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T-Mobile - welcome to 2005

I wonder if everyone who is against MB giving up the info feels the same with wireless phones. The police have learned that utilizing wireless phones with court orders have been helping find anyone from murderers to missing persons. And the wireless companies are more than happy to do so.

It's common sense guys. The driver killed someone.

I certainly don't believe that if someone killed your son/daughter/spouse and you knew who did along with the cell # you would be against the wireless companies helping the authorities track the culprit down.

Should/will be available by the holidays....

It's not the carriers that make the deicision on wifi. It's the phone manufacturers...

Sprint is also moving to BREW. They'll be there by the fall/winter timeframe. And Sprint will be getting a SLVR variant.

long time reader, second time poster...

Make me a believer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st time poster eva on Engadget although I've been reading now for over a year!!!! Make me a believer!!

You guys are missing the whole point of this thing. It's illegal for Sprint to give out customer information. If Sprint doesn't have the proper paperwork they can't give it out - IT'S AGAINST LAWS PROTECTING CONSUMER PRIVACY!

The process to get authorization to release such information as stated above takes only a few minutes and is so easy. The $25 is farse - the police department doesn't have to pay that, as far as I know that has been misreported. Sprint probably does have to set up a protocall that when a normal CSR receives a call like this, they can transfer them quickly to the correct department so they can get help.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all about saving babies. But before you criticize Sprint for something, know what you're talking about.