I tried using the V801SH with a USIM from a Swedish operator, no luck. On the other hand the same card with a European UMTS phone worked fine with the Vodafone Japan network. I don't think you can buy a Vodafone phone without contract here in Japan. All three operators try their best to make it impossible to use their phones outside Japan, even for offline demonstration usage. Wonder why. Regards, ClausReceived on Sun Jun 20 05:58:39 2004