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Pager services to end Tuesday in Japan after 50 years
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Yubaru
Ahh the old pagers, nostalgic memories! Getting paged by the office, then making the excuses that I could find a pay phone, when I was out goofing off!
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Tom
Puri Kura and those HS girl call centers. Hated the loose sock movement though.
3RENSHO
What is "HS girl call centres"?
Mark_McCracken
"Pager"? I think the phrase is "Pocket Bell".
garypen
In the US, the official term has always been "pager".
The slang term was "beeper". Where did they use "pocket bell"?
commanteer
garypen
Apparently, pagers are still in widespread use in the medical professions in both the US and UK.
NCIS Reruns
I've been here long enough to remember that the origin of the practice of enjo kosai (compensated dating, i.e., teenage prostitiution) was traced to the DialQ2 service offered by NTT.
lostrune2
Ah, the pager - the sign of coolness in school that you're important enough that people would page you, lol
Ah, someone else remember calling it
3RENSHO
"In the US, the official term has always been "pager".
The official term (snicker)... we are not in America!
bass4funk
In the US, it’s Pager.
mmwkdw
Big mistake. Since Smart phones such as iPhones dont have a concept of Urgent messages that need attention and responding to.
mmwkdw
@zichi - being an "iPhone" owner, I can tell you with 100% certainty, that urgent messages can slip by unnoticed.
And as a former pager holder, ... those pager alerts were not something that you could miss (unless you were not carrying your pager).
nothisrealname
I'm surprised that it has continued until now. Still, it is nostalgic. I remember pagers fondly.
CaptDingleheimer
Some physicians in the US still use pagers.
Not sure why...
kokoro7
Ethnocentrically speaking, yes, they're called "pager" in the US.
In Japan, they were called ポケベル。
BackpackingNepal
Good ol' 90s. Better safe Method.
But too bad there isn't Great Japanese Innovation anymore, since last 20 years.
Tawkeeo
@BackpackingNepal
Here we go again with the same damn "Japan doesn't innovate no more" thing...
TARA TAN KITAOKA
50 years later ???.
mike1492
Hmm. I just signed for another two years. Should I ask for refund?
garypen
They are called pagers in Japan, as well. At least by the company providing the service that is mentioned in the above article: http://www.teleme.co.jp/
You'll notice they refer to the devices as ページャー. Perhaps "pocket bell" was the slang term, much like "beeper" in the US?