Metric: Japan, Korea lead in multimedia phones

Mobile users in Japan and South Korea lead the world in the adoption of multimedia-capable phones, according to an ABI Research report. About 14 percent of phones in the Korean market today support Digital Mobile Broadcast TV, while 75 percent of phones in Japan and 52 percent of those in Korea are camera phones--some with auto zoom and more than 2 megapixels of resolution. The region is also taking a cutting-edge approach to innovative display screen technology.

For more on what's happening on Korean and Japanese mobile phones:
- read the ABI report