Turns out that Japan’s teenagers are so used to using their cellphones for accessing the Internet and sending messages and emails that they’re not bothering to learn how to use PCs:
Peer pressure is a critical factor pushing students to own cell phones rather than computers. Almost every teenager in Japan has a mobile telephone with an e-mail address, and the fastest, easiest, and least expensive way to join the crowd is to subscribe to a mobile phone service.
If only they knew what they were missing!