Japan Air Commuter

Life changing for commuters!

Advantages: Apps that can pretty much change your life!
Disadvantages: Hard to use with just one hand whilst walking. Poor O2 reception in many places, including London

Don't get me wrong - having an iPhone has completely changed the way that I use my time commuting to and from work. Having internet access almost all the time is very valuable and the Aps available provide some great functionality. I personally like all the ones that make my life easier - the ability to look up the time of the last train home, easy access to the latest status of the tube and finding venues where I'm supposed to be meeting friends. Very helpful. Google maps is also crucial when in London to help find places. The User Interface isn't always the most friendly though - and trying to send a text whilst walking seems to be almost impossible with the touchscreen keypad. A shame as otherwise it's nearly perfect! Audio quality is very good and the camera is perfectly adequate for basic usage. Unfortunately the service from O2 ...

BeingMrsC 16.09.2009 · Read full review
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Curious Customs: Tips for Visiting Japan, Part 2

Advantages: A great adventure
Disadvantages: Leave that handkerchief at home!

Welcome to the second part of my top ten tips for visitors to Japan. As this follows on from Part 1 (surprisingly enough), I'll be kicking off with number 6. By the way, in case you haven't read Part 1 I'll just mention that gaijin is Japanese for foreigner. <6> ◄Eating in Japan► Japan is home to one of the one of the world's great cuisines and the Japanese are passionate about food; indeed it is a bigger topic of conversation in Japan than the weather is in Britain. Japanese food is a huge subject and as I'm only offering a few tips for travellers here I can only scratch the surface. I should perhaps mention that my Japanese friends have persuaded me to try just about every weird and wonderful culinary concoction imaginable and I've never suffered any ill effects. Often the things I could barely bring myself to put in ...

Mitsudan 22.08.2007 · Read full review
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Konnichiwa! Tips for Visiting Japan Part 3

Advantages: Successful communication feels like an achievement
Disadvantages: It pays to invest some time and effort

<10> Communication Welcome to the third and final part of my top ten tips for visitors to Japan. Having looked last time at the potential pitfalls for gaijin (foreigners) in blowing their noses and taking a bath amongst other hazards, this time I'm dealing with the biggest minefield of the lot - the all-important business of communication. So here is tip number 10. The Devil's Language? The brick wall up against which most foreign visitors come in Japan when trying to communicate is of course the Japanese language itself. It's said that in the sixteenth century the missionary St Francis Xavier, on discovering the difficulty westerners had in deciphering a single word spoken or written by the Japanese people, concluded that Japanese had been devised by the devil to prevent Christian missionaries from doing their good ...

Mitsudan 25.02.2008 · Read full review
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