2010/1/11 Alejandro López <listas.apl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all, > > I'm considering buying one, but I'm not interested in using it as a phone, so I plan to put no SIM card. Some time ago I read on this same list that the N900 had some problems when no SIM card was inserted but I can't find that mail. Is this problem still true? Is there a fix planned? What exactly is not working? > > Thanks. > > Alejandro. Are you sure you can´t get a SIM card? ANY SIM card?. Down here in Argentina, you can have a cheap pay-as-you-go mobile phone line, where you buy and load credit for it wiith $15 cards you buy everywhere. Those lines often feature voice service, but no data plans. AND they come with a SIM card. The cost of getting one of those phone lines is next to nothing*, as the business for the telcos is selling you credit (the price-per-minute ends up beying sky-high but you´re not interested in that). Just get one of those phone lines with the cheapest possible phone, then swap the SIM card with the N900. Bingo, you have a sim card on your N900. *Down here the cheaoest is often the Motorola F3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_FONE_F3 "According to its very low price (starting from 20 to 30 €/$) the F3/F3c is mainly sold with prepaid (pay-as-you-go) SIM cards" "n Brazil, this phone (without SIM-lock) is sold for BRL 99.00 as of February 2008 (approx. USD 57.00)" "In the UK, this phone is being sold by Home Bargains (as of 29/04/2008) and £-Stretcher (as of 07/06/2008) with a Virgin Mobile SIM (T-Mobile network) for £7.99" FC _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
