Urban lifestyle and infrastructure advantages are slowly but surely making way for the upstage of the fixed Internet by the mobile – well at least in Japan, that is. Japanese are probably the most demanding electronic gadget consumers. In fact, Japan is considered the world’s high-tech testing ground for a wide range of consumer electronic devices and systems.

Knowing the developments in Japan will provide the clue on what will hit Europe and the US. The mobile has become an integral part of the Japanese life that they would literally be paralyzed without it. Japan is widely recognized as a genius for designing new technologies that can be adapted by anyone.