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[inahandbasket]

I... may have just bought a pair of unlocked+jailbroken 2g iPhones with firmware 3.0 on them on ebay so we can use them on t-mobile.
I can't tell you how excited that makes my not-so-inner geek.

why: we like tmobile, don't want to sign a new 2-year contract with AT&T (iphone 3gs) or Sprint (palm pre), and the price on used 2g iphones just dropped drastically when the 3gs hit. We can probably sell them for close to what I just paid (if not more than, got a good deal) in a couple months if we think it's not working out, but likely we'll hang onto them until either the iphone breaks it's exclusivity with AT&T or a really compelling piece of Android hardware hits the market. So far Android phones have suh-uked. (Two syllables, they suck that bad. no offense to those of you who have them, but no headphone jack? fr srs?)

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[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that such a thing was possible!
I too really really dig T-Mobile, and yet jones for the iPhone.

TELL ME MORE!

[inahandbasket]

... unlocked iphones work on Tmobile, just no 3G data speeds. ^_^
The unlocking process can be a touch arcane, and it was no more expensive to buy unlocked ones than standard ones, so I just let someone else do the work. heh.

[dot_fennel]

Yay!

Being able to ssh from a telephone has not lost its amazing ridiculousness for me.

[inahandbasket]

pshaw, I do that from my blackberry now. ;-)

[rainbow-spork.livejournal.com]

I really do miss T-Mobile....

I'll be interested to see how this works out

[drwex]

I think all carriers suck in roughly equal measures. I want an Android, as a geek, but... SHINEY!

Re: I'll be interested to see how this works out

[inahandbasket]

I actually have zero complaints about tmobile. shocker.

[damagedmuse.livejournal.com]

I really do want an iphone... but I really can't stand at&t...
it's either that or the Pre... I <3 palm
but it's the same thing... hated sprint when I had it, and have yet to have problems with Verizon...