[BTM] T-610 with no service contract as Salling clicker?

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Jeff,
    I have an old T68i phone with a $25 Cingular prepaid calling plan.  I
cancelled my old plan with Cingular long ago and just use this as a Salling
Clicker for my home iTunes server and take it on vacations in case I am
caught somewhere with only Cingular service.
     You might look at prepaid plans from the service provider, like the
T-mobile "pay as you go" plan Roger mentions below.

Joe

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> Thanks for the replies--so, based on this sample, the consensus is
> that the phone needs service to function as a clicker?
> 
> I assume there's a simple reason for this, I just can't figure it out
> (since I know very little of the Salling Clicker, other than it
> allows bluetooth remote control functions).  Where does the T-Mobile
> satellite enter the equation when two bluetooth devices talk to each
> other?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> 
> 
> On Sep 29, 2005, at 11:26 PM, Roger Houghton wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:16:38 -0400, Jeffrey Dickson wrote:
>> 
>>> Subject says it all--I have a T-610 with no service (a former
>>> T-Mobile phone) about which I was wondering this.  Any reason this
>>> wouldn't work?  Any other Frankenphone flights of fancy floating
>>> around? Any reason I shouldn't bother?  I've been meaning to eBay the
>>> thing, but it seems just barely worth the trouble.
>>> 
>> 
>> If the contract has expired you should be able to get it unlocked by
>> T-mobile, possibly for a fee. Otherwise a google for 'phone unlocking'
>> will find plenty of places that will do it. Or you could buy the
>> cheapest T-mobile pay-as-you-go SIM card, which should activate the
>> phone so you can use it with Clicker.
>> 
>> --------------
>> Roger Houghton
>> Bath, Somerset
>> mail at rogerhoughton.co.uk
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