NTT DoCoMo SO905ics cybershot phone. Sam Chan. Hands-on

[omarcrrdenas]

for all of u saying if this phone will work i n america YES it will it does use sim cards im using one right now in los angeles with at&t .. u just need to unlock it ..

[gabriel2008]

can it work in california usa?

and how much is it?

thx..

[vivianyeap]

do some research b4 u say such dum thing like this......

[vivianyeap]

im using it now in netherlands~~with a gsm sign in the screen.can actually choose with signal u wanna use 3G or GSM. so as i said do some research first

[PoserLawl]

Actually you can use these phones anywhere in the world with something called a hyper sim... they do support sim cards. No one's talking about 'earlier adoptions', this phone is not a 'earlier adoption' so...

[nightskill01]

Yeah it will work in the USA or somewhere else. But you have to buy an unlock mobilephone.

[DJFarchnaught]

Good job, Paul.

[byahmelara]

Will this phone ever be sold in america??

[xumdeo]

no, that's for sure.

[Randiperoo]

Would it work fine in American though?

[vonkamakari]

chan is more chinese if you'll ask me and the mr./mrs. ~chan thing isn't correct haha its ~san

[tony531]

o how about ringtones/ how do u change your ringtong to a song u want, cause i heard it doesn't read WMA for ringtones.

[xumdeo]

convert your songs to MLD format, search on yamaha's smaf site

[TheRetardFromHilo]

you do know chan means miss right?

[xumdeo]

chan can be mr/ms/miss just that it's the informal way of saying san

go back to your japanese 101

[TheRetardFromHilo]

um excuse me i feel you're being rude and I was just trying to correct you, I am Japanese and Chan is not informal it can mean Ms. or Mrs. Kun is the Japanese word for Mr.

[TheRetardFromHilo]

P.S. you said Chan wrong, you know how doctors make you say AAAAAAA that's how you pronounce the A in Chan.

[xumdeo]

um excuse me that's because it's a Chinese surname not Japanese right from the start; putting everything you said irrelevant.

Yes, do try to address somebody with -chan on a formal telephone conversation and see what happens. Just because you are Japanese doesn't mean that you are right for that word in the language. The French make a lot of grammatical mistakes themselves for instance, and a lot of younger Japanese have trouble telling the difference between tsugi-sama and sui-sama.

[xumdeo]

P.S. and yes, do correct everybody who pronounce Karate (kahrah-teh) as karatee

[TheRetardFromHilo]

I have no idea what relevance Karate has to the conversation, but since I live in Hawaii a state with a huge Japanese community most if not all people here know how to pronounce Karate and if they are tourists say from the mainland I wouldn't correct them because thats just what they, I just thought that since you live in Asia you should know what Chan means and how to pronounce it.

[xumdeo]

Since you are an Asian I'd assume that you do know how to pronounce Chan as a Chinese surname (chen). With Chan being one of the most common Chinese surnames in the world, next to Lee/Li/Wang.

And yes, there you go, I do know what Chan means in Japanese (and in Thai: elephant), and how to pronounce them accordingly to denote different meanings. In my case, it's my surname, nothing to do with the Japanese language I'm afraid

[TheRetardFromHilo]

I don't know if Chan has a meaning in Chinese but you're reviewing a Japanese phone there for i used the Japanese meaning of the word which is Ms/Mrs. and I know how to speak the Japanese language meaning that I most likely would'nt have mistaken Chan for another word.

[xumdeo]

no it's the other way round, if you have grown up in California even amongst a pretty big Japanese community, the first thing you associate with Chan would normally be a surname, not a Japanese suffix.

Ask your "mainland" friends.

[FlamingKookies]

um excuse me everyone in Hawaii knows that Chan is a surname and P.S. California population is mostly Chinese not Japanese and Chan does not mean elephant in Japanese it means Ms./Mrs. and since you were reviewing a Japanese phone I thought you would use the Japanese meaning.

[xumdeo]

um excuse me which part of it reads "most of the asians there are Japanese"?? gosh.

and I said Chan can mean Elephant in Thai as well. Read carefully you're very confused. So fact of the day, chan can mean many things in different languages.

Since I was reviewing a Japanese phone I put my name up there it doesn't mean that I would use or have to use the Japanese meaning, having the C capitalized would indicate further that it's not a Jp suffix to Mr/Ms/Mrs.

[FlamingKookies]

excuse me you're the one who implied most people in California are Japanese, I think you're the one who's confused and you did say that Chan means elephant in your previous comment, think before you post.

[xumdeo]

I am well aware of the fact that most Asians in Cali are Chinese. I was only saying that there was a big Japanese community there, just like there's a big Korean community there, both are bigger than the East coast for example.

There are only a few places in the world where Japanese take up a majority of the Asian population

1. Hawaii

2. Brazil

3. Japan itself

[xumdeo]

um excuse me not everyone in Hawaii knows that Chan is a surname, or aware enough NOT to start this amazing discussion

or really, everyone, everyone except the retardfromhilo?

[FlamingKookies]

majority almost all of Hawaii knows that Chan is a Japanese surname and if I didn't know that Chan is a Japanese surname meaning Ms./Mrs. would I say that almost everyone in Hawaii knows that Chan is a Japanese surname meaning Ms./Mrs. You just pretty much voided what you said there, and don't you think it's amazing that an adult is resorting to insults while the 14 year old he's discuusing with has not hm maybe you should question your maturity and not insult me for trying to correct you.

[xumdeo]

ok, let's make this absolutely clear and end the annoying discussion

"chan" has different meanings in different languages

1. chinese surname, pronounced as "chehn". a popular surname, my surname, and that's the meaning used in this video

2. pronounced as "chahn", a Japanese suffix for Mr/Ms/Mrs. Not a Japanese surname (FlamingKookies).

3. means "elephant" in the Thai language, I did mention time and time again "thai" which is the official language in Thailand (FlamingKookies)

[xumdeo]

I am sorry if you take it the wrong way and felt that I was insulting you, but your username contains "ret__d" in itself, no comment, none of my business.

And as Asians you all know that we are sensitive to our family names.

So that's why I was perplexed when you accused me of pronouncing my family name the wrong way. Which is not the case.

[FlamingKookies]

Chan is your last name oh im sorry I tthought you were associating it with the Japanese surname Ms./Mrs. nevermind sorry for starting the arguement. XD

[jellotime91]

Chan means cute or younger and typically isn't a Japanese last name.

San is Mr/Mrs.

[tony531]

hey, can u send things to others/, like music, pictures, vids/

[xumdeo]

yes, via infrared and iC-connection

but not bluetooth

[GoodEvenings]

Are there any English menu's for the phone? Can it be used in Canada? Ty.

[xumdeo]

english menu-> yes

it can be used in canada with the correct sim-hack matched with the version of your sim card

[GoodEvenings]

guah?

[hellios123]

very nice... leo ku as background music XD

[Eumirnp]

is very slow!!!! i don't like!!!

[pigmalionvideo]

can this phone work in GSM 900/1800 +2100 networks? :)

[xumdeo]

depending on which network, u'd need a matching SIM hack, search in online forums for more info

[idkalf]

good to know some stuff, ive been planning on getting this phone for the past 4 months , buying one with hypersim activated porbably

thx sam