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07-30-2004, 02:12 PM
Under Her Thumb
This high tech Nancy Drew solves murders with her cell phone
American detectives need snitches, sidearms, and sports cars to catch bad guys. But the hottest private eye in Japan fights crime with her cell phone. The teen supersleuth is the protagonist of Keitai Deka (literally, "the cell phone detective"), a popular show on Japan's BS-i channel. Every Sunday night, she unravels mysteries with the help of her superpowered DoCoMo smartphone. Although Westerners might find the premise implausible, in Japan, where multitasking teens can thumbtext faster than you can type, it's practically a documentary. Here's the 411 on how the keitai deka uses her handset to dole out 3G justice.
- Dom Nguyen
How she solves these crimes: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/play.html?pg=6
This high tech Nancy Drew solves murders with her cell phone
American detectives need snitches, sidearms, and sports cars to catch bad guys. But the hottest private eye in Japan fights crime with her cell phone. The teen supersleuth is the protagonist of Keitai Deka (literally, "the cell phone detective"), a popular show on Japan's BS-i channel. Every Sunday night, she unravels mysteries with the help of her superpowered DoCoMo smartphone. Although Westerners might find the premise implausible, in Japan, where multitasking teens can thumbtext faster than you can type, it's practically a documentary. Here's the 411 on how the keitai deka uses her handset to dole out 3G justice.
- Dom Nguyen
How she solves these crimes: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/play.html?pg=6