[nabs-l] Cell phone question

[Jorge Paez]

Not in the EU or Canada, but bringing it in is a violation of the DMCA, because you're sidestepping US law by buying it from a different country.
Secondly, though they are different processes, I believe now adays you have to jail break to unlock?
Is this true?



On Sep 6, 2010, at 3:49 AM, Bill wrote:

> First, jailbreaking is a different process then unlocking. Second,
> purchasing the phone in an unlocked condition is not a violation of the
> DMCA.  AT&T will also sell you an unlocked version of the phone for the full
> value of the device. The last one may not be true any more. What David says
> about the iPhone on VZW is true. The phone is incapable of working on
> verizon due to the cell technology it is based on. The only way is if Apple
> decides to produce a iPhone based on the other technology. As for verizon
> phones, I would not recommend anything based on the talks screen reader. It
> is only on version 1 and is super buggy. I was tempted to get one of the LG
> phones but the screen reader on those does not read the calendering
> application.
> Bill
> 
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:34 PM, <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've only heard of the iPhone working on either AT&T or tMobile here in the
>> states. It will be interesting if Vzw acquires the iPhone .
>> As students, have you found other uses for your cell? Has a gps helped
>> around campus?
>> 
>> Anjelina
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Sep 5, 2010, at 11:49 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Not to be argumentative, but I don't think this is true.  Verizon's
>> network is CDMA-based, and AT&T's is GSM-based.  So, even if you jail broke
>> it, from AT&T, it wouldn't work on Verizon.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> At 10:33 PM 9/5/2010, you wrote:
>>>> There is a way to get an I-phone on Verizon Wireless, but, its legality
>> is in question, so I should probably not say more. But, if you have an
>> unlocked I-phone not the newest one, but the older one, you can make it
>> work.
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
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>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 11:16 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Cell phone question
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I have Verizon Wireless.  I believe all I phones are from att?  If
>>>>> Verizon has one and its fully accessible maybe I'd be willing to look
>>>>> into it.
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Justin
>>> 
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