[ale] OT, Cell phone unlocked.

[David Ritchie]

> I'm curious as to why on earth they would do that?  Unlock one of their
> phones to work with a competitor?

Also, I would think you would need it unlocked if you were to go to
Europe and use an
SIM from a European provider (one of the advantages of GSM, evidently
- it is widely used im
Europe). Or is it necessary to unlock the phone to use a third party carrier?

-- Dave