Dell Streak is SIM-locked to AT&T

08/12/2010, Money can buy nearly everything – case in point, you can bring home an unlocked Dell Streak but will still have to have it work with AT&T if you want to take full advantage of the device, even though you [...]

Japanese iPad To Be SIM-locked To Softbank Mobile

05/11/2010, When the iPad was originally announced, Apple mentioned that the device would not be SIM-locked, but now it seems that statement doesn’t apply to folks over in Japan, as the Japanese iPad will be SIM-locked to Softbank Mobile. The good [...]

Japanese Government To Review Japan’s SIM Lock System

03/30/2010, Those of you who have travelled to Japan before will probably know of the SIM locks that they use over there. Basically the carriers (NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank) don’t allow users to use other handsets from rival networks. So you [...]