Docomo Dumbs Down For Overseas Markets

[Mulboyne]

[floatr][/floatr]Yomiuri: DoCoMo phones to get simpler OS
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will remove advanced functions and services from its cell phones' operating software, such as the ability to connect to the Internet, enabling the nation's handset manufacturers to simultaneously design low-function, low-price handsets for overseas markets and high-function, high-price handsets for domestic distribution based on the same software...According to the carrier, functions to be removed from operating software will include i-mode, Internet connection services, and FeliCa, an integrated circuit card service that enables handsets to be used for electronic payments. The company plans to introduce Android, jointly developed with Google Inc. as the new operating software by 2010...more...

[Uhhuh35]

I still have my cell phone from 2002 and I really don't want to upgrade it, it works just fine. I don't know what all you young people do on cell phones nowadays but some oldsters like myself only need a basic phone with push to talk function. I was in Mexico recently and used the push to talk function to talk with my wife and avoided the roaming charges. I must have been close enough to a cell on the US side.

Just my 2 cents.

[Charles]

I still have my cell phone from 2002 and I really don't want to upgrade it, it works just fine. I don't know what all you young people do on cell phones nowadays but some oldsters like myself only need a basic phone with push to talk function. I was in Mexico recently and used the push to talk function to talk with my wife and avoided the roaming charges. I must have been close enough to a cell on the US side.

Just my 2 cents.

I bet you complained when they replaced the old dial phones with those newfangled Touch Tone phones.

[D-San]

I bet you complained when they replaced the old dial phones with those newfangled Touch Tone phones.

Imagine him discovering the wonders of Cell Phone internet browsing!

WHOA!!!

[Uhhuh35]

Originally Posted by Charles
I bet you complained when they replaced the old dial phones with those newfangled Touch Tone phones.

The only thing about those phones I miss is no iritating call waiting! You know I still have some old style knob and tube electric wiring in my 1927 house!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob_and_tube_wiring
I may have to upgrade to a modern stereo though. It's getting more and more difficult finding parts for my Columbia Grafanola E-2! I'm not joking, I actually have one.

Imagine him discovering the wonders of Cell Phone internet browsing! WHOA!!!

Would it be any better than cable internet on my flat screen at home? Then no thanks! The best description of cell phones I've heard so far:
"21st Century Slave Device".

[GomiGirl]

Would it be any better than cable internet on my flat screen at home? Then no thanks! The best description of cell phones I've heard so far:
"21st Century Slave Device".

Pity the flat screen doesn't fit into your pocket when you are on the train.