Cellular Life in Japan

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MIT Technology Review interviews Japanese anthropologist Mizuko Ito, about his work on Japan's mobile-phone culture. Main point: "the way Japanese consumers actually use cell phones and other mobile paraphernalia is an outcome of historical and sociological factors unique to Japan."

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