On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:09:02 -0400, "mc"
<look@www.covingtoninnovations.com.for.address> wrote in
<aJCYg.65084$vX5.33507@bignews8.bellsouth.net>:

>> Is there a way to tell if a phone is locked (other than the obvious method
>> of trying sim card from another vendor)?
>
>That may not be hard -- you could walk into a T-Mobile store and ask them if
>the phone is compatible with T-Mobile, for example. But if you bought it
>from Cingular and haven't had it unlocked, it's not unlocked.

Probably, but not necessarily -- Cingular has sold unlocked phones at
times.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>