7/18/2012

Old fart phone…for Japan of course

NTT Docomo, Japan's mobile giant has launched its new Raku-Raku (Easy) smartphone for the elderly. Basically, it’s a dumbed-down smartphone running Android with most the functions reduced to make more old fart friendly.

The Raku-Raku is really unremarkable except that the Japanese actress Shinobu Otake (Wiki) was chosen to be the spokesperson for the introduction and she looks remarkably similar to the Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk (Wiki) in the promotional photos: Photo from DayLife/GettyImages ↓ July 18, 2012.

Shinobu Otake’s Raku-Raku promo on July 17, 2012 in Tokyo

More information about the Raku-Raku smartphone at: nttdocomo.co.jp/english/product/easy_phone

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3 Responses to “Old fart phone…for Japan of course”

1. Scoobert Doo Rogers Says:
   July 18th, 2012 at 6:47 pm

   Rut Roh! Raku-Raku rady and Rjork rall rook ra rame!

2. Zoinks! (Taro) Says:
   July 18th, 2012 at 8:26 pm

   Scooby Doo wrote:
   Rut Roh! Raku-Raku rady and Rjork rall rook ra rame!
   (Uh-oh! The Raku-Raku lady and Bjork all look the same.)

   “Uh-oh!” is right Scooby. The Raku-Raku lady and Bjork do “all look the same*.”

3. Covered in Crisco Says:
   July 18th, 2012 at 10:09 pm

   I have learned great gobs of good gooey stuff here. I’m pleasantly surprised how a lot effort you put to make one of these informative site about the “real” Japan.

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