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Object Lesson -- Japanese Cell Phone
This is the cell phone that I used while I lived in Japan last year. It is a little bit fatter than most cell phones people use in the United States and also weighs a bit more. Even though at the time, it felt like a normal cell phone, now it feels very heavy in my hand.
The design is incredibly similar to phones in the United States. Almost everything about it is exactly the same as phones such as the RAZR, but there are a few little differences. First, probably every cell phone, or keitai, has a place where one can attach some sort of charm. These can be bought all over the country in a huge variety of different shapes and sizes. All kinds of people regularly have huge collections of these charms hanging from their phones. My phone only has one on it, and it is a little bit broken because of how much I used the phone.
Another difference is the format of the buttons. Although the phone can act much like an American cell phone, it also has an input method that accommodates the Japanese language. Each numbered button has one character on it from the Japanese language. For example, the number “2” key has the character か, or “ka”. When one hits this key once, it writes that character, but if one hits it more times it cycles through the rest of the characters that begin with “K”. This order follows: ka, ki, ku, ke, ko. This rule applies for all of the keys that have characters on them, such as “sa” and “ra”. The method of input is different.
Another difference is the kinds of technology that phone employs. The digital camera in the phone is of much better quality than those I have found in American phones. The phone also can easily access most sites on the Internet and send e-mails. I found that the technology of the phone is much more advanced and easier to use than those in the United States.
I noticed that people in Japan seem to be much more attached to their cell phones than people in the United States. Whenever you ride on a train or a bus, more than half of the people are using their phones. Keitai can even work as a form of credit card and can scan barcodes to download information such as menus, addresses, and prices. It seems that as keitai can do so many more things, they have become more indispensable for people. It is interesting it see that essentially the same device can be used in so many different ways and to such different degrees in different cultures.
Two keywords I would choose to describe my old keitai are “personalized” and “multi_function”. The keitai has almost become an extension of many people’s bodies, so in that way, it is “personalized”. It can also perform such a variety of different actions that it has become increasingly important and a “multi_function” device.
Object Lesson -- Japanese Cell Phone
This is the cell phone that I used while I lived in Japan last year. It is a little bit fatter than most cell phones people use in the United States and also weighs a bit more. Even though at the time, it felt like a normal cell phone, now it feels very heavy in my hand.
The design is incredibly similar to phones in the United States. Almost everything about it is exactly the same as phones such as the RAZR, but there are a few little differences. First, probably every cell phone, or keitai, has a place where one can attach some sort of charm. These can be bought all over the country in a huge variety of different shapes and sizes. All kinds of people regularly have huge collections of these charms hanging from their phones. My phone only has one on it, and it is a little bit broken because of how much I used the phone.
Another difference is the format of the buttons. Although the phone can act much like an American cell phone, it also has an input method that accommodates the Japanese language. Each numbered button has one character on it from the Japanese language. For example, the number “2” key has the character か, or “ka”. When one hits this key once, it writes that character, but if one hits it more times it cycles through the rest of the characters that begin with “K”. This order follows: ka, ki, ku, ke, ko. This rule applies for all of the keys that have characters on them, such as “sa” and “ra”. The method of input is different.
Another difference is the kinds of technology that phone employs. The digital camera in the phone is of much better quality than those I have found in American phones. The phone also can easily access most sites on the Internet and send e-mails. I found that the technology of the phone is much more advanced and easier to use than those in the United States.
I noticed that people in Japan seem to be much more attached to their cell phones than people in the United States. Whenever you ride on a train or a bus, more than half of the people are using their phones. Keitai can even work as a form of credit card and can scan barcodes to download information such as menus, addresses, and prices. It seems that as keitai can do so many more things, they have become more indispensable for people. It is interesting it see that essentially the same device can be used in so many different ways and to such different degrees in different cultures.
Two keywords I would choose to describe my old keitai are “personalized” and “multi_function”. The keitai has almost become an extension of many people’s bodies, so in that way, it is “personalized”. It can also perform such a variety of different actions that it has become increasingly important and a “multi_function” device.