3G Plan Questions

[ranmasaotome510]

So i recently was on T-Mobiles site purposely seeking for a cheap plan.

My intention during plan custimizaition was to get a cheap plan, a free phone, and to just take the SIM for use on something else.

So i concocted a plan of 300 minutes (29.99), with "Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages for phones" (19.99) *what A Steal!*. Of which comes to a total of $49.97 Monthly

Now heres the part were i start asking questions. While i know its feasibly possible to just use any carriers SIM on any unlocked GSM Device, what i want to make sure of is that this plan with the "Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages for phones" would work on just about any Unlocked GSM Device.

The reason for my paranoia, is because of my attention to the "For Phones" on the data plans detail. Am i going to be limited on web browsing, and/or are they using some proxy to route data to only websites? is it strictly cellphone browser limited? My point is... Can i use this "data plan" on any 3G Capable GSM Phone and/or device? And not be bogged/limited to only special "service requirements"?

Please someone ease my confusion

[gbm85]

Originally Posted by ranmasaotome510

So i recently was on T-Mobiles site purposely seeking for a cheap plan.

My intention during plan custimizaition was to get a cheap plan, a free phone, and to just take the SIM for use on something else.

So i concocted a plan of 300 minutes (29.99), with "Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages for phones" (19.99) *what A Steal!*. Of which comes to a total of $49.97 Monthly

Now heres the part were i start asking questions. While i know its feasibly possible to just use any carriers SIM on any unlocked GSM Device, what i want to make sure of is that this plan with the "Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages for phones" would work on just about any Unlocked GSM Device.

The reason for my paranoia, is because of my attention to the "For Phones" on the data plans detail. Am i going to be limited on web browsing, and/or are they using some proxy to route data to only websites? is it strictly cellphone browser limited? My point is... Can i use this "data plan" on any 3G Capable GSM Phone and/or device? And not be bogged/limited to only special "service requirements"?

Please someone ease my confusion

Yes you can use the web plan with an unlocked PDA and it will work. You may have to tweak some settings, but it will work. You better hope to the gods that T-Mobile never catches you, because they'll terminate your service in a second if they find out you're using the $20 web/msg plan on a PDA that is normally $35 for the same plan.

You WILL NOT, however, be able to use 3G with an unlocked phone. T-Mobile uses a 3G frequency that is extremely rare, if not entirely unique. Your best bet is to buy a used T-Mobile phone AND MAKE SURE IT IS A T-MOBILE USA PHONE WITH 3G. No other phone will work.

The Google phones are the only non-TMo branded phones that work on T-Mobile 3G, and that's only because they essentially are T-Mobile phones without the logo.