Nope. The Verizon Treos (although I don't recall which one you have) are CDMA only. The Motorola phone you had must have been capable of doing GSM also (unless London has some CDMA towers?? I've never heard of that). GSM's a totally different architecture and radio configuration than CDMA and the two are not interoperable (yet).
I've seen talk of the building of cellular radios that can interoperate with all kinds of CDMA and all bands of GSM. That may be what's in the new Blackberry that can do both, or that device (which looks HUGE in the ads) may just have two separate radios inside. The cellular carriers don't WANT interoperability, any more than they want to do away with onerous contracts -- both things lock people in to one carrier, which they think is good for business. They will be dragged kicking and screaming (and featuring it like Verizon is) into interoperability by their customers' needs to make phone calls in an increasingly small world. It's just the evolution of the business. Cheers, Don -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Clark Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Treo] Re: International Verizon Treo? Two years ago before Treo I set up with Verizon two weeks of service in London for my Motorola flip-phone. Worked just fine. The phone was CDMA. I could make and receive calls. Pricey, however, and I did not use it much except to receive calls and call home. The service used my regular phone number. People who called thought I was still in Orange County, CA. I'm hoping my Treo 650 can be configured to do the same thing on an October trip to Italy. Have not talked to Verizon yet. Dave Clark http://web.mac.com/dave28c http://www.clarklawfirm.com
