Has anyone taken a Japanese phone to the US and been able to use wifi on it for free?

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I figured I'd get more specific answers from the US expats in the Japan section than the more random areas.

In particular, I have an Android with a wifi button on the pulldown screen.

I know my daughter could use her Japanese iPod with US wifi and she had no problems.

I'm hoping the phone will basically act as an iPod, and I won't get charged extra for using it in the States.

Bonus: if you've got info on using Google Maps on a Japanese Android in the US, I'd love to hear about it.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I took my Softbank iphone to california last month and it worked on wifi with no problems.

RealAnswers · Answer

The wifi standard (technology) is the same pretty much everywhere in the world.  We are speaking about the wifi standard only.  Any phone/tablet/video game system/pda/camera etc etc that is capable of wifi can work on a wifi network pretty much anywhere in the world.

To answer your question on Android.
Android is Android.  The language settings are just changed (you can change it any time) to any country region.  All apps work, GoogleMaps works just fine in Japan as it does in the USA, it's the exact same piece of software.

? · Answer

it should work with wifi 
it can pick up any wifi signal no matter what country youre in

thecheapest902 · Answer

If you go to any free wi-fi spot in US, you can use a Japanese phone there.

Has anyone taken a Japanese phone to the US and been able to use wifi on it for free?

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