Can firefly cell phones be used with T-mobile?

We have T-mobile service for our cell phones and want to get a firefly phone for our kids but are uncertain if its compatible. Actually, I’m not sure exactly how firefly cell phones work.

Answer by topher4193
You will have to buy an unlocked FireFly. You can find them on ebay. I know ATT locks theirs but I am not sure about the regular FireFly branded ones because the come with a simcard. However we have T-Mobile as well and the two little ones in our house are set up on T-Mobile KidConnect. Every month the get 100 Minutes and unlimited T-Mobile to T-Mobile calling. When they use their 100 minutes their phones are unable to call or recieve calls from non T-Mobile numbers so you can talk to them on your cell phone after they use their minutes. The kids can also get a regular phone but some of those have a restricted calling feature to where you can only call certain numbers I believe. Also if you run out of minutes on the kidconnect plan before the next month you can purchase more at any store that sells those little t-mobile cards.

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Radio Electronics Nov 1948


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This is a the "Mobile Phone" commercial use concept that existed in 1948. Motorola among many were in a battle for miniaturization, yet they were all still stuck in the pre-transistor tube/valve age. The dawn of a new era was at hand. Bell Labs, now know as Lucent Technologies, developed a promising three-terminal device constructed on a substrate of germanium along with other trace metals. It showed gain using very low voltages as compared to tubes. This two-way radio depicted above has a microphone/speaker shaped like a telephone handset. It is not full duplex: You have on the handset handle a PTT [Push To Talk} button bar to press in when you want to speak and to release to listen. Motorola recently tried to legally keep anyone from commercially using the term PTT that they use on their annoying cell "walkie-talkie feature" phones. They lost. BTW: Half of that box is full of Batteries. An "A Battery ", [4 to 12v] just for the tube heaters, and a "B Battery", for the actual working circuitry [likely 90v - 2x45v Batteries in series or as 1 unit].
Chances are that you now have not millions, but billions of transistors devices in your home and they ain’t leaving.
Say Hello to the Transistor 1948.

I want a phone that can be used a mobile modem like where I can plug it into my laptop and have internet access.. I know blackberry’s do but do all of them and are there any other phones?

Answer by Alex
• Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G: can tether as a laptop modem
• AT&T Tilt: can tether over USB and Bluetooth
• BlackBerry Curve 8310: can tether over USB
• BlackBerry Pearl 8110: can tether over USB
• BlackBerry Pearl 8120: can tether over USB
• BlackBerry 8800: can only tether as EDGE/3G
• MOTO Q Global: can tether over USB and Bluetooth
• Palm Centro: can tether over USB
• Palm Pre Plus: can tether over USB
• Motorola Backflip: can tether over USB
• Palm Treo 750: can tether over USB and Bluetooth
• Pantech Duo: can tether over USB and Bluetooth
• Samsung BlackJack II: Rev 0 over USB and Bluetooth
• Samsung BlackJack II: Rev 0 over USB and Bluetooth

Please note that there may be more phones that can tether with AT&T, but these are the phones I know of. Hope I was of some help.

Answer by Stacy
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Answer by Nuhu
Apple iPhone 3GS – 32GB – black (AT&T)
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (AT&T)
Samsung Impression SGH-A877- blue (AT&T)
LG Expo (AT&T)

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