Important - My Mobile Number

[Sweet]

Hehe i knew that someone would have information on these so thanks!! I am just about to order one as i think that it is a great idea and the one i am ordering has a money converter on it as well! So that is going to be dam useful when i go to the states in April.

I do get a worrying feeling though that if i carry this gadget around with me as well that i could indeed get them both stolen. Hhmmm will have to think on that as really the whole point was to leave it safely stored away at home!!! I think that it is well worth the money though.

Thanks again and i will be looking into vibrating soap hehe as i always send my brother some strange pressies. He got a flying saucer to play with for Christmas which has amused him no end even though he is 26! LOL! Boys and their toys eh?!!!

Sweet X x X

[GarethB]

Vibrating soap is excellent if you like your soap to have a good foamy lather to it without the effort of having to spend time moving the soap. A great labour saving device if you are in a hurry

As for the sim card reader, keep one in your bag and the other about your person, so hopefully if the worst were to happen, chances are you would still have one!!!

Check your mobile works Sate side, many European phones only work in Europe, the Americans are diferent so I think you need a dual band mobile to work in Europe and the USA in addition to one having the ability to roam networks.

[jayuk]

LOl Gareth I bought the Uber Orbs from there last October....jeeez can I annoy people with them!!!

http://www.firebox.com is also an Ace sight for gadgety things!

HOWEVER, my best buy has been the new Schumacher Fusion Nitro Car.......thing is just amazing!....Gets to 80MPH...very dangerous toy but seriously amazing!....havent had the chance to run it too much as been busy with work but gng to take it out soon!

http://www.racing-cars.com/products.asp ... usion%2021

Always wanted one since I was a kid!..but now with the refined purer Nitro the speeds are damn right amazing!!

[Sweet]

Hehe Jay am glad you got the toy you always wanted! LOL! That really is DAM fast! Hehe do you need good eyesight to steer that as it is over the speed limit! LMAO!!!!!!!!!

I love firebox as well, loads of nice gadgets there!

Gareth thanks for the help, i think my mobile will be ok as i can send text messages to my friend ok and she sends them back quicker than my friends in London! Will maybe think on getting two though just in case but won't be taking the gadget out here, only when i need the converter abroad.

Hhmm i didn't see any vibrating soap! LMAO!!

Thanks again, Sweet X x X

[John Smith]

As for the phone... don't assume that it will work over there just because you can send texts. The GSM networks over there are compatible to ours, but run on a different frequency to the two used in the UK and Europe.

You will need to make sure that your handset is marketed as "tri-band" (dual-band isn't good enough) to stand a chance of working in the USA.

[Sweet]

Oh ok i have tri band so it should be ok. To be honest while i am taking it with me i am not planning on using it so it's fine. Thanks!

Sweet X x X

[Andrew MacLean]

My brother has a tri-band phone in the UK, but he has a separate phne for use in the United States: he reckons its cheaper!

Andrew

[jayuk]

Indeed it is alot cheaper when you call from the country you are in to another country, as long as you have a mobile phone that was purchased from that host country. All to do with the tarrifs and how calls are priced

[GarethB]

Does depend on phone, my Nokia is 6 years old and when I was last inGermany I got a pay as you go sim card and just slotted that in. Still have loads of credit, so cheap calls when I go in April.

[John Smith]

Indeed, it's nothing to do with the phone, it's where the SIM card is registered that matters.