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Eve
Aug 1, 2005, 08:10
I'm wondering do they use like the Japanese version of hotmails and yahoos too? cuz my friend in japan uses newad.jp? is that famous over there?
-Rudel-
Aug 1, 2005, 08:27
My wife uses www.yahoo.co.jp
and her usual ISP's email system
GaijinPunch
Aug 1, 2005, 09:42
There's only one hotmail. They detect your language based on your IP, which can be annoying for non-Japanese speakers living in the region. I'm sure there's a way to change it if you trudge a bit. Yahoo.co.jp is basically Yahoo.com on a several-month delay (in features).
Eve
Aug 1, 2005, 14:00
It seems like most Japanese people have different e-mail kind of websites. Some uses this website, some uses this other website and and some more uses this other website. Am I right?
-Rudel-
Aug 1, 2005, 19:22
Dont forget the countless C-mails, S-Mail, and E-Mails that are used on the phones.
PopCulturePooka
Aug 1, 2005, 20:15
I was quite shocked when I found out that a lot of younger people in Japan didnt have ANY type of PC based email addy.
pipokun
Aug 1, 2005, 21:00
I was quite shocked when I found out that a lot of younger people in Japan didnt have ANY type of PC based email addy.

right. people like more e-mail through mobile phones, keitai mail.
"newad.jp" seems a kind of web hosting service for keitai mail users.

i guess your short stay here would develop your skill with the thumbs much.
Eve
Aug 2, 2005, 10:17
do they have softwares like MSN Messengers or 7.0 then?
PopCulturePooka
Aug 2, 2005, 11:23
do they have softwares like MSN Messengers or 7.0 then?
They do, but very few people seemed to use MSN.
Eve
Aug 2, 2005, 16:12
oh, what kind of instant messengers do they use then?
PopCulturePooka
Aug 2, 2005, 17:09
Japanese Yahoo.

Or just email on their phone.
Sylvain
Aug 2, 2005, 20:24
There's only one hotmail. They detect your language based on your IP, which can be annoying for non-Japanese speakers living in the region. I'm sure there's a way to change it if you trudge a bit. Yahoo.co.jp is basically Yahoo.com on a several-month delay (in features).


On your IE browser click tools > Internet Options > Languages, and you can set your preferred language.
Eve
Aug 3, 2005, 07:32
Alright, thxs for the answers
Eve
Aug 5, 2005, 11:45
Sorry for double posting, but I forgot to ask what are C-Mails and S-Mails?
-Rudel-
Aug 5, 2005, 12:17
C-mail and S-mail are pretty much instant text messaging services for the Japanese Cell phones.

C-mail is most commonly found on KDDI networks, and S-mail is found on Docomo Networks

C-mail also has a live chat feature similar to going to a chat room.
Eve
Aug 5, 2005, 15:32
live chat on cell phones?
PopCulturePooka
Aug 5, 2005, 15:51
live chat on cell phones?
Glorified text messaging
Eve
Aug 6, 2005, 08:25
oh lol, damn they should get normal computers or something -.-
-Rudel-
Aug 6, 2005, 15:40
Crap...as busy as most people are with work and schooling, it's almost impossible to get behind a computer to chat on-line. Cell Phones are the way to communicate in Japan.

I remember looking at the Inbox on my wife's computer. A lot of the sender's e-mail address were from phones.