Re: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-27 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
: Monday, 26 February 2007 6:27 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) Dean... Its been a while since I looked, but I do stand corrected. The Disney plan indeed launched last June. The Disney plan

Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Shawn Rutledge
SIMs are great - I don't like SIM-free phones like Verizon ones that require somebody at Verizon to switch the service to a different phone. With GSM you just switch the SIM yourself. Of course it would also be nice to be able to use different devices without having to physically switch the SIM

RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Sam Kome
, February 26, 2007 12:51 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) SIMs are great - I don't like SIM-free phones like Verizon ones that require somebody at Verizon to switch the service to a different phone. With GSM you just switch

Re: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) SIMs are great - I don't like SIM-free phones like Verizon ones that require somebody at Verizon to switch the service to a different phone. With GSM you just switch the SIM yourself. Of course it would also be nice to be able

RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) I think that the article I linked to really clearly covers all of the issues presented in the email responses. The price subsidies, the locked/unlocked, the SIM buying, the phone w/o SIM buying, etc. That's why I

RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Dean Collins
@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) Sam... Thanks for posting that link. A great write up on the Fundamentally Immoral business practices in the cellullar communications industry today. What I expect from the Operators or Carriers (depending

Re: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Sam Kome [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070226 21:20]: companies involved, the group that has the most to gain from OpenMoko are the endusers. Worse the powerusers, which are a bad deal for the networks anyway. I do compare plans, and I tend to use what I buy.) I agree that users will benefit. I

RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) Sam... Thanks for posting that link. A great write up on the Fundamentally Immoral business practices in the cellullar communications industry today. What I expect from the Operators or Carriers

RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.)

2007-02-26 Thread Dean Collins
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 26 February 2007 6:27 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: RE: Locked phones (was Re: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones.) Dean... Its been a while since I looked, but I do stand corrected. The Disney plan indeed launched last