It seems that they fixed the battery issue in Japan and Docomo released some new device software this April. (Release date was April 7, 2009 actually.)
http://smartphone.nttdocomo.co.jp/en...lackberrybold/
Has anybody tried it yet? It seems that you could press the right shift key to type in Japanese. On Pearl, there is no such thing as a right shift key
Would be interested to know. Thanks!!