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Wednesday June 10, 2009
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PCMag's erstwhile editor-in-chief Michael Miller is currently in the middle of a whirlwind Asian journey. While in Tokyo, he took some time out to do some tech window-shopping--and sent us photos of some of his discoveries.
Writes Michael:
One thing I've always liked about visiting Japan is looking at different kinds of electronics. There are neighborhoods devoted to the latest gadgets. The yen is so high so that bargains are hard to find, but you'll certainly see things you would be unlikely to see in the U.S.
For example, the portable TVs in the photo above. "One thing you see around Japan are portable televisions capable of receiving digital broadcasts even in places like subways."
More photos after the jump.
Netbooks: The Japanese market has always liked lightweight
notebooks, but what was new to me was the sheer number of Atom-based
machines, typically offered with subsidies from wireless carriers.
 Mebius: Sharp doesn't sell notebooks in the U.S., but it does in Japan, where it sells machines with LCD-based touchpads. 
Wimax: While I was in Japan, Intel announced a Wimax deal with a local carrier.  Phones: Phones in Japan seem to come in lots more colors than they do in the U.S. And while lots of stores are selling smart phones like the iPhone and BlackBerry, what I saw most people using were fairly large--and very colorful--flip phones.  Dictionaries: Japanese electronics stores always have a lot of translating pocket dictionaries.  Mice: Mice in Japan and in the U.S. come in all shapes and sizes. But in the U.S., you'd be hard pressed to find a store with such a display.  USB Software: With the proliferation of machines that don't come with optical drives, I saw a lot more software loaded on Flash drives.  Sushi USB drives: I've seen sushi Flash drives before, but these are much more elaborate. Not so tasty, but probably filling.
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June 10, 2009 5:20 PM
Now there's some cool stuff right there! I'm kind of jealous, especially since we'll never see any of that stuff over here!
Except maybe the food-based Flash drives. Thanko will import ANYTHING USB based.