A3012CA : My First Japanese Mobile Phone “Kaitai” Was a…

Posted on Wed May 06, 02:14 by Chris, Student, Switzerland
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you already had 3g in 2002 ? Wow, here it has just only started to take off but still coverage is very spotty

Posted on Wed May 06, 05:28 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Yep, but DoCoMo, was the first to get a 3G Network in Japan and in the World, it was in October 2001 (initial launch was suppose to be in May 2001)

Posted on Wed May 06, 10:41 by Sorin, Automotive service engineer, Russia, Saint Petersburg
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Heh, my first "keitai" was FOMA P905i, surprisingly good 3G-enabled GSM-capable, perfectly working in... Russia ^_^. Yep, no i-mode/Jawa/GPS/1seg/FeliCa here, but the phone itself works. Soon we will have 3G allover the world. If not 4G...

Posted on Thu May 07, 03:16 by mchiu, Silicon Valley
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When I used to live there, I remember my first one wasn't a "keitai" per se, but a PHS: Toshiba Carrots... no 3G back then, but was able to connect it to a modem running a fast 28.8Kbps!

Posted on Thu May 07, 12:21 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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PHS are still widely use (Willcom) and until last year I still had a PHS Card from my laptop 300kbps.

Posted on Sat May 09, 12:36 by o
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Keitai

Posted on Mon May 11, 06:23 by LostSoul, photographer, Constanta,Romania
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my 1st visit in japan was in august 2002 and i was amazed by the 3g phones. cant find a picture of the phone i used then...