well i have a few questions i would like to ask about N900.
first i live in australia and in Australia, N900 hasn't come out yet but last week i bought my N900 over the internet (Haven't recieved it yet).
the question is, Will i need a sim card which includes internet usage for me to use msn, skype, facebook, etc... applications when i m not connected with wifi?

Thank you

ive had a n900 since it came out, works fine with vodafone..................

Yep, U need to get internet pack on your plan

you dont have to, I dont have one......... but it is much cheaper if you will use the GMTS internet a lot

It's not that you always right, so please stop using bold. (i paid attention as it's not the first time). because as you use it to answer question - most people would skip other answers straight to yours. thank you

and about msn and skype - if you don't use wifi so you need other way of connection to internet ( the data has to be exchanged somehower) so the phone would use 3G internet.

yes........................ okay

well Whats is GMTS internet?? i never heard of this internet thing...
is it like free internet ??


P.S
so basically in the end i need a plan or prepaid sim card with internet pack if i dont dont have to pay extra?
Thank you very much

the best way to find out is to call your operator. in my country it works like that, if you have 3G connection you can use internet= but you pay per MB and it's not that cheap. though u can ask for plan and than you pay per package + per every MB as you got out of limit

GTMS? I think he means GPRS (2G) or UTMS (3G) or HSDPA (3.5G).

Either way you will need a sim with internet enabled preferably with unlimited usage.

You can never surf the web over the cellular network without your operator charging you.

I know only my country's operators' tariffs, but I just can't imagine anyone giving free data transfer to users in their network.

The usual pattern:
No dataplan = you surf with a lower speed than with a package, and you are probably being charged by transferred kilobyte. Usually expensive with even light use.

Dataplan = a quota to transfer, usually with a higher speed and a fixed free every month, unless you go over that quota of course.