Again, this is USA/Canada, where networks subsidize the handset and locks<br>it to its own network, so no, you can't put a SIM from another network and expect it to work. The proper way to do it is to decouple the "which handset" decision from the "which carrier" decision, and mandate that by the regulators. This is what is in Asia, Europe and Africa, but consumers here have not wisened up to that fact yet.<br>
<br>If you remove the SIM from the phone, then you can have it work in WiFi. I have tried it and it works. Go on Kijiji and find a handset and off you go.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:08 AM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I see WIND has SIM cards - can I stick my Roger's sim in their device?<br>
<br>
Do these devices make sense without a carrier, wi-fi only?<br>
(Does that make it an iTouch, as it were?)<br>
<br>
Bob Jonkman wrote, On 09/21/2011 10:08 PM:<br>
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They're not sold out of Android phone any more: both the LG Optimus and the Google Nexus are in stock. $29/mo for unlimited talk, data and SMS until the end of the month.<br>
<br>
--Bob, who has no affiliation with WIND, Globalive, or Orascom...<br>
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On 11-09-21 09:12 PM, <a href="mailto:chaslinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaslinux@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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Yes Wind has a couple of locations here. There is 1 in Fairview mall. Not sure about the other location. When I went fairview was totally sold out of droids (all model phones).<br>
<br>
That said, I am quite happy with my BB so far and with Wind.<br>
Sent from my “contract free” BlackBerry® smartphone on the WIND network.<br>
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Subject: [kwlug-disc] WIND is in K-W? [Was: Re: Windows 8 OEM specs may<br>
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<br>
WIND is in K-W?<br>
<br>
Maybe I'm just confusing AWS (and whatever it's supposed to bring to<br>
the party)?<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:chaslinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaslinux@gmail.com</a> wrote, On 09/21/2011 3:10 PM:<br>
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Sent from my “contract free” BlackBerry® smartphone on the WIND network.<br>
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