My Tokyo Phone

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/things-we.d-like-in-america/casio-adds-a-51-mp-cameraphone-to-its-exilim-line-285094.php

Pretty cool. Its a 5mp camera with a good lens + cell phone. I was going to buy a camera so this saves me the cost of a camera & the bulk of having to carry one. I love camera phones. Who knows if it sucks or not but who cares. Not activated yet gotta pick it up tomorrow.

But.. let me tell you, the sign up process was fricking nasty. I asked for a dude who spoke English but alas.. guys working at cell shops do not speak much of a word, or are very shy about using their english. Man once I get out of my domain its really tough... they would presumably talk about contracts, options, insurance, terms, billing, etc and I felt like I was in VietNam or something.

Goes to show.. man all those foreingers, mexican & chinese alike who sign up for stuff in the US don't have a fricking clue what they're buying. Probably what happened w/ Option-ARM (mortgages) with teaser rates, etc. Pretty scary I was like "uh... yeah okay sounds good... are we done? can i get my phone now?"

Cost of phone. about US $120 w/ 2yr contract. Wow amazing huh? Cancel fee? Only $85! Monthly is going to be about $60 including internet but with only 244min. Apparently people rarely have long conversations on cells so 150-250 is common for a month. Weird, I've used 500 / month regularly before in the US.