I bought an Android phone

[Salman Ahmed]

I am using a SO 7-11 phone (yeah, I am cheap!), and I can confirm that you do 
need to go into a 7-11 store to buy extra airtime.
Incoming texts are free.

Most of the handsets they sell cannot be unlocked easily; the Nokia 5130 
xpressmusic that I bought from them is not unlockable through the usual means.
As I understand, you can only get a SO SIM when you buy one of their handsets.


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Salman Ahmed



----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Kallies <mike.kallies-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 5:16:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: I bought an Android phone

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:58 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm currently paying Rogers $50/month for cell phone, so I'm looking for a
> cheaper alternative, either cheaper monthly or pay-as-you-go.
>
> If you add Caller-ID, how much would the price be?

I'm a very cheap person.  I'm looking at http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/ .

You have to buy one of their phones, and they don't do number
portability, but the airtime lasts a year and apparently, they're on
the Rogers network, so you can drop the SIM into a Rogers phone and it
will work.  All the extras are included, but as with all
pay-as-you-go, the $0.25 per-minute price is too high for it to be
your only phone.

$10/mo apparently also does unlimited web access.  I'm going to give
it a try, but I have to unlock my current phone to do so.

Oh and rumour has it that you have to go in-person into a 7-11 to buy
additional airtime.

-Mike
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