When dealing with an unlocked or locked phone, the question is whether or not the device can work on a specific wireless network that's different than the network the phone was designed to work on. An ...

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Nokia and Sony Ericsson are looking to crack the unlocked phone market in the U.S., but their quest will be an uphill battle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

As you may know, the business model for delivering cellular phones and services in the U.S. is for network operators to heavily subsidize the cost of the mobile phones they sell alongside their ...

I want to buy an SE z600, but I'm a picky SOB. Ebay and I are feuding, and most of the auctions seem sketchy enough that I'm spooked. And I want a new-from-the-factory never-locked phone anyway, not ...

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