Japanese mobile phone makers lead the way with technological features in the feature phone era

"During the feature phone era, Japan's mobile phone makers developed technological marvels that allowed users to watch TV, pay for items electronically...features that are now commonplace with smartphones"


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Wall Street Journal

By Daisuke Wakabayashi, Mayumi Negishi

The Australian newspaper

Friday Agust 2nd 2013, page 24