scott wrote:
> Everyone here has a SIM based phone, even my first Motorola brick had a 
> SIM card.  I have never seen a phone without a SIM card.

Verizon, on adopting CDMA, decided they didn't want to pay the extra 
$3/phone or whatever for a SIM slot. :-/

> If you mean lock the keypad, then my phone almost always has the keypad 
> locked (in my pocket) when I'm in the car.  There is no problem making 
> or receiving calls.  I just checked on my phone and the pairing for the 
> car is called an "Audio Device", so I guess it just uses the protocols 
> for initiating and picking up calls, transferring the audio, and for 
> transferring the address book. 

Yeah, that's how my phone works, except it won't make a call if the phone is 
locked. (Different from keyboard being locked - I can't even answer a call 
if the phone is locked. It's a security thing, not an avoid-pocket-dialing 
thing.)

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