(keitai-l) Re: Usability on Japanese phones

Hi,

I agree with you - I have been living in Japan for several years. Last year
I went to Australia and I found the non-Japanese phone that I bought there
very difficult to use initially. On the other side, I usually have no big
problems with using (new) phones in Japan, even without studying the manual
extensively.

Besides cultural factors, it may also depend on what people are used to (=
me to Japanese phones due to my stay in Japan), and therefore what they
experienced, and expect and assume in terms of UI and functionality.

Andrea

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Motoyoshi Kalland" <tmk@infeline.org>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Usability on Japanese phones


>
> hi,
>
> i might be strange, but - perhaps due to cultural background etc as
> someone pointed out as important factors - i usually find japanese
> (domestic) gadgets far more intuitive than western ones. never thought
> nokia was especially sensible, and what kind of crack they smoke in the
> siemens ui design lab is a mystery to me (1 click to load the
> never-to-be-used wap browser but 10 clicks to send an sms?!). ive never
> liked the interface of jp phones on the western market either.
>
> .tmk
>
>
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