(keitai-l) DUH.... Study concludes wireless adoption could benefit from an "emphasis on social utility. "

From: Calvin-Lash <calvin-lash_at_hitachi-cs.co.jp> Date: 01/19/01 Message-ID: <3A678FDF.75982E4E@hitachi-cs.co.jp>

TechWeb article: "Anthropologists Look For Missing Link In Wireless"

"The interviews were conducted in the United States, China, Japan,
Sweden, France, and  England <snip> evenly split  among women and men,
adults and teenagers, with about a fifth of the  participants coming
from people who didn't use wireless devices at all.  
<snip>
 The study concluded that wireless adoption could benefit from more user
education and an emphasis on social utility. " 
<snip>
 "Anthropologists also observed how the cell phone helped ease barriers
to interaction into less confrontational cultures in Asia.  
'If you and I were Japanese, I can just be connecting with you without
verbally talking to you, so it sort of gets me over that barrier,' "

Full text at:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010117S0003

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