Tracfone GSM

[Chad]

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Anyone know if the Tracfone GSM phone that they are offering is locked to a
Tracfone SIM? In my area, Tracfone uses Cingular as their "partner" for both
their TDMA and their GSM phones.

My reason for asking is that I'm looking for a cheap (OK, inexpensive)
backup phone in case my "real" Cingular GSM dies on me.

Thanks!

ps Thanks to those that responded to my previous post where my "end" key
stopped working on my Motorola V400. When I took it into my local Cingular
store, they pulled the battery out & put it back in again and the "end" key
has been working ever since!

 

[Guest]

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As an alternative, consider an inexpensive phone on eBay.

In <10nrf7bqrh55ibd@corp.supernews.com> on Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:56:19 -0500,
"Chad" <en4rcer@excite.com> wrote:

>Anyone know if the Tracfone GSM phone that they are offering is locked to a
>Tracfone SIM? In my area, Tracfone uses Cingular as their "partner" for both
>their TDMA and their GSM phones.
>
>My reason for asking is that I'm looking for a cheap (OK, inexpensive)
>backup phone in case my "real" Cingular GSM dies on me.
>
>Thanks!
>
>ps Thanks to those that responded to my previous post where my "end" key
>stopped working on my Motorola V400. When I took it into my local Cingular
>store, they pulled the battery out & put it back in again and the "end" key
>has been working ever since!
>

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http/navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?)

Yes, both GSM TracFones (Nokia 3390 and Nokia 1100) only use TracFone SIMs.

I just activated a Nokia 1100 TracFone that uses the Cingular network, and
so far I like it. I don't plan to use it for rural coverage. I will always
remember to take the Nokia 5180i TracFone for backup when roaming.

The 3390 & 1100 models are single rate (no roaming) for TracFone.

JoshIII
josh3i@hotmail.com
http/profiles.yahoo.com/tracfonegenius
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user *BEFORE* you activate, and you will both get 100 Free Minutes!
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"Chad" <en4rcer@excite.com> wrote in message
news:10nrf7bqrh55ibd@corp.supernews.com...
> Anyone know if the Tracfone GSM phone that they are offering is locked to
> a Tracfone SIM? In my area, Tracfone uses Cingular as their "partner" for
> both their TDMA and their GSM phones.
><snip>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?)

"Chad" <en4rcer@excite.com> wrote in message
news:10nrf7bqrh55ibd@corp.supernews.com...
> Anyone know if the Tracfone GSM phone that they are offering is locked to
> a Tracfone SIM? In my area, Tracfone uses Cingular as their "partner" for
> both their TDMA and their GSM phones.
>
> My reason for asking is that I'm looking for a cheap (OK, inexpensive)
> backup phone in case my "real" Cingular GSM dies on me.
>
>
.... as backup it makes more sense for me to use a phone that uses a
different carrier & technology - i.e. my regular cell is a Verizon phone and
I use a Cingular prepaid as my backup.