I'm actually going to India for a couple of months, just want to check my email and use Google Maps, Lonely Planet and the like.
On 10/09/2010, at 10:40 AM, Mark Secker wrote: > > When I flew in to Japan 04 and 06 both Narita and Kansai airports (Tokyo > and Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto respectively) had a mobile phone rental shop in the > general area of "near the JR ticket office" (the online maps were not > overly helpful) > ... I considered it but it was not cheap for the rentals or the call plan. > If you were there for business I guess it would be justifiable but for a > short holiday probably not so. > > > On 10/09/10 10:09 AM, "Ray Forma" <r...@smartchat.net.au> wrote: > >> >> Rob, >> >> In Japan mobile there are three mobile phone technologies supported >> by the major networks within Japan - PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), >> CDMA, and WCDMA. DoCoMo, Vodafone and TU-KA support the established >> PDC, and DoCoMo and Vodafone have also introduced the newer WCDMA, >> while AU supports CDMA. All three of these technologies are >> incompatible with each other. Most also use non-standard frequencies. >> The Korean situation is similar. Most people advise to rent a phone >> in these two countries. Good luck with that one. >> >> On 09/09/2010, at 23:42 , Rob Findlay wrote: >> >>> > > ________________ > mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au > Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) > Teaching Facilities Administrator > Business School IT Services > > The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G > M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 > Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
