New Japan Phone

I ended up having to buy a new pre-paid cell phone in Japan.

S*ftbank insisted that the old phone (2nd gen) can't be reactivated once the phone number expires.

The new 3G phones have a different plan, so that's probably the main reason they're phasing out the old phones. The website says 2nd gen phones won't be use-able after March 31, 2010.

But I get unlimited email on the phone for 30 days (300yen).
Which is useful.

The old phone?
It's a paperweight now.
I wonder if we can donate it to the program that converts old phones to pre-paid phones for battered women? Oh, it's in Japanese...

PS. Had dinner at an izakaya w/ のりちゃん, Steph & マックン。