Hey all, first post

[Melody]

I wanted a cheap, local phone to call locally, taxis, restaurants & such. (thus needed a phone to have with me while out and about). I kept my iPhone on airplane mode with my data plan off the entire time I was there and just used it at my hotel in the wifi zone for emailing home, a bit of web browsing (Tripit!) and checking my emails and flight status etc. I did not want to risk international roaming charges. Plus, the international calling/data plans back home are expensive. Depending on your usage, it's probably cheaper to get a local phone, sim & minutes. Lime is a lot cheaper than digicel right now. Markus posted a few weeks ago that he got a phone plus everything he needed for around $20. And using local minutes to call home is just pennies a minute.

The world travel phone that you're not currently using at home would work, or any unlocked quad band gsm phone. I would not use my current phone as I wouldn't get it unlocked or mess with my provider's sim card and plan.

No idea why the Samsung phone got loaded with viruses if it was only used for taking Photos. Leaving my iPhone on airplane mode, data plan off & using wifi as well as taking photos, I had absolutely no problems or charges.