I wanna take my phone home!

[Asatira]

I want to buy a cellphone here that I can use with a local Canadian cell phone service.

Do you guys know what's available or what specs I need?

thanks!

 

[GaijinPunch]

Yes -- none of them. The only phones that work outside of Japan are the Vodaphone and other ones made for people who travel abroad. Expect to pay upwards of 35 yen per minute, and pay your phone bill in Japan as well.

 

[Brooker]

I tried to get my J-phone to work in America, but it didn't work. Something about different cards. :?

 

[Asatira]

well that sucks! :sorry:

seriously! how about a Sony Ericcson V800 that's unlocked? someone told me if I can find it, it would work...

:?

 

[Mike Cash]

If these way kewl, more advanced phones would work in your country....don't you think somebody would already be marketing them there?

 

[budd]

or they make laws against using them, ie porsche 959...

 

[Asatira]

I see your point,
but it didnt hurt to ask

thanks guys

 

[-Rudel-]

Its because Western and Eastern halfs of the telecommunication systems uses different technology. Japan and most of the Eastern countries use G3 networking systems. The U.S. uses a totally different network system.

Besides that, Tegic Communications was just awarded the Japanese T9 Text input software from the Japan Patent Office. I'd be expecting phones that can read and be typed in Japanese to come out some time in the next few years. Can't wait for that!

 

[RockLee]

Its because Western and Eastern halfs of the telecommunication systems uses different technology. Japan and most of the Eastern countries use G3 networking systems. The U.S. uses a totally different network system.

Besides that, Tegic Communications was just awarded the Japanese T9 Text input software from the Japan Patent Office. I'd be expecting phones that can read and be typed in Japanese to come out some time in the next few years. Can't wait for that!

me neither !! that would be so nice also the possibility to send messages to japanese keitai

 

[GaijinPunch]

I suspect you'll have to go WAAAAAY out of your way to get this on a western phone in the next 5 years. What percentage of the Western world could make use of this? Like .1% at most. Even in this "international" day and age Windows XP has pretty awful multilingual support if you think about it. You have to pick one language as your base language.