Refurb Verizon Kypcera Smartphones

I've seen refurb Kyocera Smartphones for sale in many places.
All have Verizon stickers. I think they are even CDMA.

If they are not "unlocked" can they be put on a Cingular account?

I want a PDA/stylus phone, but carrying around a $500 gadget is
discomforting. I have nothing against having something fancy and new
at home, but carrying it around bugs me (esp after narrowly not being
at both WTC bombings).

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

>
> I've seen refurb Kyocera Smartphones for sale in many places.
> All have Verizon stickers. I think they are even CDMA.
>
> If they are not "unlocked" can they be put on a Cingular account?

No. NEVER. Cingular has never used CDMA, and can not make such a phone
functoiopn on their Network.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:23:48 +0000 (UTC),
[email protected] wrote:

>I've seen refurb Kyocera Smartphones for sale in many places.
>All have Verizon stickers. I think they are even CDMA.

I believe they only made a CDMA Smartphone.

>If they are not "unlocked" can they be put on a Cingular account?

Nope. Cingular is GSM.

>I want a PDA/stylus phone, but carrying around a $500 gadget is
>discomforting. I have nothing against having something fancy and new
>at home, but carrying it around bugs me (esp after narrowly not being
>at both WTC bombings).

Umm.. I hate to even think about it much less say it, but if you were
in the WTC, the least of your problems would have been having a broken
phone. I somehow doubt people scrambling to evacuate were thinking
about their phone.
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:49:00 -0800, Evan Platt
<[email protected]> said in alt.cellular.cingular:

>Umm.. I hate to even think about it much less say it, but if you were
>in the WTC, the least of your problems would have been having a broken
>phone. I somehow doubt people scrambling to evacuate were thinking
>about their phone.

Even people in the neighborhood, but not in the building, were
thinking about things other than phones. Like breathing.

>All have Verizon stickers. I think they are even CDMA.
>
>If they are not "unlocked" can they be put on a Cingular account?

Cingular does not use CDMA technology.

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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:06:57 GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:

>Even people in the neighborhood, but not in the building, were
>thinking about things other than phones. Like breathing.

Exactly. I can only imagine what would have happened to anyone who
said "Wait! My phone may still be in there!"
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