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theremin Dec 19, 2006

Anyone do international texting? Does it cost any more than domestic texting? I'm trying to find out the most cost effective way for when I get an unlocked Treo 650. Looking to get the best rate...

superhero Dec 19, 2006

i believe it's .25/message for international, sometimes it depends on what carrier you have. Best rate for calls, I find, is ALWAYS through a phone card. Buy one for $20 from Walgreens, wait til...

theremin Dec 19, 2006

Okay. Another question if by chance you'd know this too.. If I get a fowarding UK mobile number for my US mobile phone, can texts be fowarded? 'Cause I know I can purchase a UK fowarding number ...

superhero Dec 19, 2006

good question. I suggest just trying it. or, why not have your friends in the UK sent a message to yourphonenumber@yourcarrier.com ? that would probably work better.

theremin Dec 21, 2006

Oh, you reckon my Nextel SIM (iDen technology I think) will work on a GSM phone? (I'm awaiting shipment on an unlocked Palm Treo 650 - GSM Quad Band I just bought on eBay) I don't expect the Nexte...

superhero Dec 22, 2006

nope, won't work. sorry dude. you'll have to get a Cingular SIM card, or a T-Mobile SIM card. Or, you could get a British carrier's SIM card - that'd work too.

theremin thereminOG 2002

OK bummer. I'll have to carry both phones until summer then, since my business relys on my Nextel phone number. I don't what to get for the Treo yet tho... either US Domestic SIM & a UK fowarding number, or an International Roaming SIM with UK number. Hard to weigh out the pluses and minuses and what's gonna work out cheapest for regular voice calls and texts to and from the UK.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

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theremin thereminOG 2002

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