あはは、大丈夫だよ。　でも、私はこのポストを英語で書いたから。。。私はほとんど英語で返事した方がいいと思う。　XD

Hahah thanks very much Karen! I guess we’ll see once Google gets wind of this entry.

Ah yeah, well it’s the same over here as well. There are a tonne of plans, each with a tonne of advantages and disadvantages… and if you end up with the wrong one, odds are it’ll cost you dearly haha.

When I got my iPhone, I spent a good week researching the plans it had across the internet. Lots of people had already discussed the topic at large, so it was easy to find information on Google.
I also knew I wasn’t going to use it to talk much (more downloading and SMS), so I chose the cheapest plan that would fit that.

Hehe cool. Is that a contract plan? Or a pre-paid…?

Ahaha SoftBank… cool. You could easily get an iPhone then. wait… and you can already use them in 147 countries….?? Wow…

Ahh really? Even if she goes to the States, will it cost her extra to use her phone over there?
Yeah…. from the sounds of it, Japanese mobile packages are way more sweet than Aus packages…

Haha thanks! Mobile phones are such a huge thing these days…. you gotta keep on top.

あはは、大丈夫だよ。　でも、私はこのポストを英語で書いたから。。。私はほとんど英語で返事した方がいいと思う。　XD

Hahah thanks very much Karen! I guess we’ll see once Google gets wind of this entry.

Ah yeah, well it’s the same over here as well. There are a tonne of plans, each with a tonne of advantages and disadvantages… and if you end up with the wrong one, odds are it’ll cost you dearly haha.

When I got my iPhone, I spent a good week researching the plans it had across the internet. Lots of people had already discussed the topic at large, so it was easy to find information on Google.
I also knew I wasn’t going to use it to talk much (more downloading and SMS), so I chose the cheapest plan that would fit that.

Hehe cool. Is that a contract plan? Or a pre-paid…?

Ahaha SoftBank… cool. You could easily get an iPhone then. wait… and you can already use them in 147 countries….?? Wow…

Ahh really? Even if she goes to the States, will it cost her extra to use her phone over there?
Yeah…. from the sounds of it, Japanese mobile packages are way more sweet than Aus packages…

Haha thanks! Mobile phones are such a huge thing these days…. you gotta keep on top.

(ごめんね。。。　なんとなく気分的に「日本語」で書いちゃった。↑。　　(^^; )

☆Tim のこの記載は本当に多くの人に「役立つ情報」だよ、、、読んでよかった！と思う人、きっとたくさん出てくるよ (^^)/

日本で携帯を購入するとき、いろいろなプランを紹介され、説明されるんだけど、、、その場でその説明を聞いてもなんだかとても「複雑」に聞こえちゃって、、、なんとなくわかっているような～ ? ～ わかっていないような～ ? ～ 状態のまま、「プラン」を選んだり外したりして帰ってしまったから、、、上記で書いたような失敗が起きたの、私達の場合は。。。 – バカだよね、、、本当に(^^; その場でもっとよく考えて、後、納得するまで説明してもらえば良いだけのことなのにね！

Anyways, so now we all added the 「Safe Plan」 (in regards to doing Email) so that the bill will never exceed ￥4,500.

後、機種やメーカーによっても違うんだけど、、、私達が選んだ Softbank　の機種は確か、世界１４７ヶ国で使えるんだと思う ：）

In either case, since Mari will be using her current mobile for a while even after she moves to the States, we are definitely planning a trip to one of the keitai-stores here and have all our questions answered and some details explained so that we can feel comforatably ‘safe’ using our keitas…and prevent any unexpected (@_@)s from happening!!　(笑）

You have brought up a very improtant topic here, I would say (^0^)/ It’s good to know these things!

