You want to consult this Taiwan company, which buys a pre-paid SIM card for you and mail it to your home address so that you can use it upon arrival. I am going to the US for a conference and trip for 2 weeks next month, and I have already purchased one. You need to provide your day of arrival and phone number won't be released until then. Good luck.
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The best mouse is no mouse at all, and use as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. If you are a GNU/Linux user, that won't be of much problem, since the only cases when you have to use mouse are with using a web browser, or transitioning between applications. If you are a Windows user, you may simply activate the "Mouse Key" to mandate most of short-range mouse work to your keyboard numeric pad. In addition, Windows has much better GUI keyboard support in Vista, and it may reflect that Microsoft sees the needs from advanced users and programmers.
Although having a Logitech cordless mouse at moment, I have my hands on keyboard for some 70 percent of all my time. I use both Windows Vista and Ubuntu (in a VM). It is so cool to finish most of tasks via a keyboard while others around you are moving their hands and pointing like a fly.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (author of MINUX, which in turn Linux derives from) wrote on his homepage that "Mom told me that it is impolite to point others".
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You want to consult this Taiwan company, which buys a pre-paid SIM card for you and mail it to your home address so that you can use it upon arrival. I am going to the US for a conference and trip for 2 weeks next month, and I have already purchased one. You need to provide your day of arrival and phone number won't be released until then. Good luck. http://www.aerobile.com/eshop/index.php
The best mouse is no mouse at all, and use as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. If you are a GNU/Linux user, that won't be of much problem, since the only cases when you have to use mouse are with using a web browser, or transitioning between applications. If you are a Windows user, you may simply activate the "Mouse Key" to mandate most of short-range mouse work to your keyboard numeric pad. In addition, Windows has much better GUI keyboard support in Vista, and it may reflect that Microsoft sees the needs from advanced users and programmers. Although having a Logitech cordless mouse at moment, I have my hands on keyboard for some 70 percent of all my time. I use both Windows Vista and Ubuntu (in a VM). It is so cool to finish most of tasks via a keyboard while others around you are moving their hands and pointing like a fly. Andrew S. Tanenbaum (author of MINUX, which in turn Linux derives from) wrote on his homepage that "Mom told me that it is impolite to point others".