Travelling to France, cell phone options?

[okmrbh]

I'm going to France in the summer for a week and am thinking a 2 cell phones would be handy as my family will occasionally be split into two groups during the day.

Right now we have two locked Blackberry's (telus & koodo) so I figure my options are:

1:Take them and pay the roaming fee.

2: Get them unlocked and get a chip that works on the phones for France.

3: Just rent two phones from local providers once I get there.

Right now I think option 3 is looking like it has the least amount of hassle involved.

We'd only need the phones for quick local calls and texts to each other.

Anyone already been and could give me ideas?

Thanks