Thread: N900 in Japan?
View Single Post
wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-01-19 , 23:08
Posts: 1,746 | Thanked: 2,100 times | Joined on Sep 2009
#123
@Shin:

Let me dig for a bit, I don't know if I still have the tarball, though I should.

Originally Posted by lameventanas View Post
I would like to know of any compatibility issues using the N900 in Japan, especially using mms: showing emoticons and animations that people use with their japanese cellphones.
Such wide character sets may not be supported, I'm not sure to what extent the N900 offers. Might require additional code and pixmaps if they're insufficient as-is. Actually getting mms messages may be harder, since this thread alone tells tales of the carriers being real damn picky (at least Softbank) about the devices they allow on, and giving out information on their servers.

Is there any other thing that I should be aware before buying the N900 for use in Japan?
This thread tells a lot of the pitfalls. If you go Softbank, the main rule seems to be "don't tell anyone what you're using." I'm not sure if DoCoMo sells sim-only access to fOma, but it works quite well with the N900.
 

The Following User Says Thank You to wmarone For This Useful Post: