Found the answer, this phone was for verizon, us cellular and many others. To make the phone work with boost, straight talk or vm, just flash the verizon radio from the verizon firmware in Hboot NOT recovery and then insert the sim card of the carrier of your choice and you should be able to get your APN's all set. The reason it's not listed on sites like
http://www.willmyphonework.net/ is because this method is not OFFICIALLY supported by the big 3 but it most certainly can be done as long as you are s-off and the key here is the verizon radio which is cdma/gsm compatible.