You can pickup fully unlocked dev phones here: http://android.brightstarcorp.com/index.htm http://android.brightstarcorp.com/index.htm This has been the case s

You can pickup fully unlocked dev phones here: http://android.brightstarcorp.com/index.htm http://android.brightstarcorp.com/index.htm This has been the case since october of 2008. There has always been an unlocked option for developers/users. Consumers can buy those too, but they'd obviously rather purchase carrier related phones to save money on the phone purchase.