Has anyone seen/used one of the FIC 1973 / OpenMoko phones? It sounds like a very viable alternative to the closed apple/att hell.
Cheers, Aditya On 7/9/07, VaibhaV Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jul 7, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > Unlocking an iphone doesn't get you the whole package iirc. There are > features such as visual voice mail that require special iphone support > on the telco side. Have your friends in India thought that one out? Yes I know the details. People don't care as long as they can show off "the iPhone" and can make / receive calls on it. > Also, are they willing to pay the contract early termination fee that > must be at least another 200 bucks? What contract? You walk into any apple / ATT store and buy an iPhone. Bring it home, unlock it and do whatever you want with it. The contract / termination fee comes in the picture if you activate it with an ATT plan. As of now, people have figured out how to use the media player (ala iPod) part of the phone without activating the phone part of it. There was a slashdot story on that today? BTW, there seems to be some problem with ATT for the past two days. People leave voicemails for me and I never get a notification. Also, through the weekend, it took me atleast 5 tries to make each phone call. There is definitely something going on with ATT's network. Maybe its just a NW US thing. -- VaibhaV Sharma http://vsharma.net
-- Aditya (http://aditya.sublucid.com/)
