| Direct Connect/walkie-talkie service is a digital | | | | The thing is that Networks often lock their phones |
| two-way radio built into every Nextel phone. | | | | onto their network. So lets say you buy a phone |
| I guess this is why Nextel will claim that any other | | | | from AT&T, then that phone will be locked to their |
| unlocked phone will not work on their network. But | | | | network. In the same way if you purchase a phone |
| this is not so. | | | | from Nextel then that phone will be locked unto |
| The a360 will work the only thing is that the direct | | | | Nextel network. |
| connect feature will not work at all as it would not | | | | So as you can imagine, it's the phones that are |
| have been installed on your phone. All you should | | | | locked unto their respected networks. Thus if you |
| have to do is to change the SIM and the phone | | | | were to buy a AT&T phone and try putting in a |
| should lock unto their network (providing that the | | | | Nextel SIM then it won' t be able to log unto the |
| phone is unlocked to another network). | | | | Nextel network, because the phone will be locked to |
| However my advice to you is that if you really want | | | | the AT&T network. Understanding now Celeste? |
| to join the Nextel network then you should buy a | | | | The only way a phone will be able to work on |
| phone from them as it stands right now; you tend to | | | | multiple networks is if you purchased a phone that is |
| save a lot more on calls using their copyrighted | | | | not locked. To do this you have to buy a phone |
| feature called direct connect. | | | | from an independent dealer and not from one of the |
| But the bottom line is that it is your choice as to | | | | networks themselves. In that way the phone will not |
| what you want to do because the phone will work | | | | be locked to any network and as such it will be able |
| once the SIM is switched but the direct connect | | | | to log onto any available network for which the SIM |
| feature will not work at all because the software | | | | is programmed for. |
| hardware isn't installed on your phone. | | | | In the same way if you have more than one phone |
| Here is some general information for you. A SIM card | | | | that is locked unto the same network such as |
| is a universally designed card. By that I mean that it | | | | Nextel, then you can change the SIM cards between |
| has one design that makes it universal in that it can | | | | them and they would work just as fine because they |
| fit into any SIM card slot on any phone. In theory; if | | | | are all connected to the same network. |
| it fits, it should work right?? Wrong. | | | | |