Re: N900 in Japan?
 

I brought the 5800XM to Japan in a trip last year and tried the Ovi Map. It took me a few minutes to get the first GPS fix, but it did work.

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

im heading to japan (tokyo, osaka, and every girl in between ^_-) for a month-long vacation on saturday. one of my friends has a spare softbank phone waiting for me!
ill likely put a data plan on it when i get there as wireless was too sparse to be useful on the n810 last time i was there. at least with the n810 i had an external ethernet adapter to plug in with... why nokia, why??

when i get there ill pop the SIM and report back!

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

works great in tokyo!
though i can only get a 3g connection... i would prefer gsm to conserve battery

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

That's because there are no GSM networks in japan ;)

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

well, better than nothing. people can call me directly now, im happy for that alone =)

there is no open wifi around here (in saitama about 40min from tokyo, atm) so im going to look into a data plan. however i hear its quite expensive...

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

I'm moving to Fussa (25 mins from Tokyo) in about 4 weeks or so. I have perused this thread and it seems possible to get my N900 working there. I read of Softbank's website that most (if not all) Nokia phones are not supported with data plans. My buddy who lives in Japan now actually has a SIM in his N95 on DoCoMo's network. But it seems that with 3G, I should be ok and my deivce should work?

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

mine works fine with a softbank sim, so i think yours should too.

i went out and got really drunk last night and LOST MY STYLUS!
anyone know a place that sells nokia hardware near or around tokyo?

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

if i swap sim card from my softbank iphone, can i still use the flat rate 3g connection?

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

Plan on a Japan vacation in May. What options exist if I want to use my N900 mainly for net access there? Do any of the rental phone services come with data that can be tether to the N900?

Looking into a bit more it seems b-mobile may be the best option for N900 3g data in Japan? Has anyone tried this yet.

The website only shows a USB device; can the sim in it be easily removed & is it usable in the N900?

How does the 150 hours of usage work since were talking about data? Likely much more then I need for a 8 day vacation so can this thing be resold with whatever is left on it?

Re: N900 in Japan?
 

So does anyone know if what I'm asking will work? I'd love to have 3g data net access on my n900 for the 8 days that'll I'll be in Japan. I've read that b-mobile also has another USB modem with 150 minutes but I don't know if it's 3g.