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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
By Ron Wicker
 When someone signs up for a new cell carrier plan, they often get a phone at a free or reduced rate with their contract. The cell phones that come with a carrier contract are almost always locked cell phones. This means that they only work with that specific carrier's Subscriber Identification Module, or SIM, card, a microchip inserted into the phone to activate service. To put it simply, that person can only use that phone while still subscribed to that carrier's network and, if they want to change carriers, they have to get a new phone.
An unlocked cell phone will work with any carrier's SIM card. If an individual changes carriers, they simply have to insert a new SIM card into their unlocked cell phone, and the phone will be able to access that carrier's network.
Cell phone carriers use locked cell phones to their advantage. By locking the cell phones and offering them as part of their contract, they retain more customers. The customer cannot change carriers without getting a new phone and possibly spending more |
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
By Dane Stanton
 Have we grown so attached to our cell phones that without them, it would seem that we just aren't complete? I mean how many times have you left home without your cell phone? I know that myself personally, I never leave home without my phone, even though most days I have very little need for it. So why is it that we just can't seem to be without these little contraptions?
A Different View
As a young person, I grew up with a cell phone in my pocket. My mother however is the exact opposite. She grew up using pay phones on the side of the street. She like many people her age don't conform to today's society where cell phones have become as much apart of you as an arm or a leg!
My brother and I decided to buy her a new cell phone for Christmas and guess what we got in return? Tears!! That's right my mother was so angry at the present we gave her, that it drove her to tears. She said and I quote, "I don't want it, |
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