Whats a SIM Card?

Discussion in 'Tablets, Phones and Music Players' started by blade, Aug 14, 2006.

  1. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    I'm might be a buying a T-MOBILE Sidekick 3, but it won't come with a "SIM Card"
    Anyone know what that is; is it significat
     
  2. izzy007

    izzy007 Big Geek

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    lol. sim card is the mobile network chip which has to be put into the phone to allow you to make calls. for e,g if u had a t mobile sim card in your phone, you have to top it up via a t mobile voucher in order to get credit to make calss which are sold in £10,20 and i think £50.
     
  3. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Sim cards can also hold your phone book depending on whether you choose to store your contacts on the phone or a sim card.

    T mobile tend to rip people off IMO, I use them :(.
     
  4. jester45

    jester45 Big Geek wanna be

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    yea sim cards storeinfo and let your phone work on the network if you in the us they sould be about 30 but thats for cigular i dont know about other companys but u do need one to use the phone o and the sim card can store pics/vids if your phone will have it

    also when you get on if you brake your phone u can buy the cheap pay by the minute just put the card in and u got a new phone
     
  5. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    your phone will probably be locked on T-Mobile, basically a mobil phone will not function without a SIM card, and a SIM card also stores about 100 contacts and numbers and 20 or even 50 text messages

    the phone will not work without a SIM card
     
  6. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    so a sim card is sort of like the hd for a pda, how would you store minutes, same as a phone?just buy a prepaid card and enter the pin?
    and you need it in order for the pda to work-why would t-mobile not include a sim card in their packages
     
  7. jester45

    jester45 Big Geek wanna be

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    i dont know why they wouldnt i think u can buy diffrent one more memory yea they are kinda like a hd

    for storeing minutes i dont know if they sell them where u live at but in hte us they sell cellphones that have minutes on them and u have to buy each one you use

    is this thing your talking about a pda or phone
     
  8. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    T-MOBILE Sidekick 3 PDA/Phone
     
  9. jester45

    jester45 Big Geek wanna be

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    so do u understand what they are now

    if its a pda and u gonna store lots of junk on it and the only memory it was is sim u might have to pay for a lot more than 30 becuase the 30 ones are only like 512mb of storeage or maybe less
     
  10. syngod

    syngod Moderator

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    Sim cards are basically your programming for a GSM phone. It stores your phone # so you can swap cards from one phone to another and your number moves along with it. The can also store up to 250 phone numbers which makes it nice if your transferring from phone to phone you don't have to re-add everyone.

    There are two different types of Sim cards, the first is a locked card that depending on your carrier range from free to $60 and is only able to be used for that particular carrier. The other type is an unlocked card which means you can take it from carrier to carrier and aren't locked into only one particular provider.
     
  11. izzy007

    izzy007 Big Geek

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    yeah it wont work without a sim card but most phones nowadays, like sony w800i or nokia 6280 lets u switch the phone on and play music or do anything but make calls or use the internet. older phoes give an error measssage to insert sim card
     

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