Livingit
08-15-2009, 11:44 PM
So this might be old news to you guys. But as I'm planning my first major trip abroad I started planning how I would be able to work and make international (and local calls) in the cheapest and easiest fashion.
The end all answer is the Iphone (of course). With a jailbroken and unlocked Iphone you can (in most countries) buy a sim card with pre paid minutes and a pre paid dataplan.
With an jailbroken Iphone you can then tether the iphone to your lap top for internet connection virtually anywhere you have cell service. Furthermore with a jailbroken app called Iphoneover3g, you can use Skype WITHOUT a wifi signal to make international calls.
To me this is a life save as I hate talking business in a quite internet cafe or crowded hostel. I'll be in Argnetina which has a 3.5G network for the next few months so I'll be pretty much covered wherever I go.
Also, as a total iphone noob, it took me about 15 minutes to unlock and jailbreak the iphone with the iphone dev blog.
Cheers,
-Erick
The end all answer is the Iphone (of course). With a jailbroken and unlocked Iphone you can (in most countries) buy a sim card with pre paid minutes and a pre paid dataplan.
With an jailbroken Iphone you can then tether the iphone to your lap top for internet connection virtually anywhere you have cell service. Furthermore with a jailbroken app called Iphoneover3g, you can use Skype WITHOUT a wifi signal to make international calls.
To me this is a life save as I hate talking business in a quite internet cafe or crowded hostel. I'll be in Argnetina which has a 3.5G network for the next few months so I'll be pretty much covered wherever I go.
Also, as a total iphone noob, it took me about 15 minutes to unlock and jailbreak the iphone with the iphone dev blog.
Cheers,
-Erick