Most definitely and unfortunately no.
The sim card inside the storm is a placeholder sim for vodaphone for over seas use.

The only way you would be able to do it is if you somehow flashed the firmware on the unit to become a FOREIGN unit using the firmware THEY use over seas and then bring the unit _HERE_ for use with our gsm networks.
(which would be the equivalent of you buying a blackberry storm overseas and bringing it here)

And i'm almost positive that would be illegal (not to mention a violation of international law) because it would mean you would need to change the serial numbers of the device. (The IMEI/ESN) to match that of one currently being sold overseas.) (Or atleast part of it)

And to be honest with you it would be far to much work.

A friend of mine and I run a small MVNO site and I had asked him the same exact question not only 1 week ago.


There is no phone currently being sold in the united states that had DUAL Network capability other than some sprint/nextel models.





Personal Note:
I wish there was I would probably buy one myself.
Now if you go overseas and have something fabricated or buy something that has this ability from a rogue vendor that is another story.

All in all I know it can be downright mind boggling that not only has no one written a firmware/baseband that utilizes multiple network frequencies with regards to CDMA/GSM but why the hell don't the cellphone companies get together and make a phone like this and do it themselves, they would make out like bandits. Instead of having people carry around 2 separate handsets. (1 GSM/WCDMA 1 CDMA/iDen)(Which is the best your going to get unless someone writes a RIDICULOUS firmware enabling a antenna array inside a phone to magically utilize the 2 groups), I know i would be all over that in a second!
That would mean i could finally carry around just one damn phone.
Throw in WiFi draft N, BT 3,and Infrared, and you will never need another phone again.
Right now I have 3 phones I'm lugging around, and once 3G becomes widespread I'm going to need to get another for the 2100/1700mhz freqs. Argggggggggggggggggggggg!
Source(s):
My Brain.


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