07-Jul-2008
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It's time to add yet another country to our iPhone world tour list of service plans. This time we venture to the land of Portugal--personally, I like to picture one of those Indiana Jones-style red lines flying over Google Maps. As you may remember, Portugal was one of the ten countries included in just a scant two months ago, and the carrier has now released details on the plans they'll be offering in the country. Vodafone's not the exclusive iPhone 3G provider in Portugal, however--Optimus, which is largely owned by Orange, will also be selling the iPhone there. One nice touch from the carrier--and, as usual, this depends on my somewhat (read: totally) questionable Portuguese translation--is that while a data cap is being enforced, if you don't happen to use up all your limit in one month, those unused megabytes roll over...
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