The Batphone

We finally signed up for a cellphone. It's the coolest thing. It's waterproof and to take it apart you need an allen wrench. I think it will definitely hold up to my rugged lifestyle. It has a video recorder, camera, compass, bar code scanner, and GPS (I can locate myself or Noriko can secretly track me). It's a flipphone that reminds me of a Batarang when opened. The only thing missing is the Batmobile. Well, and Batgirl, Alfred, and Robin. It has an integrated starmap that also shows the current position of Earth. I'm not sure, but I think it also plays music. Only today we found that the menu language can be toggled to English.


The phone is fine. What sucks is the calling plan. Apparently, in Japan, you don't get "free minutes" or "nights and weekends." You pay a monthly fee and also pay for each minute. The higher the monthly fee, the lower the minute rate. However, incoming calls are free. Unless it's some strange phonescammer that somehow charges your phone if you answer it.