How to get started with Openmoko phone?

[Mikhail Umorin]

Just FYI

> > 1) Is there any particular kind of wireless carrier (in US) I need to
> > subscribe to?
> >
> > Any that use a SIM card. So AT&T or T-Mobile. (I use AT&T just fine)
>
> Slightly off.  It also needs to be a GSM network.  Right now, that's only
> AT&T & T-Mobile for the US.
>

I tried both t-mobile and att pre-paid phones. t-mobile sold me just a SIM 
card ($20 in store, $7 online), att sold me with a phone ($20 cheapest, with 
3G card). Both worked fine. To keep an old cell number one has to sign up for 
a contract.