GomiGirl wrote:Does the Blackberry have a docomo.ne.jp address?
Does the Wilcomm?
The Blackberry is a business-users phone that is almost always linked to an Exchange Server for push mail purposes. I have no idea about the Wilcomm phone -- do they actually have any customers? I have two HTC phones (X01HT and X02HT) and both support push mail via the Softbank network with all the expected features.
[quote="GomiGirl"]Actually, what they may do is have a special pop mail system set up under the yahoo mail system but have the domain mimic a softbank.ne.jp address. Missing would be the emoji I would suspect, but some clever person may develop it as an app for download via the apps store. ]
Missing would be push support. People use their email here like a chat client, sending messages back and forth in rapid succession. A POP client that checks every few minutes is going piss people off to no end.
I'd like to see the iPhone do well here but it is going to be a flop until Apple realizes that they need to cater to the needs of the Japanese market. A cookie-cutter solution isn't going to cut it.