Originally Posted by Meanee (Post 1560486)

davejet,

Any info on voice calls? I am planning to go to Punta Cana in May, just wanted to get some info.

Also, wonder if the fact that I do not have my Sprint SIM card will be a problem

Originally Posted by davejet (Post 1561954)

You do not need the sprint sim card for cdma only for gsm.
You can make voice calls on the cdma but it is 1.99 a minute.

I strictly used the CDMA which does not use the sprint sim card.
goto to phone options select network tab select cdma only and then goto cdma services select roaming and select automatic

The best thing to do for Punta Cana is call sprint international and activate the international data plan for the number of days you are going to be there.
Download skype for your touch pro2 and buy skpe credit to call a phone or get the person you are trying to call to also download skpe. My girlfriend has skype on your touchpro 2 so she knows once I get to Punta Cana to turn on skpe on her cell phone and leave it on I do the same we can then call each other for Free.

It sounds great if you use either a bluetooth headset or a wired headset otherwise the feedback makes it totally useless.

U can also text direct to another skype for free so we can talk and skpe for free.

Your other option is to goto the villiage ask any driver and buy a sim card for Orange and you can use that to make calls.
I had great calls with skpe and I bet as good as using a sim card

Originally Posted by affald (Post 1562125)

Your girlfriend lets you go to the D.R. without her? You are the man!

Originally Posted by noahas (Post 1563879)

If you are going to use a SIM card, like Orange, do you need to run the SIM unlocker on the phone, or do you just pop the new SIM card in and it works?

Also, just to try to understand, if you use the other option, of the Sprint international unlimited data plan, Skype will work through that as well as wifi (if available)?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by miketab (Post 1563982)

phone is unlocked right out the box anywhere in the world exdept in the US, so orange will work fine.

yes, skype work either with sprint data or wifi.

Originally Posted by jerryyyyy (Post 1571019)

Thanks for this post. I am heading to Qatar and France next few weeks and will report back. I have not unlocked the phone. One of the unlockers promoted her gave me a virus warning, so I got scared. I do have my unlock code from Sprint (MSL).

Looks like the cheapest is to get the unlimited data from Sprint for a few days and to use Skype. But, how can you prevent you friends from calling you and incurring charges? I guess there is no charge if you ignore them, and call back on Skype?