You can plug in your sd card or even your phone in to any store that offers picture printing kiosks. There is nothing that commits you to purchasing them. You can just use it to look! I know Walgreens has them. They usually have a slot for all size cards plus a USB cable to hook up directly to your phone.

I recommend putting it in a camera. you can view the pictures on the card using the digital screen.

They actually make little hand held viewers for use when not near a computer. Just Google hand held sd card viewer and I bet you get a ton of hits.

If you buy the phone from any big box store, there most likely will be a contract or some sort of agreement required. Since you just want a phone to put the SIM card into, I would go to one of those discount phone shops and buy one there. Just call Verizon before you buy it with the IMEI number so they can verify it is clean.

Yes, this phone is compatible.