Turn Off SoftBank's New Mail Announcement for iPhone

One irritating thing of the iPhone sold by SoftBank is the announcement, "メールを受信しました You got a mail."

Unlike my standard cell phone or Windows SmartPhone, you cannot turn off this announcement directly in the handset. This announcement wouldn't be so bad, but it appears for every message that has arrived on the SoftBank mail server. I may get as many as 30 to 50 messages a day as different Gmail accounts forward mail to the iPhone. Then, if you want to actually check your email, you have to "dismiss" all 30-plus announcements before you can even get to the iPhone home page.

Unfortunately, the My SoftBank page does not give clear details on how to turn off the announcement. Worse, once you try to access the mail settings (メール設定) link from My SoftBank, the Login ID (phone number without hyphens) and Password (not clear which password is required) WILL NOT work!

I found a Japanese site (iPhone・iPod touch ラボ) that addressed a different issue, but served my purpose. So, follow along and use the screenshots to help you turn off those irritating announcements:

1. Turn on your iPhone and go to Home. (Click the image to enlarge.)


2. Tap the SMS app. (Click the image to enlarge.)


3. Tap the 157 message from SoftBank.

4. Scroll up (or down) until you find the message that shows your Login ID (ログインID), Password (パスワード), Outgoing Server (送信サーバ), and the Incoming Server (受信サーバ). (Click the image to enlarge.)


The Login ID may likely be a 9 digit, case-sensitive, alpha-numeric code. The Password may be an 8 digit, case-sensitive, alpha-numeric code. The incoming and outgoing servers will be smtp.softbank.jp and imap.softbank.jp respectively.

Write down the Password that you see right below the Login ID and right above the outgoing server. The password will likely look something like "7d2MgH8h"--remember that this password is case-sensitive so write it down exactly as it appears.

5. Now, on the same piece of paper, write down the part of your SoftBank iPhone email address before the "@" symbol. For example, if your email were whitedogfones@i.softbank.jp, then you need to record just the "whitedogfones" part.

6. Press your Home button and tap Safari. (Click the image to enlarge.)


Tap Bookmarks at the bottom of the screen and tap My SoftBank. (Click the image to enlarge.)


7. Tap the gold/orange square with the "@" symbol in the middle of it. (Click the image to enlarge.)


8. From the Login page, tap inside the Login ID text field and type your Login ID, which will be the first part of your email as discussed in part 5 above. (Click the image to enlarge.)


Tap Done. (Click the image to enlarge.)


9. Tap inside the Password text field and type your password as discussed part 4 above. (Remember, the password is case-sensitive!) Tap done. (Click the image to enlarge.)


10. Tap Login. (If you receive an error message, repeat steps 8 and 9. Make absolutely sure you spelled the Login ID exactly as it show in your email address. Make sure you typed the password exactly as it shows in step 4. Be careful with zeros "0" and ones "1" and the lowercase "o" and "l". (Click the image to enlarge.)


11. Tap [3] Newly arriving e-mail notification setting. (Click the image to enlarge.)


12. Tap Off and then tap Change. (Click the image to enlarge.)


13. You should see a message that says, "Setting is completed." (Click the image to enlarge.)


14. Tap [Logout]. You should see a message stating, "Log out." (Click the image to enlarge.)


You are finally done! If you are a student at アンミ英会話教室 and what some help with the above setting on your iPhone, feel free to ask before or after class!

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Three Favorite Apps - iPhone

Here is a list of my favorite free apps for the iPhone.

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IDrive Lite:

http://www.idrive.com/idrive-lite.htm

Backup your contact info with IDrive Lite. Although I sync the phone with my computer every night, it's nice to know my data is still backed up somewhere else in case something happens to the phone and/or my computer.

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TwitterFon:

http://twitterfon.net/

Clean and simple UI. I was able to get it up and running without referring to any how-to guide.

(If you have Google Desktop on you computer, you might also want to use the Twitter gadget. Another good tweeting tool.)

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Kotoba! (Japanese Dictionary):

http://kotoba.pierrephi.net/

Great review with screen shots here, too: http://tinyurl.com/cpaxcv

I have tens of printed dictionaries, use numerous online dictionaries, and even bought an expensive electronic dictionary. Finally, I found a dictionary that offers meanings, examples, and my favorite--animated stroke order!

Pierre-Philippe de Costanzo deserves a Nobel prize for his hard work and clever assembly of open source and licensed info. ありがとう、コスタンゾさん！

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New Stats Page at アンミ英会話教室

Check out our newly added student statistics pages at www.anmi-eikaiwa.com! Here is a link to the new statistical graphics page:

• http://sites.google.com/site/anmieikaiwa/stats
  

New iPod Shuffle

Apple has done it again! Being a happy new owner of an iPhone (check out SoftBank's free iPhone campaign here), I was surprised with how heavy and big the iPhone is in comparison with typical Japanese cell phones. Unlike the sleek, but noticeably heavy iPhone, this new iPod is incredibly small!

If you are a student at アンミ英会話, please let me know if you happen to see any new iPod shuffle TV commercials since I don't get much of a chance to watch TV these days--the commercials are a great way to hear some of the latest hot tunes that make you want to jump up and dance!

• iPhone for Everybody Campain: http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/iphone/everybody/
• Apple iPod Shuffle: http://www.apple.com/jp/ipodshuffle/
  

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Chip @ Disney

Akiko introduced an email to me, which she got from one of her friends in the States. The video above shows what you can do with a service provided at www.sun7news.com. You can add names of friends and family for creating "... a little Disney magic of your own."!

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New Version of アンミ英会話 on the Internet

I have created a new version of our website at the following address:

http://www.anmi-eikaiwa.com, which is being hosted at our new Google Sites:

http://sites.google.com/site/anmieikaiwa/

What do you think of the new version compared to our last version (at this address):

http://www.anmiweb.com/anmi-eikaiwa/

Let me know what you think!

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