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Sharp’s SH-04 for J-Phone, in 2000. The first camera cell phone.
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In a film produced by students of Personal, Portable, Pedestrian essay contributor Haruhiro Kato, the protagonist is rejected by a pay phone that sneers, "Please try again from a keitai." In the film, peers then say of the cell-phone-less young man, "He’s so uncool. He smells. He’s an idiot."
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Personalized keitai straps.
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More personalized keitai straps.
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And even more personalized keitai straps.
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A social etiquette (tatemae) poster advises commuters "don’t use keitai in trains."
