T-Mobile finagling advice?

[Joe Pfeiffer]

Ben Burdette writes:

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>My question is, has anyone been through this process before, what's the 
>best way to find out how the service is?  I don't know anyone that has a 
>t mobile phone (maybe that should tell me something).  And the other 
>thing is, how would I get the neo1973 onto the t mobile network?  would 
>I have to get their cheapest phone and then remove the sim card to use 
>in the neo1973?  Is it possible to get the sim card without buying a t 
>mobile phone? 

Based on what a T-Mobile salesdroid told me, it isn't possible to get
their service without a phone.  So my plan is to do as you suggest:
get their (actually, I haven't fully researched the GSM providers in
my area, so "they" may not be T-Mobile when the dust settles) cheapest
phone, move the sim chip.