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Phones and Travel - About Phones and Travel

Learn about international calling cards, global cell phones, satellite phones, country calling codes and how to make international phone calls.
  1. Cell, Satellite, GSM Phones (5)
  2. Skype and VoIP (5)
  3. PDA / Smart Phones (4)

What's the Best Travel Application for iPhones?

What's the Best Travel Application for iPhones? Add your favorite iPhone travel application to the list!

Best iPhone Travel Applications (and How to Unlock an iPhone for Travel)

Man, is it great to see the amount number of iPhone widgets, gadgets and apps, or what? And some of the best iPhone travel applications are truly awesome. Makes it fun to own this gadgety cell phone -- I recently took one for a spin, and loved it except for the bogus US contract (typical US cell phone extortion). However, if you love these best...

Calling Around Down Under - More on GSM Phones and SIM Cards

A friend of ours is out of here, here being the U.S., to New Zealand and Australia for six months and we just dropped off a gift for her upcoming travel: an unlocked GSM phone we bought in Australia with a practically full SIM card in it. We bought it after, while in Oz, misplacing our own precious, unlocked, U.S. GSM cell phone (which magically turned up the minute we purchased the new one, natch), and though we could charge the Aussie GSM cell phone, we couldn't get SIM cards (read more...)

US GSM Cell Phones Overseas (and why they're so expensive)

To make phone calls on your US cell phone outside the US, especially overseas, you must generally have a GSM phone, which will work on international bands. Making phone calls overseas on your US GSM cell phone contracted with a US company may be horrendously expensive because you're roaming, basically. To avoid that, you must have...read more

Stay Connected Worldwide - Sat Phones, Calling Cards and More

Keep in touch while you travel internationally using state of the art technology or simple e-mail. Find the solution for your student travel communication needs here.

Country Codes - Find International Country Calling Codes

International calling codes, or country codes, are digits that must be dialed to reach a telephone number in another country. Learn how to dial an international call with country code and find country codes and city codes.

iMate KJAM Mini - Coolest PDA Smartphone

Also called "Qtek 9100" and "HTC Wizard," the iMate KJAM Mini is a tech wizard's dream cell phone -- the smallest Windows smart phone that you can pack.

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