Thanks, Steve. I'll try that one.

I use Windows Mobile as my main phone os, maybe you are interrested in some essential apps for WP8(.1) if you travel a lot:

• Aldi Talk App:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...9-3eb0f478598c
• Blackberry Messenger:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...2-dc96c1b761fa
• Amazon Kindle:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-00237de2db9e
• Assistant:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-6102323df4e8
• Kobo Books:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-cdc626608160
• Podcasts:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...e-61d1a9d63ed3
• (Google) CloudMuzik:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-193016da392e
• icalendar Import (add ical events to your calendar)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...2-619192cb1713
• Google Maps Project
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...7-e1ff327f1965
• All my passes (great boarding pass app!)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-ff5cf0b2ae15
• Magnify News Reader
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...0-9e3cd4a66c54
• Global TV (TV streaming)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...e-9c5f32b15b59
• Trekkit Traveller
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...1-b824bacf5e97
• UniShare
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-d3e3fc61d6ea
• Zoiper VoIP
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-578fa1660737
• Facebook Messenger
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-c44b04e6a0c7
• Travel Mate
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-dac1719206d8
• FTPconnect
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...9-c2feb4556423
• World Clock Tiles
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...a-ec2f552500a4
• Pass Wallet (Passbook to Wallet)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-e15dd182b8fc
• Dropbox
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...7-9f53e5e04e41
• Netzkino
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-fc021505867c
• E Splitter (break up travel expenses for multiple people)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...2-ec36c571728d
• LinPhone (VoIP client)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...7-569c1f480d29
• Phonly (Feedly App)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...0-dd497ba38711
• Camcard Reader (Scan Businesscards)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-00237de2db9e
• Battery
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...9-91e816767517
• Connectivity Shortcuts
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-b897bff25a2c
• TapaTalk (Forum)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-9d3ec7e78d6e
• Blitzer.de
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-78e7d1fa76f8
• Webapps
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...9-066244fc9e2f
• IM+ (Multi Messenger Software)
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-78e7d1fa76f8
• HRS Hotels
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-00237de2db9e
• Hotel.de
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...2-78e7d1fa76f8
• Audible Audiobooks
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...6-de72fa0b365d
• Tube Maps
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-00237de2db9e
• PayPal
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...1-d66a34d19fb6
• TripAdvisor
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...c-00237de2db9e
• Wordpress
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...4-00237de2db9e
• Toshl Finance
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...e-0a30b44345e7
• TripIt
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...b-78e7d1fa76f8

Have fun and enjoy...


BK

There are a lot of cheap Windows Phones coming up within the next weeks, as Microsoft stopped cashing in for the OS and OEM's can use it for free now:

Xolo Q900s
http://www.gsmarena.com/xolo_win_q900s-6476.php

Prestigio 8500 & 8400 and some more.

Follow the Link to see recent (upcoming) Dual Sim Windows Phones: http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3...SIMs=1&sOSes=4

BK

Thanks for posting this.
I don't use data. I have never yet had a smart phone.
I am thinking aboout Windows phones.
Last week Amazon was sellling a Nokia Lumia 520 for $39.99.
I am a really slow adopter of smart phones
so I will go very inexpensive on a first one.

I've just created a thread for general OS and app discussions and requested with the admins to move the relevant posts from there to: http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8561

The Nokia 630 Dual SIM is currently on sale at German Mediamarkt and Saturn stores for just € 109: http://hukd.mydealz.de/deals/nokia-l...-saturn-395258

Someone is pushing their phones pretty aggressively into the market these days.

Tempting. I've already got a Samsung ATIV S and a Lumia 520 (and may end up with a Lumia 521 as well) but there's always room for more. Considering how terrible cheap dual-SIM Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy Duos can be (1.78 GB internal storage, but you can't store apps on the SD Card), this is a great deal.

I own a Lumia 630 dual sim, bought in Germany through Amazon, and I'm satisfied with it. It has become my only phone at the moment and I'm so happy to have just 1 phone always with me instead of two.

It works well and it's cheap. Of course it has some drawbacks, mainly the lack of proximity and light sensors and the flash, which is useful when used as a torch light. It's also not good as a "World phone" since it only supports WCDMA 900 and 2100 (it's ok on GSM, but not good for data) and it's not LTE.

One weird thing which happens to me, living by the border between Italy and Slovenia, is that every time I change the sim I use for data it perfectly works but I see "Si Vodafone" as the registered operator even if I'm still perfectly using Wind and Vodafone IT!

I'm going to rekindle this old thread. Expansys has a good deal on a Windows Mobile Dual SIM phone which has just about every band you can think of. While I prefer IOS or Android, this looks like a great travel phone.

http://www.expansys-usa.com/microsof...-black-276476/

I'm still looking for a good callback service recommendation for WM.

With some of the great pan-European data deals out there and some of the other SIMs which now offer free incoming on non-surcharged phone numbers (e.g. a regular US or UK mobile number -- not IOM, Jersey, Lichtenstein, Estonia) I can see some great possibilities here.