Keitai

I thought you might like to see some pics of my fancy Japanese mobile.







And of course a picture of the obligatory keitai strap. This one was a present from Ninkle, Toshio and Sarah. I don't understand the Japanese but it says something like "Simply reverse the digestive process!"


For you phone geeks out there, here's the vital stats. It's got a very nice 2Mpixel camera, an always-on 2.4MBps data connection (the data costs are capped at about £25/month), and in the back it's got an RFID chip, so I can use it as an oyster card, credit card, fast airport check-in, all kinds of crazy stuff. The 3G protocol is called CDMA 1x WIN and is based on CDMA2000.

Because it does that cool screen-swizzly thing, it's really useful as a camera which I can whip out at opportune moments. The other day it came in handy when I spotted this. It seems they have a whole aisle for it! [NOTE: I was only the adult diaper aisle long enough to take the picture!]

Oh, and as I haven't said a word about teaching yet, here's a picture of some students. Aren't they cute? A whole bunch of them painted Japanese flags on each other's cheeks and then ran around like mad eejits, shouting "Japanese sponsor! Japanese sponsor!"