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Re: The AT&T 3G issue

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Originally Posted by deeteroderdas (Post 317696)

I'm not interested in that plan...Apples to apples, Sachin007. Unlimited to unlimited...

True apples to apples but you also could consider buying oranges if you had the option. Wheras on At&t there is no option. I personally dont need the unlimited messages because no one of my friends have unlimited messages and in the US the carriers charge to even recieve a message. ... how do you guys allow them to loot your money like that?

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I don't pay to receive messages. I've heard that tossed around a couple of times... only instance of that is if your phone doesn't have a data plan.

Or if somebody receives messages from overseas perhaps? I'm actually a bit confused - I know I get charged for overseas texts (which sucks) but not for incoming texts.

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I think I'm in a similar boat as GA, only I'm on a family plan with Verizon.

Actually, knowing that Verizon is opening (a few) LTE networks at the end of this year and beginning of next, I'm hoping that Nokia releases a 920 or something with Verizon LTE support.:D

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Let's cross our fingers for a NAM version with AT&T 3G, then, I guess.

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Apparently there might be an announcement to that effect sometime soon.

Also, for what its worth, Ari Jaaksi on Twitter: "There is a lot of buzz about the N900. But its not done yet. ....sorry gotta take this call ...."

So maybe we're all overreacting... who knows.

Re: The AT&T 3G issue

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Originally Posted by sachin007 (Post 317902)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=htt...CZnTl0zas1U_vg

Seems like we have been down the road as to what a customer service rep may know. And the conclusion was they are generally not privy to undisclosed product launches. But who knows, Nokia is apparently not good with secrets of late. Here is the alleged response from Nokia. I hope it is true....

Alvin,

You are correct, we’ve announced the Nokia N900 yesterday. We have not announced where it will be available but have just said that it will be released in select regions.

Regarding the network bands, you are correct – we announced a WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz bands. We have not made any announcements regarding an 850/1900/2100 MHz band device. An announcement will be forthcoming.

Thanks,
Joe

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Be patient... Nokia World is almost here...

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The email from Nokia was not "accurate" -- See here

Update:Joe Gallo from Nokia AND the sender of this email quoted above has notified me that this email was fabricated. The original email did not include the last sentence.

:(

Re: The AT&T 3G issue

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Originally Posted by spock (Post 317677)

Nobody has corrected this yet, so I will. In Canada, Rogers and Fido both use the same 3G frequencies as AT&T. Those two (actually only one company/network) are currently Canada's only GSM providers so unless Nokia releases an 850/1900MHz version then they are *ignoring* all of Canada. I'd buy an n900 if it weren't for the fact that I can't actually use it.

Well, IIRC Rogers does have some AWS spectrum and plans to (eventually) expand onto it, which would be T-mo US compatible. Not sure how soon or how geographically wide-spread that would be...

And of course, saying you "can't actually use it" is like telling many T-mo USA customers (my town, for example, is EDGE-only for another couple months) and all the original iPhone purchasers they can't use their data connections. No denying that EDGE is inferior, and I'll be plenty excited when 3G arrives, but as someone who uses it everyday, I must say it's a long way from useless. If you can confirm that Rogers will roll out AWS 3G in your area eventually, it could be reasonable to run with EDGE temporarily.