"Giny@geenrotzooi_xs4all.nl" <G.speelman@geenrotzooi_xs4all.nl> writes:

> Vodafone (Holland) sells UMTS-phones that can be used in Japan, but a
> friend of mine who bought it says, there were still problems with the
> "reach" (bereik in Dutch).
> In Tokyo he had problems and often bad sound, in Kyoto, Osaka the
> reach was perfect.

Ah! Then I won't bother hiring a phone in Japan then for my holiday
blogging plans. I'm not leaving till March 2006, so with a bit of luck
UMTS coverage might have improved a bit too by then. Cool!


Cheers!
Sander