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Microphone for Ipod Touch

mavis said:
Must be nice to live in a modern country. Here in Tokyo, I've found ONE unsecured network that I could connect to. That's right, just one, and I check everywhere I go. I'm not even talking about the suburbs, either - I walked all around Shibuya last week trying to get a signal but found absolutely nothing. You would think, in the heart of Tokyo Japan, one would be able to pick up an unsecured wifi network. :mad:
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You live in the wrong part of town! :D

From my house in Kawaguchi (about 30 minutes by train from Shibuya), there are 3 unprotected unsecured WiFi networks (in neighbors' homes, I presume) to which I can connect. I've never had problems finding unsecured networks in Tokyo, either.

Look a little harder -- you'll find 'em!
 
mavis said:
Must be nice to live in a modern country. Here in Tokyo, I've found ONE unsecured network that I could connect to. That's right, just one, and I check everywhere I go. I'm not even talking about the suburbs, either - I walked all around Shibuya last week trying to get a signal but found absolutely nothing. You would think, in the heart of Tokyo Japan, one would be able to pick up an unsecured wifi network. :mad:
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I must agree with you. I'm leaving in the heart of Tokyo, Shibuya (Harajuku), and it is very hard to find a free connection. You can say that you can find a few open connections in some places, but it's very very very limited if you compare to other countries. Even some countries in development, as Brazil, Argentina,... have more free WiFi as here in Tokyo. In Tokyo you must pay for everything. An never mind free WiFi in the beach in Japan, unlike some other countries.
One thing very positive in Japan is that here they have the cheapest High Speed connection, and now they are releasing (also very cheap) a 3G mobile moden that acheives 7.2MB. So, if you pay, you get a lot in Japan. For free, you do not have good services.
 
Mic/speaker is nice and all, but I'd much rather see a BT dongle for the touch, along with all the 'right' software. BT would open up speaker/mic through the use of headsets, which would serve the VoIP crowds needs, plus it would (hopefully) let you tether your touch to your current cell phone to use as a modem for data anywhere similar to the iPhone, but on whatever network you want to use so it would please the anti-ATT an the 3G groups.

After that, the only thing missing would be the camera, which I agree is something the touch should get.
 
That's amazing about Tokyo. I'm in Shizuoka, pretty regional compared to there, and I was amazed how many access points show up. I guess about 80% are secured, but that leaves a sweet 20%.

It is true though that businesses don't seem to offer free wifi access as a kind of bonus service they way many do in other countries. I guess that's probably partly because mobile computing here basically has meant keitei/cellphone, which doesn't need wifi. Maybe if the touch becomes wildly popular that will change. Have to be pretty amazingly wild though...
 
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