http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/03/08/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-smartphones-in-japan-part-2-of-4/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/03/08/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-smartphones-in-japan-part-2-of-4/comment-page-1/#comment-244226 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:45:53 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=3815#comment-244226 ” I can understand the electronic cash issue, but what are people wanting to do with infrared, or is it just that it is missing from the tick list of standard features?”
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I’m pretty sure that they want infrared to transfer phone numbers/email addresses to other phones. At least that’s how you transfer phone data with all the Japanese phones I’ve had. Although I’ve heard the iPhone has a “bump” app that does the same thing, people are probably just used to infrared as a means of tranfer so they assume that’s the only way to do it.

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