"Many thanks for the extremely informative reply. I'll wait until the summer I think and see what AU will offer and possibly Docomo."

"At launch it looks like only Softbank will be selling the new iPad. (only carrier listed on Apple website) Price plans are listed here and are pretty much the same as iPad…"

"Yes, I would say it really is worth it!  But I am a hardcore Apple but so I am somewhat biased!"

"With so many features missing from the AU iphone I am really glad that I have stuck with Softbank.  No iMessage? That sucks. No Facetime? That sucks even more. No Visual Voicemail? That doesn`t bother me since I don`t subscribe to it anyways! I…"

"Yes, I thought the same although I am sure Apple, Softbank and AU are more powerful here than Samsung!"

"I am very happy with mine. Siri is really great. I have used it so much already and it is going to be much more than a novelty. Saves time doing a lot of things. I also love iOS 5 (not limited to the iphone 4s of course). Wireless synching between…"

"I wonder how it handles "Boston English"  Kar inside of Car LOL"

"And all this time I thought it was the Japanese who had the longer bowels!!"

"Yes it did. He needs work on his pronunciation.  But if Siri is just trying to distinguish between "work" and "home" it could have tried to guess at the one that sounded closest. There is probably a selection between U.S.…"

"But it seems like his  English did sound like "Walk" instead of "Work" .  "

"If I go into my Google app on my "old" iPhone 4 and use the voice input and ask, "Where is Tokyo?" it immediately pops up a nice map of tokyo and right below that the Wikipedia entry for Tokyo.   I also spoke, "sunset…"

"Interesting. The 2nd guy didn't sound much better than the first guy.   "

"What is funny about siri is that when I tested it, If I ask what is the weather like in Tokyo, it can tell me, but when I ask where is Tokyo or where am I, it can not answer. What is so hard about just opening maps?"

"This one is even worse LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RiU8GPlsZqE   Here’s a video of a Japanese guy who has a better command of the English…"

"Here's the retraction concerning Siri in Japan: http://goo.gl/9nA2I  "