Comments on: Top ten features that should be dropped from Japanese mobile phones http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:57:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: hop http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3742 hop Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:51:46 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3742 And where is the camera ? It contributes to make my docomo phones so enourmous... and I never used it in 7 years. it really is a gadget. And where is the camera ?
It contributes to make my docomo phones so enourmous… and I never used it in 7 years.
it really is a gadget.

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3733 Ken Y-N Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:22:04 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3733 Hi Mutantfrog, Actually, DoCoMo does support SMS - ｼｮｰﾄﾒｰﾙ as it's imaginatively called, and it's the next menu option down from real emails on my P505. I think there's some package whereby you can save some money by not activating email, but I do find the whole DoCoMo billing plan setup impossible to understand! Osaifu Keitai is nice, but there's too many competitors in the field: SUICA/ICOCA, Edy, etc, that it's too complicated. I personally could live without Osaifu Keitai, but it's here to stay, I fear. Hi Mutantfrog,

Actually, DoCoMo does support SMS - ｼｮｰﾄﾒｰﾙ as it’s imaginatively called, and it’s the next menu option down from real emails on my P505. I think there’s some package whereby you can save some money by not activating email, but I do find the whole DoCoMo billing plan setup impossible to understand!

Osaifu Keitai is nice, but there’s too many competitors in the field: SUICA/ICOCA, Edy, etc, that it’s too complicated. I personally could live without Osaifu Keitai, but it’s here to stay, I fear.

]]> By: Mutantfrog http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3730 Mutantfrog Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:44:26 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/07/22/top-ten-features-that-should-be-dropped-from-japanese-mobile-phones/#comment-3730 Some of those features really are useless, but a couple of answers are a bit puzzling. SMS? That's only avaliable on Vodafone anyway. AU has the somewhat useless C-mail that only works with other AU customers, and I don't remember what, if anything, Docomo has in addition to email support. The saifu keitai has the potential to be very useful, but only if you can use it to buy things at convenience stores and vending machines, and use it to pay for public transportation. But what's really bizarre is that ANYONE would even put email on a list of useless features! That's an even more primary function than actual voice calls for the vast majority of people in Japan. Some of those features really are useless, but a couple of answers are a bit puzzling. SMS? That’s only avaliable on Vodafone anyway. AU has the somewhat useless C-mail that only works with other AU customers, and I don’t remember what, if anything, Docomo has in addition to email support.

The saifu keitai has the potential to be very useful, but only if you can use it to buy things at convenience stores and vending machines, and use it to pay for public transportation.

But what’s really bizarre is that ANYONE would even put email on a list of useless features! That’s an even more primary function than actual voice calls for the vast majority of people in Japan.

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