Up until today, Japan's EMOBILE was up and running, sure, but there was a catch: it didn't offer any phones. It had been offering Sharp's lovely
EM-ONE, yes, but the device wasn't voice capable. The low-cost GSM carrier is movin' on up in the world now, though, with the introduction of the Toshiba-sourced H11T clamshell and the Windows Mobile 6-powered S11HT "EMONSTER" from HTC, which should look
very familiar to anyone with a
TyTN II or
Tilt. EMOBILE's got a fairly small footprint that's restricted primarily to densely populated areas, so anyone looking to jet set across Japan is probably going to want the H11T, which is capable of roaming on DoCoMo's airwaves and features a 3.2 megapixel camera, one-seg tuner, and a QVGA display. The company's going to start taking preorders on March 1, with the official voice launch going down on March 28.
posted Feb 25th 2008 11:16AM
S11HT? Man that's just BEGGING to be mistyped!!
Wow...
Seeing that these are GSM phones, that makes me wonder how unlockable they are (and what frequencies they run under)... I doubt that there's an 850mhz band sitting in the handsets somewhere, but we can still wish, right? :-)
Since it roams on DoCoMo it probably has support for FOMA Plus, known in America as... 850MHz. No 1900MHz, though.
How the hell does a cellphone company offer a device that isnt VOICE capable? Goofy bastards! Did not they read the features on the box?
Holy the christ.
because until today e-mobile did not HAVE a voice service. their bread-and-butter was data transmission, and it still is. if you look at their website you'll find lots and lots of data cards.
Hm, a Kaiser in Blue or White.. Woot!
WING II IS DEAD!!!