Leap Frog Tictalk phone with Cingular - possible?

Forgive me if this sounds uninformed- but question for the group-

We have Cingular family plan - would like to have a phone for our child (under 13) - she goes to friends, karate practice, misses bus, etc. etc. - basically just to call us and grandma. Would like her to be able to use mobile to mobile minutes, etc.

Firefly via Cingular seems like the obvious choice - but the Firefly sucks compared to the Leap Frog Tictalk phone. With Tictalk, there are educational games (can upload her school spelling list) - we can have the phone turn off during school hours, send TEXT MESSAGES to it (what do you want for dinner) the list goes on. Firefly can do none of that.

Since the TicTalk is a GSM phone (Leap frog only offers a pre-paid plan via Enfora) - is there any way to make the TicTalk a Cingular phone? Buy a goPhone and swap the SIMs with the TicTalk? (forgive me if I'm suggesting something that's not legal, etc. - I don't know much about SIMs) - or am I just SOL and have to live with the Firefly as the best option?

I took the firefly out of the box - took me 30 minutes to get the case off and insert the SIM (pain in the @@@) and then the "Cingular Firefly address book upload" website will not send the addresses to the phone, etc. - it's a piece of junk compared to the TicTalk.

Seems like my choices are crappy hardware with a good plan, or good phone with a crappy plan.

Thanks,
Michael

You might be SOL. I've never seen a TicTalk, but if its offering a pre paid service through an independant company, its probally hardwired to use service through that company only. Tracfones work the same way. They're GSM phones too, but the phone hardware & software is hardwired to accept only Tracphone serivce, there's no way to get around it. If TicTalk has a return policy, I'd suggest getting one and trying your own SIM in it. If it works, you'd be safe to get your daughter one. You can either get a go phone and use just the SIM or go into a local Cingular store and see if they'll sell just the SIM and set it up for prepaid.

I spoke with a Cingular rep. on 1-12-2006 and after checking with many different people in their office they didn't believe they would support the tictalk. (They even had no idea about the prepaid plan). I hope this helps as I too would would be very interested in this particular phone for my child.

I just spoke with a Cingular rep on the phone, (have her number and name) and she said as long as the phone is unlocked, is GSM, and takes a SIM card, they can put it on their system. I have also found several articles stating that the prepaid plan in on the cingular system, so if ANY carrier should be able to add it, it should be Cingular. I just ordered one, and have full intention of adding it to my cingular plan.

Superchicken, please let us know if this works. I am really interested in this phone for my son. Thanks

Leap Frog Tictalk phone with Cingular - possible?

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