Smartphones in Japan Review
BCN Ranking op-ed compares 3 smartphones: E30HT (HTC) on KDDI, HT-03A (Android) on DoCoMo & iPhone 3GS via SoftBank [J] http://bit.ly/dQV1l
Machine Translation:
The feature in a smart phone is to be able to use the inspection of the Web site and the document and communications of the document creation and mail, etc. with a so to speak multifunctional cellular phone by convenience near PC. It provides with special OS, and the model by whom it chiefly provides with either of Symbian OS and Windows Mobile, iPhone OS or Android OS is sold now.
A big feature on the function side is to be able to customize the terminal to my taste by downloading variegated applications of the business management tool, the map, and the game, etc. for work. The model tried this time is three of “iPhone 3GS” of “E30HT” of “HT-03A” of NTT DoCoMo and KDDI(au) and mobile Softbank. Immediately, I will see the operation feeling of one terminal.
The maximum point that understands with three models is “Touch panel. “It pushes by all means when it is a software keyboard to make sentences, the mistake is caused, and it takes time to the character input though there is no problem only if what received for mail is read. The hardware keyboard like “E30HT” might be still better to write the long sentence.
It is easy to be familiar because ten keys are the same rows as the cellular phone usual of the key array, and to have handled any model. It is not easy to use it because it is not accustomed to use it in one hand though the QWERTY key is good if it operates it by both hands like PC. Therefore, it was felt that you may use it transverse with the main body by both hands if the QWERTY key was used.
On the other hand, because the expansion, the reduction, and the scroll, etc. of the screen were able to be operated with the touch panel intuitively, the inspection of the Web site was convenient it. Especially, it is easy to have used it because the page that I want to see like PC can be selected from two or more windows for “HT-03A” and “iPhone 3GS”. Full Article Here.