I am looking to purchase a Sony Vaio SZ series laptop, which has a SIM
card slot and a built-in EDGE modem.
The machine comes with a Cingular SIM card for a trial period, so I
assume that the machine is SIM-locked to Cingular, but for the

I'm going to Europe this summer. Usually, if I spend most of my time in
one country, I buy a prepaid SIM there and just put up with roaming
charges upwards of 1.00 Euro/min. This time, I'm going to be spending a
few weeks in both The Netherlands and Germany with a few days in

I had posted here several weeks ago about coverage in Cancun, Mexico,
where we were taking a trip.  I have just returned from a lovely trip
there and can report good feedback.
The bottom line is that I didn't have to use my GPRS/EDGE card at all,

how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
to a new phone ??
Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC

Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.

Been switching back and forth between a Moto MPX220 and a Treo for a long
time. I'm overdue for an upgrade, but I'm waiting for a phone with
integrated GPS. Real GPS, not the cell tower GPS lite stuff. Who thinks the
provider is going to try to squeeze a usage fee out of ...

Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell
phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped
out and retrieved it.
Unfortunately the owner did not have any entry in the phone book for

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Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.

See "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRG1iB8NF14"
Well technically it's not a Cingular issue per se, it's a GSM issue.
"http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2005/08/whats_the_buzz.html"

I have a Nokia 5160 about to give up the ghost. Bought a Nokia 5160 at a
yard sale 4 years ago and held on to it as a backup. Both 5160's have
the At&T logos on the front of the phone. Will AT&T activate the
replacement?

See "http://tinyurl.com/28gjdz"

A follow up on some previous questions which I asked here a few weeks
ago.
I am getting ready to go to Cancun for a week later this month.  I
have spoken with the Cingular people about data connection there and I

Hi I have an unlocked phone and still on the legacy ATTWS charter
plan.  The SIM I'm using is from 2002 and I believe is considered the
Old kind.  I purchased a "newer" style SIM card 2 years ago and was
wondering if I would notice a difference in service if I called ATT

A number of years ago, we obtained three (then) ATTWS TDMA accounts under
AT&T's "Regional Advantage" plan (or something like that), which basically
allowed for roam-charge free use in a given regional area of the US
(typically 10 to 15 states), no long distance, no charge for ...