In my case, I need to check emails, monitor my web sites and use my Skype application to phone home, since we aren’t taking the kids with us (thanks Mom!). Text messages are in another charge category altogether. A short text email will have a small amount of data, whereas an email with several photos attached will use a lot more data. “Data” refers to the amount of information that you download from the internet through emails or web surfing. Just to clarify, if you have a “smart” phone like an iPhone or Blackberry – there are separate charges for voice calls (ie normal phone calls) and “data” usage. I need to use my iPhone when traveling, but I was quite worried about the mysterious data roaming charges and the various associated horror stories that I’ve heard of. I’m going to be traveling to the United States in the near future and one of the things I’ve been researching is data charges for my iPhone in the US.
Or more accurately – “How to get ripped off a little bit less by your phone provider when traveling to the US”.
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