(keitai-l) Re: The usage of mobilephones among kids in Japan

We have been conducting a lot of research for our mobileYouth project on
mobile
phone usage by kids (aged 4 to 94!) worldwide. There have been some
interesting
findings - namely,
* There has always been an initial resistance to usage by minors compounded
by
media hysteria ("kids won't be able to write NEMORE, when they use texting
all day!").
This gives way to the positive practical implications as we have seen in the
Yomiuri
article
* The youth often use very little of the voice functionalities, some never.

If anyone's been conducting similar research in Japan I'm interested to get
in touch.

Graham Brown



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-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Benjamin Kowarsch
Sent: 02 August 2001 09:38
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: The usage of mobilephones among kids in Japan


>I came accross a very interesting article in the Daily Yomiuri a couple of
>days ago, regarding the mobile usage among kids in Japan.
>
>Apparently toymaker Tomy has launched a series of prepaid mobilephones
>called "first mobile" targeted at the kiddysegment in Japan.

Did they mention anything whether this service where parents can track
their kids' whereabouts is available for those phones ?

rgds
benjamin



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