Is is just me or are japanese phones losing their edge? Aside from WVGA, everything these phones have can be got in a midrange european Sony Ericsson, which will have a non-retarded interface to boot.
Yeah but we don't have the infrastructure for those to begin with so they don't make sense. Once we actually get DVB-H towers, phones will quickly get that (doesn't the U.S. already have MediaFLO?). IC card also doesn't make sense since we have credit cards in the west. Built-in voice mail is actually a misfeature since my main use of voicemail is when I am out of range or my phone is off...
I mean we can counter those features with stuff like MP3 support (most jap phones only do AAC), RSS/podcasting support, unlocked phones, open/free java apps, etc
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Is is just me or are japanese phones losing their edge? Aside from WVGA, everything these phones have can be got in a midrange european Sony Ericsson, which will have a non-retarded interface to boot.
no...there are a lot more that are not mentioned...like 1seg, ic Card, build-in voice mail (so you don't have to use the service providers)...
Yeah but we don't have the infrastructure for those to begin with so they don't make sense. Once we actually get DVB-H towers, phones will quickly get that (doesn't the U.S. already have MediaFLO?). IC card also doesn't make sense since we have credit cards in the west. Built-in voice mail is actually a misfeature since my main use of voicemail is when I am out of range or my phone is off...
I mean we can counter those features with stuff like MP3 support (most jap phones only do AAC), RSS/podcasting support, unlocked phones, open/free java apps, etc
How about SE releasing a European version of the Re? That looks pretty nice- interchangeable keypads are cool.