Forgot your password?  Comment: Iphone 2G =Yes, multiband
Motorola = no (Score 1) 149  by Blorgo (#37610868) Attached to:
Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China?  I went
there two years ago in September. I took 2 phones there, a
little Motorola that works in all the USA and Europe (but as it
turns out, not China) an unlocked Iphone 2g. (I left my then-new
Iphone 3g at home - not unlocked, higher theft value). I kept it
on my person at all times, and Customs didn't ask about it when
I entered the country; it was in my pocket.  It worked fine; I
bought a 300 MB data-enabled SIM which lasted me 10 days
(remember, Edge speeds). As a phone it worked fine, and when I
got text messages in Chinese they were either spam, or sent to
my Chinese friends from their family. I didn't try to get texts
in English but I heard they work too.  With the data plan, I
could pull up Google maps, check email, etc. Google maps helps a
bit for finding your way, if you know about where you are and
where you want to go, but