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Originally Posted by chris280
I am travelling to several places this summer and want to take my " World Phone " Blackberry 9700 with me. The problem is that I dont want to keep it in my suitcase nor do I want to mortgage my house when I return to pay my cell phone bill. What is the best way to stay connected while on vacation? Is Wi-fi going to be " Free " can I get my texts through Wi-fi? any advice is helpful to keep AT&T from owning my home. Thanks
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By taking separate sim cards in the countries you visit it will not allow you to still have your mail, or BBM, or any data. You'll get voice only (very rare exceptions allow pre-paid to get data service).
I travel at least half of the month internationally. My discipline is to switch off voice when in my hotel room where I usually have wi-fi and at work. As long as I have wi-fi (and the wi-fi icon is white), then I can do email, BBM, and surf the web all FOC.
When in non wi-fi areas, I switch back mobile service and try to remain "disciplined" and do not get on the web, or do too many data intensive work. -- simple emails and BBM usually are not data hungry.
If you still elect to buy local sim cards, you should try to use another terminal for this purpose so that your data continues to flow into your 9700.