National Geographic Introduces ‘Talk Abroad’ Travel Cell Phone
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.22.07 | 1:32 PM ET
Using a cell phone overseas has always been an expensive proposition, and that’s if you get service. But National Geographic, in partnership with Cellular Abroad, is about to release what it’s touting as an inexpensive solution for travelers that will work in more than 100 countries, from Aruba to Yemen: the National Geographic Talk Abroad Travel Phone. Coming in March, the $199 GMS phone will require no contracts. Instead, it will come with 30 minutes of free outgoing calls. Users then pre-purchase time at a rate that starts at $29 for 30 minutes. Incoming calls will be free and unlimited in 65 countries. CNET, among others, has coverage.
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Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Terry Ward 02.22.07 | 4:30 PM ET
I gotta get me one of these!
I am constantly buying new SIM cards for my GSM phone (which doesn’t work in America) when I travel. In places like Morocco and Indonesia, SIM cards only cost about a dollar and get you free incoming calls. But in France it’s more like $40 (and if you forget the pin that the SIM comes with - which I always do - it won’t work if you take it out and try to put it back in later).
This phone sounds like a good deal.
rebecca higgins 02.23.07 | 9:29 PM ET
Interested in south america and europe