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I'm moving to Berlin in August and have been googling about using my iPhone there.  I am in Atlanta, Georgia area currently and with AT&T.  I haven't called them yet to find out about all this.  I'm a long-time customer, since Cingular, but I'm also only half-way through what is probably a 2-year contract from my upgrade to iPhone 3GS last summer.

I've seen online that the only cell phone service in Germany is T-Mobile.  Would I have to get my iPhone unlocked?  Is that difficult to do oneself?  Could I just change sim cards? And what happens when I travel within Europe--do I have to change sims or anything as I visit France or anything?  My son will be attending university in Scotland and I'm wondering if I'll be able to just call him via iPhone or would I have to use Skype?  I have a Google Voice number which I use to call my daughter in Africa, and I guess I could use that also.

Any info on this is appreciated--I've never lived overseas before and so this will be quite a change--in a positive way!
Thanks,
bailey

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