resurrecting this old thread for a bit of reassurance ... I did the prepaid SIM + sidekick + proxy/Tor thing last summer on a trip to USA and it was all good. Am visiting again shortly, and I had a look on the T-Mo website and saw this new $1.49 day web pass.

So, it sounds like I can buy a new prepaid SIM in a T-Mo store on the most basic PAYG plan, whack on say $10 in credit, and then pay $1.49/day for each of the 5 days I'll be in NY in order to get full web access with enough left over for the odd voice call & text?

The only thing I'm not clear about is whether this is now "legit" on an N900 (i.e. a smartphone) or if the day web pass is supposed to be for dumbphones only. I don't really care either way (as I'm sure it'll work regardless) but I'd like clarity so I know whether I can take my N900 into the store and pop in the SIM immediately - or whether I should just buy the sim and take it aweay to install later (if the plan is not intended for smartphones). There's nothing I can see on the website that would preclude using the web day pass for a smartphone ... can any one advise?