Three questions (Data and international roaming)

I'm thinking of upgrading my cdma service on three - to the $18/month
plan with a SEK608i phone. My main reasons for upgrading are to access
international roaming and to make occassional data calls when
travelling (both OZ and OS). I know I don't need a 3G phone for these
features - so transferring to a cheap GSM plan with another provider is
also an option.

Can you guys help me with the following questions?

Data: The casual rate on 3 seems to be $4/mB. At these rates I'll be
happy with GPRS speeds. Do any of the GSM providers have cheaper casual
data rates?

Phone: Are there other 3 phones (with tri-band) that I should be
considering? In particular, are there smaller phones (the 608i is just
over 100g) and/or phones with better sound quality?

Roaming: How do 3's international roaming rates compare with other
providers (eg for the US).

Thanks.

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I switched from CDMA to 3, same phone K608i [do a google and u can read
a report from a few weeks ago]Did not want a flip and also not a Korean
phone either

Size is no issue, sound quality is the BEST of any of the 10 prior
phones owned.BETTER than land line [this is using the stero headphones
supplied]

Yes i got it for tri-band USA roaming, but its locked on 3 Sim for 12
months @$14 after that u can buy a sim in USA and use it at a lower
rate

I dont use any of that video/data rubbish