Cingular Nation in Germany?

I am traveling to Germany in a couple of weeks (for a week), and want
to know if it is worth my while to upgrade my phone before I go from
the Nokia 3360 (NO GSM) to the Nokia 6340i? If I do this can I use
the phone in Germany? How much will it cost to use overseass?

Newbie to GSM travel, so be kind!

Thanks

Glenn Fincher

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3360 is tdma and not GSM
6340i is GAIT = TDMA + GSM
Europe is GSM
USA GSM uses 850/1900
Europe GSM use 900/1800

Neither is compatable.
If you want a phone for the trip, get a V400.
Only phone that Cingular sell that will work everywhere.
Some other are 3 band but will only do the 850/1800/1900.
1800 is "new" for Europe

On 6 Mar 2004 17:33:30 -0800, [email protected] (Glenn Fincher)
wrote:

>I am traveling to Germany in a couple of weeks (for a week), and want
>to know if it is worth my while to upgrade my phone before I go from
>the Nokia 3360 (NO GSM) to the Nokia 6340i? If I do this can I use
>the phone in Germany? How much will it cost to use overseass?
>
>Newbie to GSM travel, so be kind!
>
>Thanks
>
>Glenn Fincher

kf4qzj <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> 3360 is tdma and not GSM
> 6340i is GAIT = TDMA + GSM
> Europe is GSM
> USA GSM uses 850/1900
> Europe GSM use 900/1800
>
> Neither is compatable.
> If you want a phone for the trip, get a V400.
> Only phone that Cingular sell that will work everywhere.
> Some other are 3 band but will only do the 850/1800/1900.
> 1800 is "new" for Europe
>

Thanks for the info!

Off to Cingular for a V400.

"Glenn Fincher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> kf4qzj <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > 3360 is tdma and not GSM
> > 6340i is GAIT = TDMA + GSM
> > Europe is GSM
> > USA GSM uses 850/1900
> > Europe GSM use 900/1800
> >
> > Neither is compatable.
> > If you want a phone for the trip, get a V400.
> > Only phone that Cingular sell that will work everywhere.
> > Some other are 3 band but will only do the 850/1800/1900.
> > 1800 is "new" for Europe
> >
>
> Thanks for the info!
>
> Off to Cingular for a V400.

You don't have to buy a phone from Cingular. Any unlocked GSM phone will
accept your Cingular SIM card.

Pick the phone you want based on the frequencies you need and the features
you want, then find the best price online.

"Glenn Fincher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am traveling to Germany in a couple of weeks (for a week), and want
> to know if it is worth my while to upgrade my phone before I go from
> the Nokia 3360 (NO GSM) to the Nokia 6340i? If I do this can I use
> the phone in Germany?

No. The 6340i does not support GSM 900 & 1800 Mhz.

> How much will it cost to use overseass?

See http://earthroam.com

You have several choices:

1. Get the Motorola V400. This is the only World Phone offered by Cingular
at this time. Supports both U.S. frequencies and both Europe/Asia/ROW
frequencies. You can roam internationally. If you get it unlocked, you can
buy prepaid SIM cards in Germany which will be less expensive than roaming.
However it is unlikely if Cingular will unlock it, you'll have to send it to
a company in Las Vegas to get it unlocked, and you don't have time for that.

2. Buy an unlocked dual band (900/1800) or tri-band (900/1800/1900) GSM
phone and buy a prepaid SIM card in Germany, or sign up for Hop Mobile Hop
Abroad.

3. Change to the the 6340i so you can have a GSM phone with a SIM card, AND
buy an inexpensive unlocked dual band (900/1800) or tri-band (900/1800/1900)
GSM phone to use with either your Cingular SIM card, OR with a prepaid SIM
card.

I'd advise #3. With the 6340i, you cover your bases in the U.S.. With a $100
tri-band GSM phone, you cover your bases in Europe and Asia.

Ideally, there'd be a quad band GSM phone with AMPS and TDMA, but this is
unlikely to happen.

Glen,

be careful in when you roam internationally. Once you register in an
other country and somebody calls you, and your phone does not answer,
you will be charged for TWO internatioan call, one to find that your
phone is off, and the other back to your phone mail.

I would enable the GSM feature to unconditionally forward you phone to
your phone mail, and let the sms deliver the message. Maybe some GSM
guru out there knows the code.

I would also purchase the sms to email gateway and use that to keep in
touch.

Chip



Glenn Fincher wrote:
> I am traveling to Germany in a couple of weeks (for a week), and want
> to know if it is worth my while to upgrade my phone before I go from
> the Nokia 3360 (NO GSM) to the Nokia 6340i? If I do this can I use
> the phone in Germany? How much will it cost to use overseass?
>
> Newbie to GSM travel, so be kind!
>
> Thanks
>
> Glenn Fincher

Ralph Blach <[email protected]> wrote
> Once you register in an
> other country and somebody calls you, and your phone does not answer,
> you will be charged for TWO internatioan call, one to find that your
> phone is off, and the other back to your phone mail.

You'll only get charged that way if your phone actually answers. When
you turn off your phone it unregisters from the network and calls are
automatically directed to voicemail (if you have it).

The cheapest way to handle incoming calls while roaming is to turn
your phone on, then set it to unconditionally forward to voicemail. On
your voicemail message tell people to leave you a numeric page (press
"2"). You'll get the page as an SMS and you can decide how (and when)
to return the call).

tg.

Tom,

Do yo know the magic incantation to forward you phone to your voicemail

Chip

tom glaab wrote:
> Ralph Blach <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>Once you register in an
>>other country and somebody calls you, and your phone does not answer,
>>you will be charged for TWO internatioan call, one to find that your
>>phone is off, and the other back to your phone mail.
>
>
> You'll only get charged that way if your phone actually answers. When
> you turn off your phone it unregisters from the network and calls are
> automatically directed to voicemail (if you have it).
>
> The cheapest way to handle incoming calls while roaming is to turn
> your phone on, then set it to unconditionally forward to voicemail. On
> your voicemail message tell people to leave you a numeric page (press
> "2"). You'll get the page as an SMS and you can decide how (and when)
> to return the call).
>
> tg.

Ralph Blach <[email protected]> wrote
> Do yo know the magic incantation to forward you phone to your voicemail

It varies from phone to phone. Check your user's manual or Google for
it. There are some GSM *# codes to do it as well, but I don't know
them offhand.

tg.