On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:59:07 -0400, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote, in part:

> --- [snip] ---
>
> ... Of course any AT&T or Verizon customer that cared about roaming
> costs, would be using a 900/1800 MHz phone with a prepaid SIM card when
> they leave North America.
>
> --- [snip] ---

Actually, you need 850 MHz in parts of South America, as my wife and I
learned in Ecuador, where here quad-band T-Mo RAZR roamed successfully
while my mere tri-band (900/1800/1900) T-Mo Nokia was dead in the water.

But tell me: does any carrier offer -- or does any manufacturer make
-- a cell phone that does *both* quad-band GSM *and* the Korean/Japanese
sort of WCDMA? (And, preferably, double as a tetherable GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA
data modem in both GSM-land and Korea/Japan?) If so, details, please!

Thanks, -- tlvp