Today I got my new keitai (mobile phone) from vodaphone and I am currently trying to figure out how to use it. I have mastered the dialing technique and how to send messages, but I have not yet figured out how to change my email address on it. Unfortunatly as it is a pay as you go phone, I can`t get the internet on it (something to do with crime or something). I would have prefer to have got a nifty little monthly phone with about a million features, but there 2 problems; one, the minimum contract is about 6 or 7 months at a price of 4000 yen a month (20 pound) and I didn`t really feel like paying out and extra 4000-8000 worth of call time when I will be back in England unable to use the phone. Two, as previously said the mobile wont work in England anyways because the Japanese mobile networks are very mean. But I am happy with it and once I manage to figure out everything it does I will be happy. So far my favourite featre is the ability to turn the screen into a mirror state so that you can see yourself :P The good thing about the japanese networks though is that a text is only 5yen (about 2.5p) whereas in England they are about 12p a text now and with the best monthly plan in Japan you get text for 2yen.
So its a hate/love relationship with the Japanese phone companies; I love em because they are cheap and have some amazing features on (you can watch tv on them now), but I hate them because they don`t feel the need to allow export with their networks on their phones.
But we can dream.....
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