Freedom...

... is never having to say "Fuck you."

I'm sure most people are aware the cell phone companies are crooked as hell. they sell phones with features like full bluetooth connectivity disabled so you have to use their network to get anything like a ringtone or picture on or off your phone. they use something called a simlock to make your phone work ONLY on their network, although there's absolutely no reason why a GSM phone wouldn't work on Cingular, old AT towers, or TMobile all at the same time. I'm not even going to get into the crap they pull with false advertising and contracts...

anyway, I found a piece of software online today that will unlock a phone so that you can take it to any network you want... most people probably don't care, but if you have a nicer phone like a RAZR or my personal favorite the Audiovox SMT5600, switching to a new network can be an expensive proposition if you want to keep using the same kind of phone--in my case, i bought my phone locked to the AT network, and cingular expects me to buy a brand new one (of the exact same phone i already own) for $200 to roll my billing plan over to their system so i can get on a cheaper rate plan.

BULLSHIT. Homey don' play dat.

So i unlocked my phone, and now i'm going to cingular tomorrow to get off my $100/mo plan and onto something a little more sane that doesn't cost me an arm and a leg for minutes i've not used in a couple of years. (When i got on the rate plan i'm on now, i was working and talking on the phone for work a lot more, which is why i got on it...)

Anyway, if anyone's got an SMT5600 they want unlocked, shoot me an email and i'll help you out...