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Enter Key Mobile Phone Strap for the Type-Happy
9:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Did you know that most Japanese people can type faster on a mobile phone keypad than on a standard keyboard? This is not just because QWERTY is hard to use, but because the original Japanese keyboard configuration was actually much more complex and impossible to master than anything we can imagine. But even the most computer illiterate businessman knows where the ENTER key is, and that’s why it has quickly gone up the ranks as a national favourite. Favourited enough, in fact, to be worthy of becoming its very own phone strap. More »
Phones
Expandable Shinkansen Cell Charm for Bullet Train Fanatics Young and Old
3:37PM Gizmodo US Edition | Japanese folks love the shinkansen. Like, a lot. We’re not just talking the way kids love dump trucks, we’re talking about the shinkansen merch business being a multi-million dollar industry, of which this groovy N700 (one of the fastest of the bunch) cell strap is a shining example. Sure, the real thing only has 16 cars per train, but with snap-on packs of middle cars (sold separately, of course), you can make your pocket N700 big enough for all your bullet-train-loving friends. And who can blame you– what’s not to love about super-fast, always-on-time, future-stylin’ trains that glide across the countryside as if on rails of butter? [Strapya] More »
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