Everyone is going with the 8700 on the Cingular network. So far for us it has worked in France, Italy, Luxembourg, UK, Thailand and Hong Kong. The one world phone Verizon offers is one of the biggest pieces of crap out there. You can get prepaids to use with Skype that are better. I'm trying to force Verizon to let me out of my contract without the cancellation fee since they do not have the service I need nor do they plan to offer it.
Bigmo, your too late on the lawsuit. It was a class action against Verizon for stripping down the Bluetooth capability of the 710. There were three options to pick from but you had to reply by Dec 9, 2005. Had I known of what was going to transpire this year, I would have selected the get out contract free option.