European GSM1900 phones on VS/ Coverage in Poughkeepsie?

Hi,

two questions:
1) I'm thinking about taking my Nokia 7210 to the US when I'm going back to college in September. It supports GSM 900, 1800, GRPS, HSCD and most importantly, GSM1900. A VoiceStream rep. told me it would work once I got a SIM (aka smart-) card for it from one of their outlets. Has anyone tried using a triband phone from Europe with VoiceStream? (using one of their SIM cards, I don't want to keep my service provider in Norway)

2) Anyone know if they actually have GSM1900 coverage in Poughkeepsie, New York? Their coverage map says they do, but one of my friends suggested that may not be entirely true.

Thanks for reading, I'm look forward to any input on these issues.... I'd soooo like to get this to work : )
-Ola

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "locked", do you mean by a service provider in Europe so that it only works with their services within the 12 month contract-period? That is not the case with this phone, I bought it straight from the distributor and it works with all providers in Europe, no restrictions.

Coverage in Poughkeepsie: Guess I'll have to talk to Reslife@Vassar.edu about giving me that fifth-floor room noone else wants, if the phone indeed works : )
-Arne

 

Not really interesting, but since CaliphoniaBoy asked:
Nokia 7210 rocks (colour display etc, see for yourself : ) , I'd much rather use it because it can use text messages to check an OpenLDAP server for contact-info etc after I wrote a java program for it.

Thanks for the input, if anyone has information that suggests I should NOT bother to bring my phone (and the required AC-adapter and voltage converter for that one) please let me know.