(keitai-l) Re: PCMIA Keitai Cards

At 19:02 2002-01-31, Justin Hall wrote:

>I've been travelling in Akita, in the North of Japan this winter, and
>the only way to get my laptop online has been to use phone cards in the
>ISDN/modem payphones.  Takai!
>
>So I visited J-Phone to see what they could sell me up here.  They had a
>USB cable that could make my J-Phone dial-through for my modem for about
>6800 yen.  But, I'm running Windows XP and they only had drivers for
>Windows 98.

What about DoPa?

http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/service/keitai/dopa.html

Found a nice picture at your site, a sort of quintessential view, of a 
foreigner getting to know modern Japan!:

http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/folks/ayako/pix/200111bedside-lg.jpg

/g

>I would love to be able to wirelessly PCMCIA with the Air H card - I
>wonder if it gets signal up here in the winterlands?  I guess if they
>sell it up here, it should work.
>
>Justin
>
>Akita - http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/akita/
>http://www.links.net/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Joshua
> > Sent: 30 January, 2002 16:31
> > To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > Subject: (keitai-l) Re: PCMIA Keitai Cards
> >
> >
> >
> > Opinions are cheap!
> >
> > Two weeks ago I bought an P-in-compact card and an air-H data
> > service account (This also included the ISP service called
> > PRIN).  The cards are simply wireless modems so you can call
> > up any dial-up ISP you want - I should think you could also
> > send faxes too.  I bought mine along with an adaptor so I
> > could plug it into the back of my Handspring visor.  This was
> > totally gratuitous since I spent less than 75 cumulative
> > minutes each day away from a fast wired internet connection
> > (this includes meals and restroom breaks!).  However it did
> > allow me to check my email while standing on the gangway
> > outside my airplane last week before flying to Taipei.
> > Anything that allows me to get away with increasingly shoddy
> > planning and organization is worth paying monthly fees for.
> >
> > Things I had to get:
> > P-in-thingy card.
> > Adaptor for putting thingy card into a visor PDA
> > Another adaptor to fit the thingy card into a PCMCIA slot
> > (free) A 1 year contract (with cancellation penalties!) with
> > Air-H (this includes a phone number so people could actually
> > dial up your card if you want - good for receiving wireless
> > faxes perhaps) Another contract with PRIN for dial-up
> > service. (free with Air-H service... I think) Allot of batteries!
> >
> > All this gives me the invaluable privilege of checking my
> > email a good 20 minutes before I get to the office!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Joshua
> >
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > >[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Sam Joseph
> > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:42 PM
> > >To: keitai-l
> > >Subject: (keitai-l) PCMIA Keitai Cards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >So if this is off-topic forgive me, but does anyone have an
> > opinion on
> > >the different PC plugin keitai card things?
> > >
> > >A sales guy at big camera in Shibuya told me that air h" or
> > whatever is
> > >the most popular at the moment with it's fixed monthly
> > charge (5000yen)
> > >for unlimited usage on 32K.
> > >
> > >The Docomo cards were not so prominently displayed, but it
> > seemed you
> > >could get 20 hours usage for under 5000 yen a month. So I guess it
> > >depends if you want to use the card regularly, or just occasionally.
> > >
> > >But my question is, has anyone had any experience with
> > either of these
> > >systems? Like is one of the providers networks always down - have
> > >people had problems installing these cards.
> > >
> > >And what are we calling these wireless pcmia cards anyway. Are the
> > >initials even PCMIA? I get confused about these things :-)
> > >
> > >CHEERS> SAM
> > >
> > >
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