They're definitely not so common in Australia, but in the middle east such as Turkey (well half europe/half middle east) most people have phones like that.
Basically, if half of your friends are on one network, the other half are on another. So they enable people to get cheap calls by allowing you to be on several different networks at once. Obviously, here where the networks push out the cheap subsidised phones, well they are not so commonly available. Interesting though... On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Tom Worthington < tom.worthing...@tomw.net.au> wrote: > I have volunteered to talk on "Using a Dual SIM Android Smart Phone" at the > SLUG meeting this Friday, on: > > Using a Dual SIM Android Smart Phone > by Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM > > One of the more unusual Google Android smart phones available is the Huawei > "Deuce" U8520, which has provision for two SIM cards and so can be connected > to two different mobile phone networks, with two different telephone numbers > simultaneously. The benefits and limitations of this and other features will > be discussed. > > See also: http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/**09/huawei-deuce-u8520-dual-** > sim-android.html<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/09/huawei-deuce-u8520-dual-sim-android.html> > > > -- > Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 > PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au > Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards > Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University > http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/**COMP7310/<http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html<http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
