How to get started with Openmoko phone?

[David Ford]

Mikhail Umorin wrote:
> 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.
>   

i'm fairly sure that is marketing BS.  afaik, there is nothing required
to keep an old number.