<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Steve G. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wordz2u@gmail.com" target="_blank">wordz2u@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>I hear Samsung Galaxy 2 is good, but I don't know if it has a GPS or whether programming for it is the same as for the later models (can it take the latest dessert-OS from Google?) - any better suggestions?</div>
<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>SGS2 is upgraded by the manufacturer themselves to 4.0.x, which is pretty modern (depending who you ask :)). You can of course run your own firmware at your own risk (i.e. cyanogenmod).<br>
<br>Of course it has GPS. Up not until a while ago, it probably was the best-spec phone you could get... :) (IMHO, and including Apple's white bricks)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Any recommended calling plan (remember, the 054 number probably limits me to Orange)? Any way to do it without breaking the bank?</div></div></blockquote><div><br>For a few years now, Israel has Number Portability. You don't have to stick with Orange. You can go to whichever company you want, as long as your line is not a pre-paid one (and if it is, you can convert it to a non pre-paid one for last one time fee for your current provider, and then port your number to a cheaper/better provider). The cheap ones nowdays are Golan, Hot Mobile, YouPhone and Rami Levi, all depending on your usage patterns. (e.g. if you SMS a lot but talk a little, Golan is probably best. If you talk a lot, SMS a little, Hot would be cheaper. And if you do both [or use tons of 3G], one of the 'unlimited' offers of any one of them... would be better).<br>
<br>HTH,<br><br>-- Shimi<br></div></div><br></div></div>