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Saturday, January 13, 2007

GSM Cell Phone Buyer's Easy Guide

Congratulations! You have just purchased a Palm Treo 650. This smart phone has a multitude of uses. It is hooked up to Yahoo, Gmail, and AOL so you can check your email wherever you are. It has web access, an organizer and blue tooth technology. This is much more than a simple cell phone. This is a smart phone. It is your mp3 player, digital camera, and it captures video in vibrant color. You can send photos and text messages with ease to your friends and co-workers. With a Intel® PXA270 processor, which gives you excellent multimedia performance, this phone is a cell phone with a college education.

More often then not, your Palm Treo 650 has come to you with a network lock on it. It is a simple procedure to get your Palm Treo 650 unlocked. If your follow these instructions, it should be simple and quick to unlock your Treo 650. You can then use your smart phone with any GSM service provider and any SIM card anywhere on the planet which saves you money and extends your service area.

Cell phone unlocking codes can be found on several websites. Finding the Treo 650 unlock codes will not be very hard. You can either use the codes for unlocking your Palm Treo 650 or you have the option of using software and hardware designed to unlock your phone.

If you were wondering if unlocking your cell phone is going to get you into trouble, you can relax. There is nothing illegal about unlocking your cell phone. The only exception is if your contract states that you will not alter or change the phone or the phone will remain the service provider’s property. If this is the case, then you probably shouldn't unlock the phone. If not, then you paid for the phone, so it is your property and as such, you can make whatever changes you wish to it.

Some service providers may relock your cell phone so it is best to keep your codes or procedures to unlock you phone in a safe place in case you have to use them again. Remember all GSM cell phones can be unlocked, it’s just a matter of finding the right codes for the particular GSM phone you have. Companies that have GSM phones are AT&T, Cingular, and T-Mobile.

You can also buy already unlocked GSM phones without signing up for service. There are many places which you can simply buy a used unlocked one. Always remember the dangers of buying any type of used electronics. You will want to make sure that you can trust the person that you are buying a used cell phone from. You should be able to tell if your phone has been unlocked by borrowing a friends SIM card from another provider and seeing if your phone will work. Once you have assured yourself you have unlocked your phone, simply sit back and enjoy the multiple uses for your Palm Treo 650.