After considering a few options for Italy, here's what we have, hope this works!
First I watched this video (thanks to whoever found this, it was great):
www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/how-to-set-up-a-prepaid-cell-phone-in-italy.html
So I just bought a used unlocked Motorola V190 on ebay for $17 (these are selling for about this price, regularly):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270829312670#ht_994wt_932
and we'll buy a SIM card on arrival.
We had debated renewing our Verizon plan early, and buying an Android 2.2 which does take a SIM card and would cost $99 with the 2-year renewal - but it's not 4G... (how come you have to choose between SIM-capable and 4G?). But their per-minute charges on the international plan were high, and personally I was nervous about ending up with accidental high data charges etc.
I'll report back about how this worked out. Again, thanks to all who have posted tips.
First I watched this video (thanks to whoever found this, it was great):
www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/how-to-set-up-a-prepaid-cell-phone-in-italy.html
So I just bought a used unlocked Motorola V190 on ebay for $17 (these are selling for about this price, regularly):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270829312670#ht_994wt_932
and we'll buy a SIM card on arrival.
We had debated renewing our Verizon plan early, and buying an Android 2.2 which does take a SIM card and would cost $99 with the 2-year renewal - but it's not 4G... (how come you have to choose between SIM-capable and 4G?). But their per-minute charges on the international plan were high, and personally I was nervous about ending up with accidental high data charges etc.
I'll report back about how this worked out. Again, thanks to all who have posted tips.