On the other hand, if free 4G data is more interesting, FreedomPop would like your attention. headquarters to expand their market beyond their decidedly UK-centric Web site. New at CES from Truphone is a nano SIM that can be used in an iPhone 5, and a U.S. I’ll hang onto Truphone’s press giveaway SIM card in case they’re a good choice for future travel it’s certainly easier than finding a local provider every time you touch down in a new country. That’s a win over AT&T’s roaming rate of $15.36 per megabyte, but far moreĮxpensive than the cost of AT&T’s international data package, which costs $30 for 120 MB ($0.25/MB). In theory, you’ll save money over roaming with your existing cell phone plan - however, checking their rates for an upcoming trip to Canada gave me an eye-popping quote of $4.29 per megabyte. Truphone offers both prepaid by-the-month service and ongoing plans.
Truphone provides a $30 GSM SIM card that you can slot into your unlocked mobile phone to roam internationally on the Truphone service, which the company purchases wholesale from regional providers. Exhibitors here get direct access to members of the media, usually at lower cost than having a CES booth the press comes because it’s open bar and free food, while tomorrow we’ll be paying $20 for a Coke and a hot dog at the Las Vegas Convention Center.įirst up are a pair of cellular network services hoping to break the phone carrier death grip on the marketplace. While some of the exhibitors are also at the real CES starting tomorrow, these two shows are run by separate companies. Tonight’s “(literally) feed the beast” press scrum was Pepcom’s Digital Experience, which alongside tomorrow’s Showstoppers serves as an alternate CES. I say with no exaggeration that I heard at least three people burst into sardonic laughter while following signs to the ballroom, when turning yet another corner led to yet another long hallway to be The Starbucks is conveniently located past the midpoint of my 40-year trek through the desert from the MGM Grand Ballroom to my hotel about half of those years were through the MGM Grand, the largest hotel in the United States. Greetings again from CES 2013, or, rather, from the Starbucks at Planet Hollywood, where the Wi-Fi is surprisingly good, the venti coffees are the most expensive I’ve ever seen, and the house band in the casino is covering Guns N’ Roses.