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Originally Posted by MacWilder
You get the Sprint SIM card from Sprint. I'm surprised it didn't come with the phone. Are you sure it didn't? (Look under the battery for a card rectangular in shape with one corner cut off.) There's no charge for it. In terms of other SIM cards, the cheapest for any country is the prepaid card for that country. They are widely available in all countries. If you are going to be traveling to a number of countries, there are many cards available. I personally use maxroam at maxroam.com, but I am not sure it's the best by any means. However, if you are going to be making or receiving a handful of calls, I'd use the Sprint card, as all the others have fixed charges or minimums that will increase your costs sharply if you are making/receiving only a few calls. The best solution is Skype for use where wifi is available. Only pennies per minute. That will work on your Pro2. However, you have to download the cab off the Pccgeeks website as it isn't officially available longer for winmo. In terms of other ROMs, I use Sprint Lovers. But it is no longer being developed. Also it doesn't support gsm data (which might be good for you if you don't want to use the data.)
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Yes I'm sure, it was because I got my phone as a replacement for the Touch Pro and they didn't send a SIM card with the Touch Pro 2 because it was a replacement, but I called about a week back and got the SIM card for free.
I was looking for something like maxroam, but it's a little too late right now. But if I ever do go somewhere else it looks like a good idea! I will be traveling to a few countries so local prepaid SIMs might not be the best. I think I will just be using the Sprint SIM card if I need to make any calls. For the most part this will be an emergency phone. I won't be making or receiving too many calls. I might be receiving a few texts though.
I just got off the phone with Sprint, she was one of the best reps I've ever spoke to from Sprint. She helped so much, she'll be giving me a call tomorrow before I leave so that we can block data when I'm gone. She also added the Plan to reduce the minute price and pro rated it, so it will only cost about $1.60. I actually have downloaded Skype already, and have it installed, I haven't added any money to the account, but if I have to I will. I will mostly probably just be making Skype to Skype calls. I also have a Google Voice app so when I'm on WiFi I can use this application to text people for status updates over WiFi instead of having to pay $.50 for each text.
Does Sprint Lovers ROM support GSM calling and texting? Because if so I might use that one. I just want it to be reliable so I'm not having to constantly reset my phone, or have it freeze when I'm using it. Thank you so much for all your help!