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From: paulf@shasta.stanford.edu (Paul A. Flaherty)
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Subject: Re: User's Evaluation of Handheld Cellular: Fujitsu vs Motorola
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Cliff Olling writes:

> When I was coming back to Tokyo after skiing on Monday, I noticed the
> (Japanese) guy next to me on the the Shinkansen had a MicroTac.  In
> fact he dropped it on the floor a time or two :-).  I asked him why he
> didn't buy a Japanese-made phone.  He said that the NTT competition
> was too expensive, and that most people don't care that the MicroTac's
> not made by a Japanese company.  Sorry this is so brief, but my
> Japanese isn't yet up to an in-depth market analysis survey :-).

When I was in Japan this summer, the only American product I saw
anywhere (well, aside from a classic Caddy) was a proliferation of
Motorola UHF HTs on nearly every police officer I saw.

Despite some nasty things that I might have to say about Motorola's
industry practices, they still put out a radio you can pound nails
with.


Paul Flaherty, N9FZX      paulf@shasta.Stanford.EDU