Japan to get mobile phone “sommeliers,” professionals who will guide consumers through handset’s features
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 3:00 PM PST In General
Japan’s communications ministry will start licensing mobile phone “sommeliers” to help consumers cope with complicated functions as mobile telephones become ever more advanced. The idea is to launch an exam to license specialists who sell mobile phones.
A ministry official commented the decision, “we hope they would be able to explain complicated functions and charge systems to consumers, much like wine sommeliers guiding you.”
Interesting idea. I wonder which country will be next to launch something similar. Korea, Finland, Sweden… What do you think?
[Via: textually.org]
Awesome. Job.
Although highly unlikely, I hope something like this would come to the USA. But first, we actually need people who care about phones -