Re: Japanese capable cell phones available in New York?

On 11/29/2003 2:03 PM, Glenn Lindamood wrote:

> My wife's friend from Tokyo is coming to the US to study English for about 8
> or 9 months.  She would like to get a cell phone to keep in touch with
> friends and family in Japan.  I checked a few of the big providers, but only
> AT&T
> seemed to offer a reasonable rate to Japan (19 cents/minute).  Is there a
> store in the New York New Jersey area that sells Japanese capable cell
> phones?  Is there a favorite cell phone company for Japanese people living
> in the US?  I had her send an e-mail to my cell phone, but the Japanese
> characters came out as $B!?#$.  Since she e-mails her friends quite a bit,
> I'm guessing a Nihongo Keitai Denwa is much better!

Why can's she use a PC to send and receive her Japanese e-mails? Even if 
she doesn't want to invest in a laptop of her own, surely the school 
where she will be studying will have PCs available for the students to use.

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