPS navigation.

deciplex 11y ago
On the other hand, 12 years ago MP3 players were commonplace just about everywhere, but in Japan Minidisc was still the big thing.
- isolate 11y ago
  Good point, but then again ATRAC encoding >> MP3 encoding at typical bitrates back then.
  - golergka 11y ago
    But convenience is so much more imprortant than codec quality for mass market.