Originally Posted by digittante (Post 323273)

Quad-band GSM phones have been around for a while now, why can't OEM's just make 'quad-band' 3G phone and eliminate all the confusion?

Originally Posted by MaxiKana (Post 323313)

I don't think no one really knows yet. AFAIK Nokia have changed their manufacturing in recent years to cut logistical costs to a model where they try to make the handset as close to the markets as possible. So I'm guessing the US handsets won't be made in Finland since the factory in Salo will be producing handsets for the EU market.

Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 323507)

I don't think that Nokia manufactures handsets at any location closer to the US than Salo.

Originally Posted by DaKing (Post 323510)

yea but as for the previous mobile N97 it was made in china .. for the us version offcourse ...:(:(

Originally Posted by JayOnThaBeat (Post 323585)

That's gonna go over well ....... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by generationally (Post 323294)

Did a quick twitter search:

http://twitter.com/Rotkaeqpchen/status/3816099816

Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 323317)

Well it cannot ship on 1 October 2009 in UK because that is (or was?) the launch date in DE & IT.
Maybe N900 is sold on summit ;)

Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 323507)

I don't think that Nokia manufactures handsets at any location closer to the US than Salo.

Originally Posted by krk969 (Post 323711)

From the Nokia germany website.....for N900 launch

"Bei Vorbestellung ist eine Anlieferung voraussichtlich ab dem 12. Oktober 2009 möglich. Dies ist abhängig von der gewählten Versandart und Produkt-Verfügbarkeit."

after google translation :-)

"In one pre-delivery is expected by 12 October 2009 possible. This depends on the selected shipping and product availability."

.....
by the time it will release the interest will be gone , just like the palm pre......

the least they could have done was to send out sample units for review to known websites so it helps customers decide and nokia to fix any unoticed bugs unless they have tons to hide !

Originally Posted by krk969 (Post 323711)

the least they could have done was to send out sample units for review to known websites so it helps customers decide and nokia to fix any unoticed bugs unless they have tons to hide !

Originally Posted by mullerrad (Post 324173)

I have pre ordered mine in the UK from expansys and they have 23rd October on their web site.

I just have to play with my G1 till october.

Originally Posted by tomtom (Post 324196)

Oh no you don't:
"The vouchers cannot be redeemed against orders containing
memory cards, USB flash disks"
Dang.

Originally Posted by arj (Post 324507)

Does anyone know where I can buy it in Denmark?

I tried ordering it from the Swedish site, but it won't accept my postal code :(

Originally Posted by digittante (Post 323273)

+1 for your very sane suggestion. The segmentation of 3G technology at all levels of the mobile value chain (OEM's, carriers, retailers) has been rife w/ mis/dis-information for years. "Will this work on my carrier?", "Does this phone have 1700mhz or 1900mhz?", "What if I travel overseas with it?"

Most recent example of this (and relevant to this N900 thread): I rang T-Mo last week just before buying an N900: The Tier3 tech support guy hadn't heard of the N900 but said it needed "1.9gigaherz" to be compatible w/ T-Mo US 3G. When I shared the N900 3G freqs, he check w/ his manager and reported back that the N900 likely has "European 3G" and wouldn't work in the US. When I repeated again the N900 had 1700mhz/2100mhz just like T-Mo US, he checked again with his supervisor. "Yeah, but that's European 2100mhz" he said. "Not American 2100mhz..." What's the difference? He couldn't say. I suspect there isn't one, and he (and his boss) were simply FUD'ing about a 'foreign' device.

Quad-band GSM phones have been around for a while now, why can't OEM's just make 'quad-band' 3G phone and eliminate all the confusion?

And for the record, I've been w/ T-Mo/DeutscheTelekom for over a decade and almost always bring my own phone. When T-Mo established a separate tech support team to help customers w/ non-T-Mo phones, support really improved (for me). I'm curious if Sprint/Verizon/AT&T provide similar support?

Originally Posted by twaelti (Post 323664)

That would be ok for me and worth the trip to Amsterdam all alone :-)
(at least better than to preorder - have it delayed - only getting it AFTER the summit...)

Originally Posted by edgar2 (Post 325350)

almost goes without saying, but it would be so much nicer to have the n900 during the summit.