Just over a year ago, I purchased a prepaid pre-activated SIM card on eBay
for a temporary situation where I could not afford to pay for a regular
post-pay account. The connection worked so well and reliably that I am still
using it - buying refill prepaid cards from 7-11s and other ...

ok my friend just got me a used  t-mobile side kick II, but i am on a
business plan with my family and our local business with cingular, can
i put
my Cingular sim card in a side kick, and just use texting and calling people

If I get the USB cable for my phone, (nokia 6800), OR if I upgrade to a
bluetooth phone, can I web browse, etc on my laptop or PDA (both have
bluetooth) using the $5 "T-Mobile Web"?
I've heard both answers for this.  When I talked to T-Mobile, they seemed to

I'm in the process of beginning to port my Sprint number to T-Mobile.
Why?
I had two lines with shared minutes with Sprint. My wife recently
passed away, so I no longer had a need for the second line. I

I currently have a Sony T610. I have $4.99 T-Zones which I use for
reading IMAP email. I want to get an SDA (for $199 after rebate), but I
don't want to have to pay for a $20/mo or $30/mo data plan.
I'm wondering if anyone is successfully using the SDA with $4.99

The SDA manual says:
"Use only the provided Mini-SD (Secure Digital) card in your
phone to store images, video, music, and other device data."
Has anyone put another MiniSD card in their SDA? Do you know what the

Anyone successful at setting WAP on a k750i with T-mobile?

Put a couple of phones on tMobile's prepaid plan last year:  $100 for a thousand
minutes.
The year expired today, so I want down to tMobile prepared to lay down another
$100 for each phone.

If I am in a city that is supported by T-Mobile, can I but one of
their pay as you go phones in that city, even if my home area is not
serviced by T-Mobile?
I like their pay as you go sidekick, but it is not available in my

On page 86 of the user manual  Network settings  
Going into the V3 menu I find:  Band selection; type and speed
What should the settings be for this menu item?  What is the speed for
and what is the manual/automatic for and what is the best settings for

[also posted to alt.cellular.gsm]
I bought an unlocked Motorola PEBL off e-Bay that I am using on T-Mobile.
I received it yesterday and so far so good, at least as far as the most
basic stuff (calls, syncing with phonebook and calendar via Phone Tools,

AT&T (recently purchased by SBC who holds 60% of Cingular) has announced
plans to purchase BellSouth (who owns 40% of Cingular). The new company
will be called AT&T and Cingular will change it's name to AT&T as well.
Hope they didn't throw out all those old signs yet!

Phone works fine.  I get 2 bars in winter, less in summer anywhere in
or around my house.   If I go 1/2 mile in any direction, I get full
signal strength.    I get better signals in the elevators in my
9-story office building than I do in my front yard.

If I purchase a phone for the T-Mo To Go prepaid option, can I use it later
on for my contract account by swapping the SIM? Or does T-Mobile lock the
handset in some way?

HI there.  I have an unlocked v60i which was locked to the cingular
browser.  Yesterday i downloaded a tmobile websessions file to the
phone and since then I have been able to acccess some wap sites, such
as yahoo and cnn.  but not t-zones or gmail.  i get an "indefinite