Immerse Yourself in Costa Rica is BULLSH*T

Can you experience Costa Rica without 'immersing' yourself into the culture or mastering the language? A lot of websites say, 'no'... I say, "BULLSHIT". Check out the video to see why.



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Using YOUR Cell Phone in Costa Rica

I don't have the foggiest idea about using your cell phone while traveling in Costa Rica. Luckily, D'Angelo does. Check it out. After the video, I quoted a guy who commented on the video for added information. Hopefully, the video and comments explain what it is you need to do.

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) are the phones with the "smart chip." If you're from the USA and want to purchase a prepaid Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card) from a Costa Rican cellular provider, you need an UNLOCKED phone from AT&T or T-Mobile. If your phone is uses CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) such as Sprint, Verizon or MetroPCS, then your phone does not use a SIM card and will NOT accept a pre-paid SIM card from a Costa Rican cellular provider.

In the USA, AT&T and T-Mobile sell their phones locked to their networks. A SIM-card from a different cell phone company will not work in your phone until you get your phone unlocked. AT&T will usually agree to unlock your phone at the end of your 2-year contract. T-Mobile will allow you to unlock your phone once your phone is fully paid for. AT&T and T-Mobile do not sell unlocked phones and they do not unlock them automatically, you must specifically request to have your phone unlocked.

Feel FREE to add your own INFO in the comments if you think it will help.
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What's the most common use for a mobile phone?

Not making calls, not texting, not accessing the internet or taking and sharing photos - can you believe the most common use for a mobile phone is TELLING THE TIME?

The mobile phone is 40 years old this month.  Martin Cooper made the first call on 3 April, 1973 in New York.   A fascinating article by Adrian Lee is full of facts and figures to make you stop and look back at your phone-using past.

How about being the most annoying person in the office today - test how much your friends & colleagues can remember.  Correct answers in our office were thin on the ground but produced plenty of hilarity.

1. What year did the first mobile phone go on sale in the US?
2. What year did the first mobile phone go on sale in the UK?
3. How much did a phone cost approx in UK when it first went on sale?
4. What year was voicemail first used?
5. What year was texting first used?   (Apparently you had to text via a PC in the early days)
6. What year was (clumsy) internet access first used?
7. What year was photo sharing first used? 

Read more for answers and a link to the full article.

 

ANSWERS:

1. US first phone on sale - 1983
2. UK first phone on sale  - 1987
3. UK first phone on sale in 1987 for £1,200
4. Voicemail arrived 1986
5. Texting arrived 1993
6. Internet Access arrived 1996
7. Photo sharing arrived 1997

Read Adrian Lee's full article here

 
Lynda Nicolson
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