Nokia N900 and T-Mobile's 4G ?
 

$subj says it all. Trying to figure out whether the n900 could use t-mobile's new 4g, before signing up for a 2yr contracr to get the new htc 4g android ...

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It can't. It needs to have a '4G' radio built in (really LTE and not 4G, but thats the marketing term), which the N900 was not built with.

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thanks ... :(

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I was under the impression that T-mobile's 4G is actually 3G HSPA+

If this is the case, the N900 IS capable of utilizing it (and I think it does at the moment. See several other threads with speeds of 8-10mbps. I've even posted a screenshot somewhere here).

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N900 is only capable of HSDPA 10.2, which means 10Mbps download speed is the highest it is going to achieve.

T-Mobile's so-called 4G is a HSPA+ with a theoretical maximum download speed of 21Mbps. Unfortunately, N900 will not be able to get that much.

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T-Mobile's "4G" marketing term just refers to what other carriers call 3.5G or HSPA+. As other people have mentioned, the N900 handles 3.5G just fine, and gets very impressive speeds, if you have high-speed data coverage available. (It doesn't necessarily get the maximum speed possible on the network, but it certainly beats 2.5G/3G.)

If you already have an N900, then you can use T-Mobile's contract-free "Even More Plus" plans. I'd suggest signing up for a trial of one of those, to evaluate the service and how well it works with your N900. (In my case, I've found that it works marvelously everywhere except at home, where I get abysmal signal (intermittent with 0-1 bars).

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Near LAX I've gotten just shy of 9 Mbps. Works well with Mobilehotspot :)

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4G USB dongle + USB host mode? Would make for an interesting experiment

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1. I am in Chicago
2. Chicago T-Mobile infrastructure supports "their 4G" (beginning a few months ago)
3. Used N900 since it was launched in the US, in Nov '09 - have only gotten 2-3Mbps (down) in the city, with the 3.5G indicated on the connection mode. Most of the time, though - 2G
5. Have tested htc - 10Mbps+ in the same area (shop in the city)

Stefan

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I know it doesn't show up on their website anymore, but you can sign up for the Even More Plus plan by calling T-mobile and asking directly for it. I signed up for it about a month ago and there was no problem. I don't know why they don't advertise it on their website anymore though.

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I enjoyed more than 9 Mb/s of download for a few weeks on T-Mo 3G network sometime back in June. I think my $10 unlimited data service is being throttled since then which, leave me to around 3.5 Mb/s at best on 3.5G
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