would it be compulsory to subscribe to data plan to use sgs? i'm a bit reluctant to switch my package now since most of the places i went to usually have free wifi..would there be data transfer going in the background whilst using this phone that might get me charged w/o realizing it?

Seems like the majority of people here uses darkyy's rom. I can see why his rom is popular.
First, he puts the word gingerbread in the title post. Many users can be mislead into thinking that the rom is gingerbread 2.3.1
Secondly, he pre-installs themes and icons. It looks beautiful out of box.
Thirdly, he has got a video on how to install it.
He has improved a lot since he first started making his rom - made by copying doc-kalpik's base rom. However, I cringe everytime I look at his v8 changelog:
  Seriously??? It looks as if he is desperate.

As for me, I prefer doc's rom and occasionally I install insanity rom because I like a minimalistic rom. I also feel more comfortable installing rom from experienced rom cooker. doc's kitchen is very handy to cook my own rom too.

The speed of the rom largely contributed by the kernel like speedmod, super-optimized, ya-ok, trasig, etc while signal&gps depends on the modem. Thus the differences between roms are how bugs are squashed and how they are supported, etc.

I now use insanity. It is very stripped down and I dictate what I want to include in the rom. gingerbread keyboard (which works brilliantly) handily beats samsung keyboard hands down.

In you opinion, what made you choose darkyy. Also, have you tried other roms besides it?

Any good app to listen to local FM radios (not Internet streaming)?

TuneIn Radio only seems to work for some stations