Hi, it's a long short but may be worth it, since so many people here are in America.

We're going (back) to USA soon (hurrah!) for a road trip, and I'd like some idea wrt:

1. Will our mobile phones - UK ones - work on arrival? One is very old Nokia, one is new Samsung, much like an iPhone. Both contracted to Vodafone.

2. Rental car connectivity with iPods. I can't get a definitive answer out of either Avis or Hertz. One iPod is old with wide interface socket, the other is new 7th generation with lightning connector. Both Avis and Hertz say that their cars have CD players - does that mean we should take a load of CDs and forget iPod music? ???

Hope someone can help, many thanks in advance.