Fun stuff in Arlington Heights, IL near Mitsuwa? [more inside]
posted by DoctorFedora on Mar 18, 2008 - 9 answers

What are good gifts from the US for German teenagers? [more inside]
posted by TochterAusElysium on Jun 5, 2007 - 30 answers

My wife and I are hosting some Korean exchange / homestay students while they study English here. One of the students has a really amazing cell phone - well actually all their phones are pretty slick. Super high res screens, high resolution cameras, slide out keyboards, better battery life, color phasing led-backlit keys, etc. I realize these don't work here because of "something to do with networks," but can anyone tell me WHY? and can these devices be altered to work here? And besides things like Treos and sidekicks and stuff like that, are there cool and relatively inexpensive phones available here? Is there a all-mobile-device weblog like Gizmodo or something that lists them?
posted by luriete on Jul 18, 2006 - 16 answers