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Useful things these smart phones, I may have to get one eventually ^_^ . I hear even Gaybutton even got one not so long ago.

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What's the position regarding data downloads on a PAYG basis for tourists to Thailand? Are there reasonably priced options available?

 

To be honest, I expect to continue doing most of my web surfing on a netbook using hotel or coffee shop wifi. However, these smartphones might just be useful for applications like street maps, gayromeo etc.

 

As for the photo, well I'm not usually attracted to body builder types, but somehow this one does it for me. (Hint: post photos, whilst observing the not nudity rule)

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I don't have any information on smart phones, but I must say that is a most fem looking body builder ...which works for me also.

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As a late starter to smart phones and one who generally regards a phone for telephony and texts, I take the view that you gotta have a contract with inclusive data download if you use a smartphone in your own country. I don't need twitter or facebook or their like, but the gps maps & traffic, weather, and the ability to link to the internet is a great feature. Skype in particular is useful. Problem is, they want to connect and update themselves all the time. Left alone they don't consume very much data because they ask for permission before any big download, its the fact that they do connect thereby incurring a minimum daily charge from your service provider if you don't have a contract, and even if you do have a contract, connecting when overseas will incur significant charges. So when going abroad I just take the sim card out of my smart phone and stick it in my old faithful... albeit an obsolete model that thankfully no thief would be seen dead with. Then I've no worries about data download because my old phone just doesn't. Every service provider charges different rates for downloads outside your own country; you may be able to get a preferrential rate if you pre-pay for chunks of data or a specific period, but either way its more expensive than buying in to a sim card in the country you're visiting.

 

OK, so your smartphone can connect to your email accounts and download your emails, but I much prefer opening up my laptop when it suits me and using a full size keyboard attached to a decent size screen to view and respond to email when travelling. And since when travelling my laptop is usually with me, I don't miss my smartphone. Most places guys like us stay in offer a wifi or cable connection so until recently I didn't need anything else until...

 

Last year when travelling 'up country' to visit the bf's family home in Ubon, I had through necessity to buy one of those USB plug-in 'dongle' devices that houses a sim card for a fast 3G internet connection. Mine is with AIS but other Thai networks offer similar. They work on the same principal as wot smart phones use to connect to the internet. You can take the sim card out of this USB device and put it into your 3G smartphone to use in just the same way. They give you a pay by megabyte option or pay by time option, but both on a per monthly basis. Seemed to cost same pro rate whichever option you chose. If I remember correctly, up to 30Mb downloads a month cost about 300Baht, or unlimited useage was 700B per month. I think the dongle thing cost about 1,100Baht but now I've got it I only need top up the sim card for a month next time I go upcountry.

 

Hope that helps

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