Types of E-Mail websites Japanese use?

[Eve]

I'm wondering do they use like the Japanese version of hotmails and yahoos too? cuz my friend in japan uses newad.jp? is that famous over there?

 

[-Rudel-]

My wife uses www.yahoo.co.jp
and her usual ISP's email system

 

[GaijinPunch]

There's only one hotmail. They detect your language based on your IP, which can be annoying for non-Japanese speakers living in the region. I'm sure there's a way to change it if you trudge a bit. Yahoo.co.jp is basically Yahoo.com on a several-month delay (in features).

 

[Eve]

It seems like most Japanese people have different e-mail kind of websites. Some uses this website, some uses this other website and and some more uses this other website. Am I right?

 

[-Rudel-]

Dont forget the countless C-mails, S-Mail, and E-Mails that are used on the phones.

 

[PopCulturePooka]

I was quite shocked when I found out that a lot of younger people in Japan didnt have ANY type of PC based email addy.

 

[pipokun]

I was quite shocked when I found out that a lot of younger people in Japan didnt have ANY type of PC based email addy.

right. people like more e-mail through mobile phones, keitai mail.
"newad.jp" seems a kind of web hosting service for keitai mail users.

i guess your short stay here would develop your skill with the thumbs much.

 

[Eve]

do they have softwares like MSN Messengers or 7.0 then?

 

[PopCulturePooka]

do they have softwares like MSN Messengers or 7.0 then?

They do, but very few people seemed to use MSN.

 

[Eve]

oh, what kind of instant messengers do they use then?

 

[PopCulturePooka]

Japanese Yahoo.

Or just email on their phone.

 

[Sylvain]

There's only one hotmail. They detect your language based on your IP, which can be annoying for non-Japanese speakers living in the region. I'm sure there's a way to change it if you trudge a bit. Yahoo.co.jp is basically Yahoo.com on a several-month delay (in features).

On your IE browser click tools > Internet Options > Languages, and you can set your preferred language.

 

[Eve]

Alright, thxs for the answers

 

[Eve]

Sorry for double posting, but I forgot to ask what are C-Mails and S-Mails?

 

[-Rudel-]

C-mail and S-mail are pretty much instant text messaging services for the Japanese Cell phones.

C-mail is most commonly found on KDDI networks, and S-mail is found on Docomo Networks

C-mail also has a live chat feature similar to going to a chat room.

 

[Eve]

live chat on cell phones?

 

[PopCulturePooka]

live chat on cell phones?

Glorified text messaging

 

[Eve]

oh lol, damn they should get normal computers or something -.-

 

[-Rudel-]

Crap...as busy as most people are with work and schooling, it's almost impossible to get behind a computer to chat on-line. Cell Phones are the way to communicate in Japan.

I remember looking at the Inbox on my wife's computer. A lot of the sender's e-mail address were from phones.