I'm not sure how I functioned in the world without a phone back in the dark ages. I'm traveling and T-Mobile USA doesn't work here. Who am I kidding? It barely works in the US. T-Mobile Europe is a totally separate company and couldn't help me unlock my phone (despite the fact that it was supposed to already *be* unlocked) so I was basically FUBAR. The folks at Vodafone, however, got me logged into the T-Mobile support to request an unlock. They not only helped but helped happily. I'm still waiting for T-Mobile to do their thing but I'm ready to go with a SIM card and a plan once they get it straightened out. read more