About four years passed since I bought.
I sometimes go to Eu, Zurich, Germany, UK.
NOKIA maps and GPS unit are very usefull for driving along the road, autobahn.
This photo shows the map near Frankfurt am Mein Airport..
In Japan, these cell phones are excluded by high communication charge and inconvienient applications.
But, The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications decided to recommend the communication manufacturers with SIM lock free for cell phone, 3 days ago.
In the near future, it is forecast that a smart phone becomes a main current.
The stocks of the Softbank company fell for 100 Yen. Moreover, the fall is continued today.
Fell down, 2350 to 2250 Yen.
Operation Experience in Germany (30 Sep. 2009)
We bought the prepaid SIM card at Vodafone D2 Gmbh shop KOELN south of the cathedral, asking the staff make my E61 effective in Germany. It costed 19.90 EUR, including 10 EUR(0.29 EUR/min.)
The result was very good. I made a phone call to one of my friends in Munich, and confirmed the hotel reservation..
