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I'm headed to europe for a 3 week vacation, and would like to bring my cellphone in lieu of a laptop/cyber cafes. I plan on removing my sim, and using wifi only. Is this possible?

Can I still receive texts to my phone via my google voice number even without a sim?

Are there any western europe map packs that I can get and use with the N900?

I plan on using my phone to:
alarm clock/ clock
sms people back home in the US (hopefully with google voice)
skype people?
use it as a gps for walking directions

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yes
no
yes w/ maploader

positioning doesn't work properly without data.
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I was also thinking of possibly getting a prepaid sim in London. Anyone know of one with unlimited data?
 
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Yes, you can use it w/out a SIM card and still retain the use of its Wi-Fi but you must be careful about connecting to servers that are in the US.
 

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For maps you can use Sygic Mobile for Maemo see: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...363#post572363 or http://www.sygic.com

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 View Post
Yes, you can use it w/out a SIM card and still retain the use of its Wi-Fi but you must be careful about connecting to servers that are in the US.
Yeah, you really need to be careful about that.
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Originally Posted by qwerty12 View Post
Yes, you can use it w/out a SIM card and still retain the use of its Wi-Fi but you must be careful about connecting to servers that are in the US.
this won't matter if I don't have a sim card in right? It will only matter if I have a euro sim card?
 
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If you don't have sim card, it will revert to US wifi restrictions so some EU wifi channels will be unavailable..

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I was also thinking of possibly getting a prepaid sim in London. Anyone know of one with unlimited data?
Hey get a vodafone or o2 sim card and add the web bolt on to it for £7.50 will give you unlimited data for 30 days.
 
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Originally Posted by jeweladdict View Post
this won't matter if I don't have a sim card in right? It will only matter if I have a euro sim card?
It's a joke
 
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