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Architengi 2009-09-18 08:58

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mandor (Post 329134)
Well I am from Quebec and the device just damn please me as it is. See I live on three continents (Oceania, Europe and North America) and if I would buy a device with NA frequency I would not be able to use 3G 2/3 of the time. I know I do not represent the typical user but still.

We live on a planet with other people and I am tired of being the only one with 850 MHz 3G (with Roger) and 110 Volt and ... /rant

How can you live on Oceania , Europe and N.America? Did you find a cheaper charter than RyanAir which is also inter-continental, or simply someone sold you as well the Nokia N900xt teleporting device?

Mandor 2009-09-18 09:18

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Architengi (Post 329136)
How can you live on Oceania , Europe and N.America? Did you find a cheaper charter than RyanAir which is also inter-continental, or simply someone sold you as well the Nokia N900xt teleporting device?

I went to school for a long time. A good thing about that (beside loosing 22 years of your life at "school") is you travel a lot.

Architengi 2009-09-18 09:26

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mandor (Post 329145)
I went to school for a long time. A good thing about that (beside loosing 22 years of your life at "school") is you travel a lot.

C'mon man. you didn't like the school, what is the school about? I don't know, but you are lucky enough to enjoy the life over-sea, isn't it? :)

dccupp 2009-09-18 12:59

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by makka (Post 329071)
First post here and i'm starting a rant.
I am heartbroken, angry, and want to kill someone. I have been obsessing about this phone for months, thinking about it at nights, looking for way to get it. I saw the amazon pre-order and jumped in, got it shipped to my uncles address in cali, blah blah. Then i find out that there are no carriers that can offer 3g in canada. If nokia wants NA market penetration then why the f*ck are they not offering this phone with a proper quad band. I am frustrated, and since i know that nokia developers read these forums i just wanted to tell them off.
:mad::mad:

I hear ya, but realize that the situation's not great for NAM users either. For 3G you have all of :drumroll: ONE carrier option.

Den in USA 2009-09-18 13:12

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by makka (Post 329071)
First post here and i'm starting a rant.
I am heartbroken, angry, and want to kill someone. I have been obsessing about this phone for months, thinking about it at nights, looking for way to get it. I saw the amazon pre-order and jumped in, got it shipped to my uncles address in cali, blah blah. Then i find out that there are no carriers that can offer 3g in canada. If nokia wants NA market penetration then why the f*ck are they not offering this phone with a proper quad band. I am frustrated, and since i know that nokia developers read these forums i just wanted to tell them off.
:mad::mad:

Makka, you should have joined this forum and researched the N900 before ordering it. For me, I am not interested in the N900. I am looking forward to an N810 upgrade, better keyboard, better GPS. The screen size of the N900 is too small for me. We understand that the N900 is just the begining of a series of Nokia product. As far as your situation, you can still teather to you present cell phone.

EIPI 2009-09-18 13:19

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Best to watch out and steer clear of us angry Canadians - we may throw maple syrup at you...

In all seriousness - for Canadians to fully take advantage of the N900, we'll have to wait for our carriers to get their acts in order with respect to the 3G frequencies and cost of data. Hopefully windmobile has the tech and cost advantage over Rogers et al.

R-R 2009-09-18 15:14

Re: Angry Canadian
 
My feeling is really: RIP AWS in Quebec though...(who can trust vidéotron?)

What I can't find, is how much AWS spectrum Bell/Telus and mostly Rogers got in all the provinces and what are their plans...

TenSpeed 2009-09-18 15:34

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by R-R (Post 329262)
What I can't find, is how much AWS spectrum Bell/Telus and mostly Rogers got in all the provinces and what are their plans...

It's a bit of a dry read, but look at the Industry Canada website for details:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst...g/sf09001.html

The final results of the AWS spectrum auction are listed here:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst...g/sf09001.html

And my favourite, listed by winner and showing every spectrum block, is:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst...g/sf09004.html

My brief summary - the N900 will be supported by a number of companies, but not right away. Still, I'm buying. :)

moshbox 2009-09-18 15:52

Re: Angry Canadian
 
Am I missing something here? I've been with Fido/Rogers for 2 years. My E71 3G works just fine on my $15/mo 6GB data plan.

To the original poster, if its the silver edition, I'll gladly take it off your hands :D

R-R 2009-09-18 15:59

Re: Angry Canadian
 
15$/month 6GB plan !?
I'd pay for that... but you dealt it right? :)

EDIT: i can only see 25$ for 500MB online...


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