... the other a GSM network which uses locked down sim cards. Just plugging your sim card into a 3rd party phone will get you nowhere, it won't work without modifications from the cell company....
Actually, plugging a sim into a 3rd party phone (not from a carrier store) usually gets you network access... No modifications required! Because, you see, that's what Unlocked is... SIM cards aren't locked down, but rather the cell phones themselves at the Carrier's request
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... the other a GSM network which uses locked down sim cards. Just plugging your sim card into a 3rd party phone will get you nowhere, it won't work without modifications from the cell company. ...
Actually, plugging a sim into a 3rd party phone (not from a carrier store) usually gets you network access... No modifications required! Because, you see, that's what Unlocked is... SIM cards aren't locked down, but rather the cell phones themselves at the Carrier's request
... If you went to the retailers they'd tell you it's between 15 and 20%. Which is still bloody high, but 1 in 6? I like those odds. ...
Basic math and knowledge of ratios tells us that 1 in 6 (1:6 or 1/6) is actually 16.6666....%
You don't like 15-20%, but you like 1 in 6?
Now all we need to do is send feedback every 7.5 seconds!
Even better, now IT workers can take (virtualized) servers with them when you fire them!
Oooh - or the judge could order a 'best of 3' game of RPS between Jobs and Chambers?
or if they still want the 'i' in there it could be the ipPhone/ipPod...
or put an accent on the 'e' - now it's iPhone'
Of course they could just go with something like 'Cingular i9995'...
and the 'Cingular i9990' - same thing without the camera...
President Bush - Great President or the Greatest President ....
Ok, I'll mark you down as 'Great'