Filed under: Telus Mobility, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA
It’s no secret that Telus is kicking off a transition from CDMA to UMTS / HSPA starting later this year, but who would’ve thought its Koodo Mobile value-oriented brand would be on the front lines? Howard Chui notes that Koodo’s phone activation page now shows a SIM card on its diagram of where to find your ESN (or IMEI, in this case) — a pretty strong indication that GSM-enabled Koodo phones are just around the corner. Of course, that leaves open the question of what hardware will be involved, but something tells us Koodo won’t be getting that killer LG BL40 its corporate parent has long been rumored to have in the pipe.
[Via Howard Chui]
Koodo leading Telus’ charge into HSPA territory? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Misc
The gang at
Adafruit Industries are on a mission — and they won’t rest until every man, woman, and child on this planet has access to the DIY and open source electronics they crave. The most recent project of theirs,
Citizen Engineer: SIM Card Hacking, is a comic book that both serves as a primer on GSM and
SIM cards and tells you how to build a SIM card reader. And if that weren’t awesome enough, if you purchase the title for $35 they’ll throw in the reader kit — either enabling your thirst for knowledge or jump-starting you on your path towards a new life as a hacker / fixer for the Russian Mafia. Video after the break.
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Adafruit’s Citizen Engineer comic book / SIM card reader kit originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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