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REMFwhoopitydo 2009-09-20 15:00
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
you can already see adverts for the n900 PayG (handset) for £395, by the time its gets down to £350 my willpower will have faded and i will buy the damned thing.

Faz 2009-09-20 17:22
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dansus (Post 329905)
Mobbler works fine on S60, cant see any reason why it wont on the N900.
Good point, although I'm still not 100% on this.

This is what Last.fm staff said here in response to Vagalume & N810:

Quote:
The N810 doesn't connect to a cellular data network, so it's not a phone.

TooMuchMoney 2009-09-20 19:52
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
I'll wait for other offers... I will never sign a 24 month contract. I normally go for 12 months contract but pay about £100 up front.

The n900 cost less than the Touch HD when it was first released so I should at least get a similar deal.

I think I paid £89.99 + £35/month for 400mins + 500txt (12 months contract).

Ovek 2009-09-20 19:58
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
I will but only if I like what I hear at Maemo Summit in a couple of weeks... ;)

dansus 2009-09-21 01:32
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Faz (Post 330288)
Good point, although I'm still not 100% on this.

This is what Last.fm staff said here in response to Vagalume & N810:
They must of back tracked cos im listening to last.fm over 3G on my E71 right now.

dansus 2009-09-21 01:43
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TooMuchMoney (Post 330349)
I'll wait for other offers... I will never sign a 24 month contract. I normally go for 12 months contract but pay about £100 up front.

The n900 cost less than the Touch HD when it was first released so I should at least get a similar deal.

I think I paid £89.99 + £35/month for 400mins + 500txt (12 months contract).
Mobile phones direct are showing a 12months contract.

Combi 35 + Web'n'Walk, 500mins, 375 texts, £40.99 handset.

12months contract £39.15 pm

jaark 2009-09-21 09:33
Re: Anyone order the N900 on contract?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dansus (Post 329859)
If you have WnWalk, its free.
Nope. With current Web'n'walk contracts you are getting access to the 3G data network, not their WIFI hotspots which cost extra.

I have ordered from mobilephonesdirect. However, I have not got the WnW option from them.

T-Mobile tell me that all of their Combo 30 contracts include WnW anyways, so I'm not sure what's going on there.
Besides, I want WnW plus, which allows tethering, streaming media and has a higher usage cap. This is not available via mobilephonesdirect but can be added to the T-Mo contract after it has been set up.

richie 2009-09-21 12:37
Re: Anyone order the N900 on contract?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by richie (Post 329963)
Thanks Dansus. I've since read up that t-mobile have an agreement to share 3's 3g network. Though t-mobile is merging with Orange, so this might change. But if t-mobile does share with 3, it will give very good UK 3G coverage from November.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dansus (Post 329965)
I think that started in November 2008. ;)
Found the Ofcom 3g UK coverage maps, http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/i...erage_maps.pdf

I'm not so sure 3 can be sharing their coverage with t-mobile as there is big difference in UK coverage, which is a shame, I'm in a good 3 area, but poor t-mobile.

jaark 2009-09-21 13:30
Re: Anyone order the N900 on contract?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by richie (Post 330638)
I'm not so sure 3 can be sharing their coverage with t-mobile as there is big difference in UK coverage, which is a shame, I'm in a good 3 area, but poor t-mobile.
That sounds about right. AFAIK, they weren't talking about merging the networks but having some sort of reciprocal traffic forwarding ('roaming') scheme going on. 3's network would remain separate from T-Mo's, but handsets would be able to use either with no penalty. Ofcom's maps would remain the same.

I don't know how far that idea went. I'm a T-Mo user but if I've used a 3 network, it's been so seamless I haven't noticed (which would be the point of course!)

DannStarr 2009-09-21 13:41
Re: UK N900 FREE with contract - anyone ordered?
 
T-mo and 3 are sharing the 3g infrastructure, but it is not something that can happen instantly. As another poster pointed out, it started in nov 08 and is a long and drawn out process. By now many sites will be actively sharing, but still many will not. I can't recall when they say it will be finished by, but I have read that this will continue through the orange merger. Another thing that will continue is orange sharing it's 2g network with 3 as a roming partner


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