[blackdognorth]

This is a pretty nice device. No arguing with the keyboard, and it's one of the few good phones on V's shelf that goes GSM/global.

Any experiences here with using V's International voice/data?

Any experiences with getting unlocked and going to a third-party SIM card for the international trip?

Will 3rd party SIMS get you data abroad too or is that just nuts?
(seems like V's international data plan at another $35/month is pretty reasonable- most likely would just want some other SIM/provider to get voice at less than $2-5/minute!)

could you do that? Run V's international data package and use the SIM for voice only?

Sorry for all the questions: This is about the only place where I'd expect serious info so I'm shooting my wad.
Thanks all.