Sony Ericsson FOMA SO905iCS, Manual

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Communication service 3G GSM GPRS
Voice call ※ 1
You can use the same mobile
phone number as used in Japan
even from an overseas location to
place international calls to Japan
and other countries as well as
ordinary calls in your country of
stay.
○ ○ ○
Videophone call ※ 1
Yo u c a n p l a c e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
videophone calls to specific 3G
carrier users overseas and to
FOMA users.
○ × ×
i-mode
You can use i-mode even from an
overseas location.
○ × ○
i-mode mail
Yo u c a n u s e t h e s a m e m a i l
address as used in Japan even
overseas and send/receive i-mode
mail.
○ × ○
SMS ※ 2
You can use the same mobile
phone number as used in Japan
even from an overseas location to
send/receive SMS messages.
○ ○ ○
i-Channel
※
3
○ ○ ○
Data communication
(Packet communication)
※ 4
○ × ○
※ 1 When 2in1 is used, you cannot place a call from
Number B.
※
2 You can send and receive SMS to/from a user who
uses the FOMA terminal in Japan and overseas
and a user who is using an overseas carrier, even
if you are using the international roaming service.

When you send SMS to the recipient who uses
an overseas carrier, enter “+” and the recipient’s
country code before entering the phone number
of the recipient as his address. Make sure to
omit the first “0” when you enter the phone
number, if it starts with “0”.
 If you include characters in your SMS message
that are not suppor ted by the recipient’s
terminal, those characters may not be displayed
correctly when you send this SMS message to
a recipient who is using an overseas carrier.
For details, see the “Mobile Phone User’s Guide
【 International services 】 ” and “Mobile Phone
User’s Guide 【 Network services 】 ”.
※ 3 Auto update is automatically and temporarily
canceled when you connect to an overseas carrier.
To restart the Auto update of i-Channel overseas,
you need to perform the i-Channel setting again.
Note that there is a communication charge every
time you receive i-Channel while you are overseas
(domestic free-of-charge communication is not
applicable overseas).
※ 4 64K data communication to be performed by
connecting to a PC is not available overseas.
When you originate the packet communication,
use the IP connection to communicate (the
PPP connection cannot originate the packet
communication).
● The GPS function is not available overseas. Also,
if you access to the site for performing settings
to use the GPS service, the display informing an
error appears but packet communication charge
is required.
Before Using the FOMA
Terminal Overseas
You must check the following items before
departure, during your stay overseas, and after
returning to Japan.
 The overseas communication charge is included in
your monthly charge. In some cases, however, the
overseas communication charge is included in the
charge of the following month depending on the
system used by the carriers in the country of your
stay. Also note that in some cases the charge is not
included in the relevant month even if you use the
FOMA terminal overseas during the same billing
target period.
Checks before Departure
To use the FOMA terminal overseas, please
check the following items in Japan.

When you use the network services from an
overseas location, set the Remote Control to
“Activate” before leaving Japan (P.397).
■ About charging the battery
About charging the battery, see the followings.
 Precautions on handling the AC adapter (P.20)
 How to charge with the AC adapter (P.40, 41)
■ About i-mode
To view sites using i-mode overseas, perform
“
海外利用設定 ” (the settings for using i-mode
overseas) accessible from i Menu.
 For details, see the “Mobile Phone User’s Guide
【 i-mode 】 FOMA version”.