http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/ Engadget Comments for NTT DoCoMo announces new FOMA 904i handsets http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/Apr 23rd 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/While tech savvy, I'll admit to being a n00b with cell phones. I have the lame one I got for free when I switched to Verizon. I am finally accepting that I need a smart phone, but what I want to know is this: Are the Japanese smart phones better than what we have here, and can I get one to work with my Verizon service plan? Can foreign phones be made to work here? If I am gonna spend the coin, I want the best.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/
"Foreign" and "Japanese" are not the same thing.

"World phones" as are sold both here and in Europe will work here. Japanese phones use a different frequency that's unique (for the moment) to Japan.

I have read that one of the carriers (not Verizon... maybe T-Mobile?) is putting together a UMTS-2100 network that will *eventually* be compatible with some of the networks in Japan. But not initially; even though it's the same standard, there are apparently some slight differences that will make them incompatible at first. So you've probably got a year or two to wait, at least, and even then it's not gonna be Verizon.

Japanese "smart phones" are not as common, though, as they are in America. The reason being they don't really need them; their regular phones are so powerful and are always connected to the internet that they can just do anything they need to either on the phone itself with the included software or through a net app (java or whatever). So you may not even find a Japanese phone you want, given the state of American networks and service plans.
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It's totally true! And I hate it!! Here I thought the new W580i is cool enough, not that I've seen these babies, I'm absolutely dying! Gosh, I want one so bad..... =____= It's perfect how they can do function without forsaking the looks... *coughN95cough*]]>Apr 23rd 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/Apr 23rd 2007 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/Apr 23rd 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/Apr 25th 2007 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/
Hopefully the technology will find its way here sooner or later. ]]>Apr 24th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/
some of you need to brush up your Japanese
or read the English press release carefully]]>Apr 24th 2007 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/ntt-docomo-announces-new-foma-904i-handsets/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/904i/n904i/index.html]]>May 1st 2007 7:30AM