Thread: Nokia n900 vs Acer Tempo DX900
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2009-09-13 , 15:30
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Originally Posted by meme View Post
I am thinking of getting Nokia n900 or Acer Tempo DX900. Thing with Nokia n900 is it doesn't work on Canadian GSM network like Rogers and Fido. Which have same frequency as AT&T.

Acer Tempo DX900 seems to be more of a world phone that works on all frequencies:



I wanted to pre-order Nokia n900 via Nokia USA but a little research and found out it doesn't work on 850/1900 frequency. How the f**K Nokia n900 is a world phone. What a crap. If you want to make a phone like this make sure it works on all frequency. I like all the things about Nokia n900 but frequency is holding me back to buy this phone. Who wants to throw good money at a phone that doesn't work around the world. Data and voice have to work.
Meme, the N900 doesn't work on the *3G* 850/1900 frequencies. It works the GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 just fine and thus is very much a "world phone" (especially since it *does* work on 3G on a major U.S. carrier and soon to be Canadian carrier as well). If having 3G is all-important, then yes...there is an issue here for you regarding the N900. If having the actual device is the most important thing, and "slumming" with EDGE and what wifi you can find is good enough for connectivity then you'd be set with the N900 as well. In fact, you should be able to tether the N900 with an existing 3G phone and have the best of both worlds if 3G is REALLY that important for you. So, there are several scenarios here that are workable until the 1700/2100 3G network gets rolled out up north.

Hope that helps