(ごめんね。。。　なんとなく気分的に「日本語」で書いちゃった。↑。　　(^^; )

☆Tim のこの記載は本当に多くの人に「役立つ情報」だよ、、、読んでよかった！と思う人、きっとたくさん出てくるよ (^^)/

日本で携帯を購入するとき、いろいろなプランを紹介され、説明されるんだけど、、、その場でその説明を聞いてもなんだかとても「複雑」に聞こえちゃって、、、なんとなくわかっているような～ ? ～ わかっていないような～ ? ～ 状態のまま、「プラン」を選んだり外したりして帰ってしまったから、、、上記で書いたような失敗が起きたの、私達の場合は。。。 – バカだよね、、、本当に(^^; その場でもっとよく考えて、後、納得するまで説明してもらえば良いだけのことなのにね！

Anyways, so now we all added the 「Safe Plan」 (in regards to doing Email) so that the bill will never exceed ￥4,500.

後、機種やメーカーによっても違うんだけど、、、私達が選んだ Softbank　の機種は確か、世界１４７ヶ国で使えるんだと思う ：）

In either case, since Mari will be using her current mobile for a while even after she moves to the States, we are definitely planning a trip to one of the keitai-stores here and have all our questions answered and some details explained so that we can feel comforatably ‘safe’ using our keitas…and prevent any unexpected (@_@)s from happening!!　(笑）

You have brought up a very improtant topic here, I would say (^0^)/ It’s good to know these things!

Haha whoops, I didn’t write a Japanese version of this posting….

へ～読んで良かったね！！ Haha yeah? I would say this kind of stuff would apply to any smartphone that can do internet access… even tho not iPhone 3G, I would bet most of Japan’s Keitais would be the same if you went traveling with them. But then again… maybe Japan has better international plans on their phones.

へ～国内でもいっぱいびっくりしたこともあるの？　Well thankfully I haven’t had any huge surprises using my phone within Australia hehe. My 39 dollar plan has always been more than enough… no matter how much I’ve spammed the thing haha.
What did you do on your phone? A new mail plan?

Haha I hope so! I was very nervous before going to Japan that I would arrive and discover that my phone simply wouldn’t work on Japan’s network. Hopefully putting this info out will help anyone else avoid the same.
Also… they should know how much it will cost them too har har!

Haha whoops, I didn’t write a Japanese version of this posting….

へ～読んで良かったね！！ Haha yeah? I would say this kind of stuff would apply to any smartphone that can do internet access… even tho not iPhone 3G, I would bet most of Japan’s Keitais would be the same if you went traveling with them. But then again… maybe Japan has better international plans on their phones.

へ～国内でもいっぱいびっくりしたこともあるの？　Well thankfully I haven’t had any huge surprises using my phone within Australia hehe. My 39 dollar plan has always been more than enough… no matter how much I’ve spammed the thing haha.
What did you do on your phone? A new mail plan?

Haha I hope so! I was very nervous before going to Japan that I would arrive and discover that my phone simply wouldn’t work on Japan’s network. Hopefully putting this info out will help anyone else avoid the same.
Also… they should know how much it will cost them too har har!

私は、国内で使っている普通の携帯でも、色々とよく分かっていないまま、、、(^^;、、、Ｅメールなど使いまくっていて、請求書が届いた時にびっくりばっくり(@_@)したことがあります。。。　（その時に慌てて、携帯会社に電話をかけて、いろいろ説明をしてもらって、新しい「メール・プラン」に入りました ：）　）

In any case, 「こういうことを知っておくことはとても大切」this is very good information, which will certainly be helpful to those who own an iPhone and are considering going overseas with it!! (If any one in my family ever decides to get one, thanks to you, we’ll sure know what to be careful of when we travel overseas with it (^_－))

私は、国内で使っている普通の携帯でも、色々とよく分かっていないまま、、、(^^;、、、Ｅメールなど使いまくっていて、請求書が届いた時にびっくりばっくり(@_@)したことがあります。。。　（その時に慌てて、携帯会社に電話をかけて、いろいろ説明をしてもらって、新しい「メール・プラン」に入りました ：）　）

In any case, 「こういうことを知っておくことはとても大切」this is very good information, which will certainly be helpful to those who own an iPhone and are considering going overseas with it!! (If any one in my family ever decides to get one, thanks to you, we’ll sure know what to be careful of when we travel overseas with it (^_－))