![]() It was amazing and freeing to do that.įlash forward to 2007 and I'd just purchased the first iPhone so I'm among the first to travel internationally with Apple's new device. But were able to use this phone to speak with our then-five-year-old son while speeding down the Autobahn. ![]() In 2003, we spent a week driving around the German countryside, and to give you an idea of how different things were then, we had to rent an international-capable Nokia handset with a tiny grayscale screen from a place in East Boston and doing that required us to find our way to their office using printed MapQuest directions. But there's a major gotcha you need to know about before you make such a move.Īs a backgrounder of sorts, I have a long history with cellular access in Europe, and things have really improved over time. This year, I'm transitioning from international data access provided by my home carrier to much less expensive, data access from locally-purchased SIM cards. One of my biggest concerns coming to Europe each summer is mobile connectivity: I'm here for over three weeks and I need to be connected to the Internet for both work and personal reasons.
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