Good things are good.

My new cell phone isn't as bad. It's expensive and it doesn't do everthing I thought it does, but still, it has many cool features. For one thing, a voice recognition system is nice. Today, when I was rushing out of a building to go to another press meeting, I TOLD my phone where I was and where I was going. It then, analysed my voice and transcribed what I just said in text boxes. Pressing the search button, I got the result. Subway lines are too complicated in Tokyo and we need a computer aid system to look for the easiest, fastest and cheapest transition route.

Another thing I did with my cell phone today was to search a small hotel I'd never been to. I roughly knew where the hotel was and when I got off the subway, I thought it would be easy to find. And then, it turned out to be not as easy. After 5 minutes walk, I seem to have lost the sense of direction. So, I used the GPS and it showed me the way right away. Just like a car navigation system, I followed the colored path for like 10 minutes, not completely relaxed since I could not 100% trust the system. When the front lobby of the hotel came into my sight, I was glad I had a cell phone like this one. I would have been late for the meeting.