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That's something wondering me as well. Japan had so much cool things way back in the 2000's (even late 90's I think?). Internet on mobile phones was thing (I th
by SunlitCat 2y ago
That's something wondering me as well. Japan had so much cool things way back in the 2000's (even late 90's I think?). Internet on mobile phones was thing (I think it was called iMode or so). Those flip phones were awesome and way more convenient then those bricks back then over here (I still have my international version of an NEC flip phone I bought in mid-ish 2000's somewhere around. It even had iMode access, albeit pretty useless here).
I still wonder what could have happened, if Japanese companies pushed their phones (and technology) more worldwide. Well, we will never know.
- treflop 2y agoDon’t forget that the US had Internet on mobile phones in the 90s/2000s too. It was called WAP. However it was expensive as shit. I’m glad that both WAP and i-mode failed and we got the real Internet though.
- numpad0 2y agoWAP networks were basically same technology, but were way sparse and underutilized in content and market cap compared to i-mode/EZWeb/Yahoo! Keitai. I think that content density disparity still exists today. The Western Internet is kind of content lean.