Techie Question

[my porsche]

a few questions for all the techies here:

1. Is there any possible way to rig a sim card phone to work on a GSM (i think it is called that) network?

2. If not, can you buy phones that are the same type of network and get them to work on said network, even if the phone is not on the networks website?

3. Is there a camera/PDA/phone/qwerty keyboard combo that is reccomended?

[my porsche]

no one?

[P3RG4R3C]

I think a SIM card phone IS on GSM network... Here in Slovenia it is.

[Lagonda]

A GSM phone has a SIM. You can use any GSM phone on a GSM network. In the US you are forced (mostly) to buy whatever your carrier sells. But, you can use any GSM phone you want provided it's compatible with American frequencies. (In europe we have 900/1800 mhz in the US GSM uses 850mhz and 1900mhz).
CDMA phones are NOT compatible with GSM networks.

I have no idea what you mean with question 3.

[my porsche]

thanks

like a PDA slash phone slash camera with a keyboard?

[P3RG4R3C]

Blackberry?

[my porsche]

the only blackberry with a camera doesnt have a QWERTY keyboard

[Jakg]

iMate JASJAR

[Jakg]

post above is the pda you want

if you have the phone unlocked (can be done cheap or if it's a nokia for free) you can use it on any network

[my porsche]

i couldnt find a single thing on it, mind sharing a link?

[Jakg]

for what?

[my porsche]

the iMate JASR....

[Jakg]

i got the name wrong its the iMate Jasjar although iMate sell their phones to T-mobile and they get rebranded, ie iMate JAM becomes T-Mobile MDA or Vodaphone VPA

[Jakg]

Link for the Jasjar:
http://clove.co.uk/products/products...tElement=23709
Other model:
http://clove.co.uk/products/products...tElement=24253

[Jakg]

I class myself as "in the know" when it comes to PDA's, so if you need to know something just ask