[aklug] Re: I'm an Android

From: Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Jul 31 2010 - 14:44:55 AKDT

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Alan C. <alan@caruth.org> wrote:
> That is correct. On CDMA there is no SIM or other bit of the phone that i=
s transferrable, the phone itself is what is provisioned on the network. It=
's a bummer, there are a bunch of great Andriod phones running around out t=
here for CDMA networks but =A0you would need your carrier buy-in that they =
will provision the phone on the network (not unheard-of but not common) or =
you must purchase a phone directly through the carrier.

I've heard of ACS activating, say, Verizon CDMA phones, but apparently
not any that would normally require a data plan, then. Too bad.

jermudgeon
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