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		<title>Let&amp;apos;s have fun with European phones</title>
		<dateCreated>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:36:53 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:36:53 GMT" ctSaves="4" flPreview="false" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="971" text="Let's have fun with European phones" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/22/letsHaveFunWithEuropeanPho.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.42" versionServer="0.42" whenLastSave="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:57:12 GMT">
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:33:03 GMT" pgfnum="6378" text="I'm going to Amsterdam next Tuesday and will stay through May 5. Might take a day trip to London. But right now the plan is to spend the whole time in Amsterdam. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:33:40 GMT" pgfnum="6379" text="Now, on my todo list is figuring out what to do about phones. It's always seem to end up spending hundreds of dollars just to make a few phone calls and check my mail."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:34:14 GMT" pgfnum="6380" text="This time I don't think I'll make &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; phone calls. What I really want a phone for is to take pictures and upload them to Flickr in realtime. That's how I like to be a tourist these days, even at home in NY."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:34:50 GMT" pgfnum="6381" text="So rather than go through the crazy hellish bureaucracies of American phone companies, I have accounts with both Verizon and AT&amp;T, how about getting:"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:35:26 GMT" pgfnum="6382" text="1. An unlocked phone."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:35:30 GMT" pgfnum="6383" text="2. A SIM with a good data plan."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:35:42 GMT" pgfnum="6384" text="3. Delivered to my hotel in Amsterdam."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:35:52 GMT" pgfnum="6385" text="To my European friends, how does that sound? Or maybe there's a better way to approach this?"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:36:11 GMT" pgfnum="6386" text="I have two phones: An AT&amp;T iPhone4, and a Verizon Droid. Wouldn't mind getting a new Android phone."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:56:23 GMT" pgfnum="6387" text="Update: I think I have the answer -- I have an iPhone3 that's been sitting around doing nothing since I bought the iPhone4. Is it true that I can just change the SIM and have a usable European phone?"></outline>
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