Kyle,
There are a few SoftBank plans (Orange-X if it's still around, and
maybe some others) that are 0.1yen/packet. Still ridiculously
expensive -- 1163yen/MB with tax! -- but half of the normal
0.2yen/packet. (I'm pretty sure you meant 0.2yen/packet in your last
post...unless things at SoftBank have changed dramatically ;-)
-c
On Feb 6, 2008 7:31 PM, Kyle Barrow <kyle@pukupi.com> wrote:
> I've been using a Softbank (Vodafone) SIM for non-Japanese mobile
> testing as there settings are easy to find (*99#, softbank,
> ai@softbank) and they have a relatively cheap ¥0.02 packet plan.
>
> Docomo has recently introduced unlimited high-speed data plans for PC
> access which should also work as above and I wondering if anyone has
> tried this with a non-Japanese mobile?
>
> Cheers
>
> Kyle
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 23:28, Andrew Shuttleworth wrote:
>
> > You could use either of the devices mentioned with SIM cards from
> > DoCoMo or
> > Softbank (but not AU, Willcom or E-Mobile).
> > Getting voice services is easy - just plug in the SIM card and the
> > device
> > will configure itself.
> >
> > Data is more difficult though. Neither of the carriers officially
> > support
> > flat rate (or maybe even non-flat rate?) data plans for devices
> > other than
> > the ones they sell themselves. Power users usually go with a
> > Softbank SIM
> > and look up the data settings somewhere online (you can try asking at
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/windowsmobileinjapan).
> >
> > I know at least one person who is using data on a TyTyn II with a
> > DoCoMo SIM
> > but it's not flat rate data. In theory flat rate data may be
> > unoffiicially
> > possible on a SIM free device, but I don't know anyone doing it.
> >
> > All in all it's quite frustraing :-(
> >
> > HTC this month has taken of the B1 floor of the Softbank shop in
> > Shibuya
> > with a lot of demo units so you may be able to get advice there:
> > http://www.htc-fan.jp/modules/news/article.php?storyid=68 I'm
> > talking with
> > them about possibly doing an information event in English one
> > evening (very
> > tentatively the 20th). I'll post here if this gets fixed.
> >
> > Andrew
> > www.windowsmobileinjapan.com
>
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