[Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these parts?

[Brian Johnson]

andrew bellak wrote:
> Dear HT,
>   
>
> I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone.  I plan to switch
> to T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2
> yr. contract.
>
> But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.
>
> Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other
> carrier, ATT.  Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility
> should not be an issue.
>
> I have had a phone unlocked before.  I used eBay to find a vendor but
> would rather do that locally, if possible.
>
> Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June
> 2009, when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited
> voice, data, & text.
>
> Anybody use Sprint around here?

T-Mobile and AT&T use different 3G frequencies. As a result the G1 will
work on AT&T but will _not_ do 3G (high speed data).

There is another Google Android phone about to be released in January
that will work on AT&T's 3G network, but not T-Mobile's. It's the Kogan
Agora
http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/android-powered-kogan-agora-3G-mobile-phone/
This phone is sold unlocked so you wont have to bother with that part.