Re: phones - In 2005 my friend had a Japanese phone which had high speed Internet, video calling, and an ssh client among other things. The US had the Razr.

Re: phones - In 2005 my friend had a Japanese phone which had high speed Internet, video calling, and an ssh client among other things. The US had the Razr. Don't change history, smartphones were widely popular in Japan well before anywhere else in the world. The iPhone was just the first usable smartphone for the rest of us.