At 29 Jun 2009 09:25:02 -0700 XS11E wrote:
> Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > I don't quite get the distinction you are drawing.
>
> Simple, "locked" applies only to GSM phones.
>
> Why that became accepted usage I neither know or care.


I'm with Dennis- Sprint "locks" phones and Verizon doesn't. GSM phones are
"SIM-locked" or "subsidy-locked" and CDMA phones are "MSL (Master Subsidy
Lock) locked." You'll note the "L" even stands for "Lock."

Without the MSL code, a CDMA phone can't be reprogrammed, and, unlike Sprint,
Verizon and Alltel leave their MSLs at the convenient default of all zeros,
IIRC.

Call it whatever you like, but to paraphrase the Immortal Bard, "a lock by
any other name..."