IF that's not a cultural predisposition to imported goods, then what is?
I can't believe you got modded up for this. You're putting humans on the same value level as a purchasable object? Please. Wanting, or not wanting our stuff has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they want or don't want us personally.
Seriously, I just don't get it. It's like they're adding pixel count because they can without stopping to consider whether they should.... Above about 3 MP, a cell camera makes no sense given the lens size, quality, and mounting tolerances. Maybe 5 MP. Maybe.
Actually, the phone I was referencing was mostly a camera, and only partly a phone. It had great optical zoom, and a good sized lens. It was as good if not better than many dedicated pocket digital cameras. A bit bulky, but worth it because you don't have to carry around a phone AND a camera.
LOL! yeah i know watching TV in ur phone is pretty sweet but if u want to update ur phone u will have to replace it with a new one! get new apps on those phones ITS IMPOSIBLE!! I left japan in Oct 14/08 but seriously! those phones are outdated everymonth so its like using toilet paper for 300bucks. tell me the best cellphone its out there and put it vs the iphone. will do hardware and software fight. i can control my fucking pc by using my IPHONE vnc from the other side of the earth!!! IM SORRRRY that U dont own a iphone u would now what im talking about.
I have plenty of addon apps for my phone. Including an ssh shell where I can indeed get CLI access to my home server, I can also pull up my music server, and play my music. I don't use it often, because it's a pain to enter commands, but in emergencies, it's been handy. There's even a java development kit available for it, which means that if I knew Java (I don't), I could write, and upload, whatever program I wanted.
I suppose you could call it "IMPOSSIBLE!!" if you can't read Japanese, so perhaps you didn't know about addon apps for your phone because you couldn't navigate the docomo imode site and find them? I only ask because you're making claims that are just false.
It's also buggy as hell (as all Japanese phones are), but I suppose if 3 inches of Japanese TV gives you a woody, get a plane ticket, man.
Don't know where you get that information from. I haven't had a single problem with mine. Early firmware was buggy, but that was two years ago for the P905i. Mine is rock solid, takes great pictures, and has a great music player.
Really, the only thing that got me was that the thing couldn't play mp3's. Only plays wma. Everything else was a slam dunk. It even interfaces tolerably well with my Linux machines.
It's all relative and relative to the US market the iPhone is not a piece of crap. It's great to talk about the Japanese market, the cool gadgets, and how much better they are. But guess what? If we can't get/use them here it's irrelevant.
It's perfectly relevant to TFA, which is discussing why the iPhone can't make it in Japan.
Does anyone have more information about this? I don't live in Verizon territory, so I don't have first-hand experience. Presumably the username/password in question is for PPPOE, but I would expect them to simply tell you what it is, then have you type that into their Windows-only config program, not the other way around.
Here is a detailed explanation of the problem: http://www.humans-enabled.com/2007/06/verizon-dsl-doesnt-support-linux.html
TFS: Some (not all) Verizon PPPoE internet setups use a DirectX script to "assist" the user with modem setup. All queries to 192.168.1.1 are redirected to the DirectX setup. If you do not have DirectX, you are given a page that says your OS is not supported. To bypass this problem, you must disable the 192.168.1.1 redirect in Firefox before you can access the modem configuration page.
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