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As a person who just got their iPhone 3GS in Japan yesterday, there is a bit of misinformation on the site.

1: the 480Y/mo for 24month price for the iPhone is only if you have a visa that lasts for the entire period of the contract, or are a permanent resident/national. If you don't have a visa that lasts that timeframe, you get the phone for 57,600Y but you get a monthly discount of 1960Y for 24months. Turns out to be the same price, but a higher upfront cost.
2: Softbank's plans are HEAVILY focused on the data, not so much on the voice. Their monthly data cap was brought down to 4400Y, so if you use less than that you won't pay it (minimum is 1550Y I think). The cap was brought down from 5500Y+. Basically means that unlimited data is 4400Y, but you could use less (which is unlikely)
3: Voice plans are pretty much pay as you go, no pre-set minutes available. White plan is 980Y/mo but all calls are 21Y for 30s (with free calls to other Softbank phones between 1AM and 9PM). Double White plan is 1960Y/mo and the calls are 10.5Y per 30s. Incoming calls are free.
4: Gotta get their monthly S! package, which is basically their SMS/dataplan fee. 500Y or thereabouts.
5: First month you need to sign up for their options package as well (voicemail, caller id, call waiting). 500Y or so. You can cancel it afterwards.

Other little intricacies I'm working out. Your softbank email looks to only be available through a webapp. No pulling it down via pop/imap. They will send you a (free) SMS when you get mail to it though.

LOOOOL

HIDEOWNED

I'd be interested to hear how much like a hairdryer it sounds like.

(waiting for a passively cooled 4770 equivalent)

I haven't booted up Fable2 since I got it when it came out (busy life schedule pulled me away from all vidya), but one thing that infuriated me was how sluggish and nasty the menu system was.

Has that been fixed in subsequent updates/DLC? If so, I'd love to go back to the game. Otherwise it might be a reason for me to keep it on the shelf for now.

I've heard that previous Averatec laptops were like mini suns, creating enough heat to kill off any future generations brewing in your loins. Sort of like the 12" Powerbook of lore.

How are they now?

If I win this, I want to give it to my mom. She's in her late 60s, and the phone she has now is absolutely terrible and I can barely hear her over static when I call her. What sucks about phones marketed to the elderly is that they often lack features that make them good (high spectrum, clear call quality) in favor of large buttons (which is useful for an older person, don't get me wrong). But the WORST part about them is that even though they're technologically inferior, they often cost twice as much as other phones.

Why? Since they know that loving sons and daughters will spend the money for their parents.

With ULV comes lower clocks... I'm afraid that it'll choke if you try to play some higher bitrate content?

Long battery life is useful also when playing movies at dim backlight while on a plane. But if it can't keep up with the media...

Instead of Crysis, I'd like to see it run Folding@Home or something like that.

I played the hell out of RE4. But I'm too poor at the moment to get any game, let alone RE5.

Don't bail out the auto industry
Come in an fire every bank person who gets a bonus
If they dont like that, they can find another job at a bank that didn't get federal funds
Stop listening to Jim Cramer
Gimme that HDD.