Hi Angus, If you buy a GSM iPhone at full price and unlocked you can get a SIM from your provider of choice and you should be able to select a voice only plan. This is definitely the case in Canada since when I first had my iPhone 4 I simply kept my existing cheaper voice only plan and I am sure it's true for Europe. I know people in the States have used AT&T prepaid cards, the only restriction might be with CDMA carriers like Verizon who might force you into a data plan.
Now, as for why you would want an iPhone and then limit it to voice only thereby cutting off so much functionality is another question, but it is of course your choice and I'm just saying that I lasted all of 1 month on my voice only plan after I got my iPhone back in 2010. As for keyboards, there are a number of small keyboards out there most of which are exactly the size of an iPhone, a search of the archives for "mini keyboard" would probably give you some results. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Angus Mackinnon Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: iPhone and the Internet I was wondering if the iPhone could be just used for only voice calls? Also, I would like to find a good Wireless T9 keypad for the iPhone. Is their a T9 keypad for the iPhone? I could get a numberpad for my Wireless Trackpad. Carrying the Wireless Trackpad is a bit cumbersome. Angus MacKinnon MacKinnon Chrest Saying Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat English - Fortune Assists The Daring Creating a Better Universe for the future. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.