Mobile Phones

[Florida_is_no1]

Hi, I was thinkin of bringin my tri-band mobile phone on holiday with me to orlando but I hav been told it may not work there [msnscared]. Is this true?. Also does any1 know if it would b better 2 hire 1, if so where from? [msncool]

[caroline]

We have tri-band phones and they work in Florida - just have to make sure you have contacted your service provider and switched on your International Roaming and don't use them tooooo much unless your wallet is feeling very fat;)

[chrisj]

As above they cost a lot if you make calls so be wary

[hamptonlakes]

I use my tri-band when i go orlando and as Caroline says make sure you contact your service provided and they will explain how to activate you phone for internation roaming - Also if you have started a new contract with a provider then some will ask for £250 upfront to set up international roaming, so the best thing to do is ring your provider[msnsmile2]

[markburwood]

I find it sooooo easy just to buy a phone card.:)

[george]

I used my Nokia 6310i tri band with no problems

[TonyBlenk]

Mark,
Does buying a phone card in the States not involve monthly subscriptions?

[blott]

A phone card is for use with any (landline) phone so that you pre-pay for the phone call and just dial a code and then the telephone number.

You can get pay as you go mobile (cell) phones from Tracfone or Virgin but these can't be used in the UK.

[Littletony]

Roaming is expensive. Careful use of text messages is the most cost effective way of using your phone whilst abroad.

Just remember that depending on you service provider it can cost upto £1 per minute just to receive a call!!! [msnoo]

[caroline]

Be careful with texting in the US we found last year that sometimes the texts took hours or even days to arrive!
Fine if it's not urgent but about as much use as a chocolate teapot when it's urgent.

[DarrenShort]

We used my Ericsson triband in January - text messages too literally seconds to arrive and respond to. Cost 25p a text tho...

[Ray&Sarah]

We have a Sony Ericsson triband and have found it's fine in the US both for messages and calls.

[andycoll]

Hi
I bought a pair of Motorola v60 which have a built in phone to phone walkey talkie

We did have to buy them out writ from singular at a cost of $370 but the amount of use we have had out of the walkey talkie feature has saved us loads over the years

[Oscar1]

Cosider if you would really us your mobile on holiday, it is expensive. If you need to keep in touch with others in your party a 2 way radio may be a cheaper option.
Oscar

quote:Originally posted by Oscarsvilla

Cosider if you would really us your mobile on holiday, it is expensive. If you need to keep in touch with others in your party a 2 way radio may be a cheaper option.
Oscar


Mobile use is expensive when roaming, but it is also very reassuring if separated or out driving alone, texts are very handy for keeping in contact.

We tried two way radios but they pick up lots of other people and are totally un reliable.

For peace of mind take a tri band but use is sparingly and warn people at home to remember you pay to receive calls!

Julie R

[Gillian-B]

If you do take your tri-band to use, make sure you know how to pick up a network in the US. My old phone (an Erikson) picked up a network automatically when it was turned on, but with my new phone (a Sharp), you have to manually select the continent before it will pick up a network. I only found this out when we got home and I complained to the shop that the phone didn't work in the US!

[andycoll]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by andycoll
Hi
I bought a pair of Motorola v60 which have a built in phone to phone walkey talkie

We did have to buy them out writ from singular at a cost of $370 but the amount of use we have had out of the walkey talkie feature has saved us loads over the years

[/quote]
Just thought I would up date people who where interested in the mobil phones with built in walkey talkeys
You can know buy them on pay as you go contracts from bestbuy.com
Here is a link to there site
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056899232627&skuId=4882988&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat1200050009

[blott]

Just one problem - you can only use it in California and Nevada!

[Ruth]

That is a pretty big problem when you are in Florida:D:D

[andycoll]

http://boostmobile.com/best_buy_maps/maps/florida.gif

Blue shading indicates coverage area orange shading indicates roaming area

They are available in the best bys store in the Florida mall

[blott]

This is what it says on the link you posted:

*Boost 2WAY digital radio feature
*Service available only in California and Nevada
*Hands-free speakerphone

[andycoll]

Dints see that [:0]
But I have the same model and mine work fine when we are over there
Must mean the pay as you go feature which I never used as I use my own orange Sim card in them

Rely strange that it shows coverage on there map and they sell them in the Florida mall store

[pieman6]

Does anybody know if the Nokia 7250i is a triband phone?

[brizzle]

Yes, the 7250i is a tri-band phone.

Brizzle