Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets

[Agent86b]

Jonathan,
When I got a phone on a plan it was not locked to the carier hear in
Australia. It had a normal sym card.
I no longer have that phone, but I still use the same sym card in
another phone my son gave me.
Max.
on 15:25 19/01/2008, Jonathan Mosen said:
>Hi Nicki, so does Australia lock the phones that the carriers subsidise? I
>wasn't aware of this.
>
>Jonathan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Nicki Lehmann
>Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2008 5:25 p.m.
>To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>Subject: Re: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
>
>exactly, I have always had unlocked phones as we call them here in
>australia. we call it paying for them outright.
>Nicki
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy at charter.net>
>To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:38 AM
>Subject: Re: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
>
>
> > That's one reason among many to go with unbranded phones, you may pay a
> > bit
> > more for them, but it's well worth it.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <jmosen at mosen.org>
> > To: "'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'"
> > <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:39 AM
> > Subject: RE: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
> >
> >
> >> Hi Eric, I think Google are looking at WiMax spectrum, which is the new
> > very
> >> fast, long range wireless system. Spectrum simply means a range of radio
> >> frequencies. This opens up huge possibilities for voice over Internet and
> >> very high speed downloading over cell phones, but the carriers aren't
> > going
> >> to like it. Nokia, for example, have been forced to disable their voice
> > over
> >> Internet functions in some markets.
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> >> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of SSEric
> >> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2008 7:34 p.m.
> >> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> >> Subject: RE: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
> >>
> >> Ah, thanks; that clears up some things.
> >>
> >> This isn't quite the same or nearly so simple, but you can now switch
> >> from
> >> device to device, so long as they are Verizon devices, yourself on line.
> >> However, you cannot go from a regular phone to a smart phone or back.
> >>
> >> I did think Google was doing something with regard to the spectrum sale
> >> going on very soon, but I don't know what I am talking about as soon as I
> >> say spectrum.  :)
> >>
> >> Thanks for helping with our understanding of these confusing
> >> technologies.
> >> I don't know if it is better that there are the choices or if just one
> >> system would serve everyone better.
> >>
> >>  Eric SS
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> >> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> > Mosen
> >> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:12 AM
> >> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> >> Subject: RE: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
> >>
> >> I think the problem is though that CDMA technology still requires the
> >> carrier to activate the phone and assign phone numbers etc.
> >>
> >> With GSM, you can take a SIM, put it in a handset, and it becomes yours,
> >> with your phone number. CDMA doesn't offer that simplicity.
> >>
> >> I could be wrong, but my understanding is that Google are looking at
> > making
> >> a handset rather than actually offering an alternative network. So
> >> they'll
> >> be looking at alliances with the existing carriers just as Apple did.
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> >> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of SSEric
> >> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2008 5:58 p.m.
> >> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> >> Subject: RE: Comparison of Mobile Phone Markets
> >>
> >> Verizon has announced they will start letting us use unlocked phones --
> > some
> >> of them --later this year.  One thing that says to me is we know we are
> >> screwing you and we will continue to do so for as long as we can.
> >>
> >> It seems that cellular is about where wired phones were just before the
> > end
> >> of Ma Bell.  The locking into long-term contracts, branding devices and
> > only
> >> allowing use of those devices, and nickel and diming customers for every
> >> feature seems to be about to end.  I am not up on such things, but what
> >> effect will Google jumping in have on the way all of us here do business.
> >>
> >>
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