The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles, digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
“There's no denying PCs are losing their spunk in Japanese consumers' eyes,” said Hiroyuki Ishii, a sales official at Japan's top PC maker, NEC Corp. “There seems to be less and less things only a PC can do,” Ishii said.
Ahem.
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