Comment kanji vs alphabet (Score 1) 108
a whole word in kanji needs only one or two (16bit-) characters to be displayed / transmitted. so a japanese i-mode site can show much more content per screen than the same site could as english or -even worse- german WAP version.
this may be an other reason for i-mode's success - besides the packet/circuit-issue. and finally it's not surprising for the country of walkman and gameboy to also have the smallest, cutest and most advanced cell phone technology. they just love these things, it's not only a question of content and if someone "really needs" it.
this may be an other reason for i-mode's success - besides the packet/circuit-issue. and finally it's not surprising for the country of walkman and gameboy to also have the smallest, cutest and most advanced cell phone technology. they just love these things, it's not only a question of content and if someone "really needs" it.
