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Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phonesCanonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phonesPosted Jan 2, 2013 23:47 UTC (Wed) by cwillu (subscriber, #67268)In reply to: Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones by drago01 Parent article: Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones
This isn't the CDMA vs GSM thing, it's an actual lock on the phone preventing it from connecting to a competing provider unless you unlock the phone.
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Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones Posted Jan 3, 2013 6:48 UTC (Thu) by frazier (guest, #3060) [Link]
Entertainingly enough, in the USA there's now a service called Straight Talk that lets you use a locked GSM phone as long as it's locked to an AT&T or T-Mobile network. We just picked up a barely used AT&T network Samsung Galaxy S II for $150 off craigslist (new they're $350 on the shelf with no contract) and then bought the $15 AT&T-compatible SIM and everything is working fine.
They offer SIMs for T-Mobile, AT&T, and unlocked GSM phones. The CDMA option at top is there to notify you that "This program is not available with CDMA (i.e. Verizon, Sprint, Metro PCS), TracFone, SafeLink, NET10, Straight Talk or BlackBerry phones.":
Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones Posted Jan 3, 2013 13:16 UTC (Thu) by drago01 (subscriber, #50715) [Link]
This isn't different in other countries ... when you buy a phone from a carrier it is locked. My question was what is different in the US. That's not different at all ;)
Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones Posted Jan 3, 2013 22:09 UTC (Thu) by fdrs (subscriber, #85858) [Link]
Here at Brazil, it is mandatory that Carriers unlock the phone for free.
You still has the contract shackles though.
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