Comments on: BlackBerry Bold to reach Japan by early 2009 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-bold-reach-japan-early-2009/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-bold-reach-japan-early-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-351035 Alex Fri, 01 May 2009 05:44:20 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8680#comment-351035 Bold is doing not so bad in Japan, making it to the top ten at DoCoMo for the first time: http://analytica1st.com/analytica1st/2009/04/blackberry-bold-makes-it-into-top-10-of.html Bold is doing not so bad in Japan, making it to the top ten at DoCoMo for the first time:
http://analytica1st.com/analytica1st/2009/04/blackberry-bold-makes-it-into-top-10-of.html

]]> By: Jeff Cutter http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-bold-reach-japan-early-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-326443 Jeff Cutter Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:57:05 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8680#comment-326443 DoCoMo blackberries will most likely be SIM LOCKED which is a software lock that can be removed with an unlock code, either provided by docomo or easily purchased from ebay for about $10. The sim card has nothing to do with the text input whatsoever. I have had the bold for 2+ months now and it works great all across Japan and Japanese input works great. The only reason people aren't having much luck with Japanese input is because very few CJK releases have been published. All of the chinese provider OS packs usually have the full CJK package. DoCoMo blackberries will most likely be SIM LOCKED which is a software lock that can be removed with an unlock code, either provided by docomo or easily purchased from ebay for about $10.

The sim card has nothing to do with the text input whatsoever.

I have had the bold for 2+ months now and it works great all across Japan and Japanese input works great.

The only reason people aren’t having much luck with Japanese input is because very few CJK releases have been published. All of the chinese provider OS packs usually have the full CJK package.

]]> By: asobu http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-bold-reach-japan-early-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-326376 asobu Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:48:14 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8680#comment-326376 Does anyone know if the DoCoMo (Japan) Blackberry Bold will use a proprietary SIM card or accept any SIM card? After hearing about all the problems with displaying and/or inputting japanese characters on the Bold, even after flashing the ROM, if the DoCoMo version accepts a regular SIM card, I would imagine that this would solve all the problems and work in the U.S. Does anyone know if the DoCoMo (Japan) Blackberry Bold will use a proprietary SIM card or accept any SIM card?

After hearing about all the problems with displaying and/or inputting japanese characters on the Bold, even after flashing the ROM, if the DoCoMo version accepts a regular SIM card, I would imagine that this would solve all the problems and work in the U.S.

]]> By: Jeff Cutter http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-bold-reach-japan-early-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-317798 Jeff Cutter Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:04:31 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8680#comment-317798 Actually I already have an unlocked one (from "3" in HK) up and running on NTT DoCoMo. Works great - even Japanese text display an input. Sooooooooooooo much better than the 8707! Actually I already have an unlocked one (from “3″ in HK) up and running on NTT DoCoMo. Works great – even Japanese text display an input.

Sooooooooooooo much better than the 8707!

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