hi buddy.! i also own an n900 UK device from the 3rd of december. yes u r right i had to manually do the proxy settings for vodafone gprs. The only problem im facing till now is that the GPS does not connect when i use it thru gprs. Else the gprs works absolutely fine. While connecting thru Wifi the gps connects almost instantly. Are you facing a similar problem.?? regards somekeystrokes