Friday, November 5, 2010

MOBILE PHONES IN JAPAN - Gillet, Da Costa, Jean-Charles, Asif Kassam

Delphine Gillet
Claudia Da Costa
Adrien Jean-Charles
Asif Kassam Ali
Groupe 7

MOBILE PHONE USE IN JAPAN



  1. Definition of a Japanese mobile phone

    1. What do you call a mobile phone in Japanese ? ( give the all name ) http://www.itofisher.com/mito/archives/ito.ppp.pdf   ( go to page 9 )

    1. What kind of people use it more ? How many young people have a cell phone ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_mobile_phone_culture

  1. Japanese mobile phone 's characteristics

  1. Utilization of the mobile

    1. What Japanese consumers use more application on their phones ? http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227700435 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UruXLIPDA6o&feature=related  ( look the first 2 minute only)

    1. What is the invention mentioned in the text? Who consumes it? What the definition of a e-comics?http://www.nippon-sekai.com/main/articles/lifestyle/keitai-manga/

  1. Conclusion/Fill-in-the-blank Quiz
    In this little text, please fill the blanks with the words below :
        Au by KDDI, Illuminations, ketai, European, e-comics, SoftBank, wallet, DoCoMo

    Japanese mobile phones also called .............. .......have an important place in Japanese's society. Japanese mobile are different than the European one's. They have some special application like ...... ,... ,......................................
This tool became a necessary item to have for the young generation. .....................................
In Japan, there are 3 mains phone operators called ..., .... ,.... .................................


5 comments:

  1. SARAY Thida
    UKOBIZABA Martine
    THONGSAMOUTH Manykham

    1) 1.In japanese a mobile phone is called "keitai denwa".
    2.Young people, teenagers use it more.
    31.3% of elementary school students, and 57.6% of middle school students have a cell phone.

    2) - The three popular operators in Japan are NTT Docomo, au by KDDI, and Softbank.
    - Japanese one is more sophisticated than a french one, they have cool features like phone illuminations.
    No, it doesn't work overseas.
    - It costs ¥980 a month.
    - More than one thousand characters including all of the Latin alphabet, hiragana, katakana, kanji and special characters like cm (centimeter), arrows, musical notes and more can be used to compose messages.

    3) 1. Among the Japanese consumers, the youth are the ones who use more application on their phones.
    2. The invention is that more and more keitai (mobile cell phones) are serving as a medium for reading Japanese comics.
    Most of the consumers are women.
    E-comics are comics published on a website (on cell-phone).

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  2. Audréa TRINH

    1.
    1)A mobile phone is called “Keitai Denwa” in Japanese.
    2)Children and teenagers are the kind of people that use cell phone more often. Those two categories represent 88,9% among people who own a cell phone.

    2.
    a) The three popular operator in Japan are NTT Docomo, au by KDDI and Soft Bank
    b) Japanese cell phone are much more sophisticated than European one, they have loads of features that other cell phone don't have. Due to different technology mobile phones from Japan may not work in your home country, so some features on Japanese mobile phone don't work outside of Japan.
    c) A basic monthly fee costs 980 yens for a 2-year-contract.
    d) With a Japanese mobile phone, a sms can be written with loads of characters such as icons based on JIS, latin alphabet, hiragana, katakana, kanji, arrows and so on and so forth.

    3.
    1) Japanese people use more the text application than the other.
    2) The invention of the e-comics is mentioned in the text. People who consume it are women. A e-comics is a comics that you can read on your mobile phone.

    4.conclusion
    Japanese mobile phones also calles keitai have an important place in Japanese's society. Japanese mobile are different that the European one's. They have some special application like illuminations,, e-comics, wallet.
    This tool became a necessary item to have for the young generation.
    In Japan, there 3 mains phone operators called Au by KDDI, Soft Bank and DOCOMO.

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  3. Lagravière Elise
    De Mesquita Elodie
    LAY Mathilde

    1)
    1. In Japanese, a mobile phone is called "keitai denwa".
    2. Children and teenagers use it more with 31.3% of elementary school students
    and 57.6% of middle school students.

    2)
    1. The three popular operators in Japan are NTT Docomo, au by KDDI and Softbank.
    2. Japanese cell phones are much more sophisticated than European cell phones.
    They have many different and unique cool features. However, Japanese cell phones
    cannot be use overseas.
    3. A basic monthly fee costs 980 yens.
    4. There are many kinds of characters to write a Japanese sms such as Latin
    alphabet, Hiragana, Katana and Kanji.

    3)
    1. Japanese consumers use more applications, like taking photos and sending
    mails, than European and American consumers.
    2. The invention mentioned in the text is the e-comics.
    Teenage girls and women in their 20's consume e-comics but also people who don't
    usually read them.
    An e-comics is a comic you buy and then read on your cell phone.

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  4. Delongvert Mélanie
    De la Iglesia Margaux
    Megdoud Sarah

    I)1)In japanese, we call a cellphone a "keitaidenwa"
    2)31.3% of elementary school students and 57.6% of middle school students own a cell phone.

    II)- The three popular operator in Japan are NTT Docomo, au by KDDI and Soft Bank.
    - Japanese cellphones are more sophisticated than french ones. A great design and cool softwares.
    - A basic monthly fee costs 980 yen.
    - We can use a lot of characters like the Latin alphabet, hiragana, katakana, kanji and special characters.

    III) 1) The young consumers use the most their cellphone's applications.
    2) The invention: we can read e-comics on cellphones. Young girls are the major consumers of e-comics.
    An e-comic is a comic published online that you can buy and read from your cellphone.

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  5. Morgado Mélanie

    1.The complete name for a cellphone in Japanese is keitaidenwa.

    2. Students are those that use it more with 31.3% of elementary school students and 57.6% of middle school students.

    3.The most popular operator in Japan is NTT Docomo, following by Au by KKDI and Sofbank (formerly Vodafone)

    4. Japanese cellphones benefit from LCD screen, microSD storage, GPS or internet and live Tv. They include illuminations and applications, and have a better design. To conclude, they're more sophisticated. You can use it oversea, but some software or applications will not work.

    5.If you contract a two-years contract, a basic monthly fee costs 980Yen.

    6.So, with a Japanese cellphone, you can write in : Hiragana, Katakana, Kanjis or Romaji (latin alphabet) or some others characters such as music notes or centimeter.

    7.The application that Japanese people use the more isn't facebook such as in US or Europe, but Mixi (also a social network).

    8.The invention is that you can read e-comics (mangas) on your cellphone. About 60% of teen and 20s years old women use it. An e-comic is a comic published online and that you buy to read on your cellphone.

    9.Keitai denwa - wallet, e-comic or illuminations - NTT docomo, Softbank and KKDI.

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