No I'm not there yet. But one part of my plan has just crumpled into dust. Three months ago or so I purchased an iPhone 4. This was not an impulse-driven decision. I researched it, and planned, and came to the conclusion that this would be the perfect phone to have in Italy. It arrived, I downloaded a few Europe-specific GPS applications, and even a brilliant app. for the Venice Biennale made specifically for iPhones. I was so perfectly set up , and totally in love at this point with the phone. I mean, faced with a raging fire in my home, I would probably dive back into the flames to retrieve it. (Love apparently is inversely proportional to common sense). However, Verizon has just informed me that this iPhone is not a GMS-compatible device (who the heck knows???) and Italy is a GMS country. So the iPhone will not work there. What???? So I'm having to rent a Blackberry device that will have my same number (good), will be able to operate as a GPS (fine), but will cost a ridiculous amount of money to use (bad) and will not be able to use the wonderful Sotheby's Biennale application designed specifically for iPhones (horrible).
Signed,
non-GMS Diane in a GMS world
