Apple iPhone vs. DoCoMo i-mode Phone – No Contest – Japan Wins
I don't know anything about anything technical especially cell phones. So, if you say I am stupid…you are right.
The last time I got a new mobile (keitai) was when my wife gave me her old one after she got the new one.
And, now Steve Jobs and Apple have a new iPhone that will be launched next month.
Apparently it can do videos, music, and photos, read the news and tell lies (rumors). It also has "a 3.5" touch screen, virtual keyboard and buttons, advanced operating system, wireless Internet connectivity and full-screen Web browser.
It is also compatible with AT&T and Cingular.
Gee, is that all?
Can it do all those things AND –
1. pay for tickets …on a train, a plane, a bus, to a concert, to a movie… 2. serve as a member's card…to a golf course, a gym, a club… 3. buy a coke, a candy bar, a beer, cigarettes….from a vending machine and/or convenience store 4. play a motion game like Wii, 5. serve as a key to get in my apartment, my car, my office, …. 6. get a boarding pass to get on a plane, a ferry… 7. buy anything, everything, that a credit card can… 8. open the garage door 9. change the channel on the TV, stereo…. 10. read my eye, my face, my fingerprint for security purposes 11. offer two phone numbers in one phone…one for me and nobody else and one that my wife, girlfriend or anyone else can see. 12. offer two email addresses in one phone 13. be remotely locked if lost? The NTT DoCoMo i-mode phones can do everything the iPhone can do and much more. And they work, too! No contest…Japanese phones and phone service wins. American mobile phone makers and service providers have a very long way to go to catch up with Japan. What others are saying about the iPhone. Writing at the Speed of Blog: The iPhone, Apple, and the New News Cycle
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May 22, 2007
Listen genius 90% percent of that stuff is from the Networks over there, if the infrastructure was available here the iPhone would do that and more so nice try but no dice.
May 22, 2007
Well, genius, it’s not whether the Japanese phones can do those things. It’s how WELL they do them.
Trying to surf the internet on a 1 inch screen with graphics that load as X’s and column and pagination that’s all screwed up, looking nothing like the real page, isn’t what I’d call surfing the internet.
Having 12 songs on your phone, and having to go through a 20 minute process to transfer those songs isn’t iTunes and true synchronization either.
And I wouldn’t call twelve keys (like the number 2 that has to be pressed three times just to get the letter ‘c’) a keyboard either.
Clearly your comparisons are a just a little bit off.
May 22, 2007
Well, genius, it’s not whether the Japanese phones can do those things. It’s how WELL they do them.
Trying to surf the internet on a 1 inch screen with graphics that load as X’s and column and pagination that’s all screwed up, looking nothing like the real page, isn’t what I’d call surfing the internet.
Having 12 songs on your phone, and having to go through a 20 minute process to transfer those songs isn’t iTunes and true synchronization either.
And I wouldn’t call twelve keys (like the number 2 that has to be pressed three times just to get the letter ‘c’) a keyboard either.
Clearly your comparisons are a just a little bit off.
August 28, 2007
From the Catalyst Code blog:
“If you buy a mobile phone in Europe, you are not tied to any particular carrier. Yet in the US, all major carriers only sell phones that can only work on their networks. They sell them at a discount and then get back that discount through long-term usage contracts that are tied to the phones. Suppose all phones had to be sold unlocked, perhaps because these ties were declared illegal. Phones would be more expensive, but calling and data services would almost certainly be cheaper. You might see Nokia and Samsung operating retail outlets instead of Verizon and T-Mobile, with the Nokia person giving you a choice of carriers and handling the hook-up process for you. With the power of the carriers reduced, phone makers might be able to solve the hard chicken-and-egg problem that prevents us from using our mobile phones as payment devices, something Japanese consumers have been able to do for some time now.”
Here is the LINK