Thanks to all of you for advices and shops details. I will not seek adventures with photo gear. I still don't know a reliable shop address for buying a smartphone without a contract. Pini -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Cunningham Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:23 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Cheap equipment True, I bought an AT&T Go sim card for US travel this summer. Pooper it didn't work in Canada. But I must have missed the coordinating unblocked smartphones. On 8/20/11 5:18 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > On 2011-08-20 05:57, Trevor Cunningham wrote: >> I'd recommend eBay for this. Or, in Chicago, there's always Devon St. >> Lots of East European/West Asian electronics merchants from the lake to >> the airport. The US is rather behind the times with the whole cellular >> thing and insists that phones be sold with service contracts. > > Contracts are more common, but they're not required. My wife's phone > is a pay-as-you-go model, and there are lots of people selling those, > from specialty stores to the corner grocery. >
