Years behind

Tokyo is as big as the province of Utrecht and still you can ask anyone for directions to the most tiny street you need to go to. After they’ve shown you, the person also points out a nice restaurant in the neighberhood and were you can get some cash at a nearby atm. In all the time I’ve lived there i have never gotten lost.

How come we don’t have this kind of technology? Mobility and connectivity in the Netherlands are years behind. Why is it still so expensive to use internet on your mobile for instance?

Japan is one of the countries that eyes often turn to when considering the future trends of technology. Changes in technology have made it so that people are far more interested in spending their money on mobile gadgets which have video capability and high speed Internet connectivity. This internet connectivity alows people in Japan to quickly search the internet for maps, restaurants or tourist atracctions. Even though our country praises itself for the ‘knowledge economy’ we are years behind. Not so much as in technology, this already excists, as in the laws and regulations that have to get everything on the road. And most importanly, all these applications at an affordable price. 

 I say we should get things moving! I’m sick and tired of waiting for the new mobile technologies. I too want to talk to my girlfriend while seeing here real time through our cameras. I too don’t want to get lost in a city i’ve never been to yet. And most importantly of all. I want all this fast, and cheap.