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#8701
Originally Posted by Cue View Post
As I mentioned already, seeing as the country you may visit does not use that band exclusively it means that even if you were to visit you will still be able to use your phone, roaming on the other networks for both 2G and 3/4G.

In fact, you will still be able to make calls with a quadband phone on T-Mobile USAs network since it's only T-mobiles 4G network that is 1700 (AWS). So in the end it make no difference to the user. If they want to make calls, they can, if they want 3G/4G data then it will roam on other available networks.
only if they have the sim for that network which unlocks the algorythm (key) to allow access to use the bandwidth. you cannot, per say, use tmobile for phone and att for data without changing the sim...at least here in the US.
 

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#8702
Originally Posted by shallimus View Post
I have a credit card. It works just about everywhere. Why do they require a bank transfer? I'm not saying they're not legit, but if they are legit, why don't they take credit cards?

Using a bank transfer instead of Visa/Mastercard removes protection from me the consumer and vastly increases the chance of me paying lots of money and receiving nothing of value in return, with little or nothing in the way of recourse.

Thanks, but no thanks

Yea, thought I'd just put it out there. You could also try and catch the order with Negri which does c.c/google/amazon checkouts and have plenty of reviews. My N9 should be arriving here in Canada in ~1-2 weeks.
 

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Originally Posted by shallimus View Post
I have a credit card. It works just about everywhere. Why do they require a bank transfer? I'm not saying they're not legit, but if they are legit, why don't they take credit cards?

Using a bank transfer instead of Visa/Mastercard removes protection from me the consumer and vastly increases the chance of me paying lots of money and receiving nothing of value in return, with little or nothing in the way of recourse.

Thanks, but no thanks
Because it is much easier to avoid fraud / make the barriers higher for "customers" for them as the seller if they insist on wire/bank transfer for foreigners instead of accepting CC data. Remember, it's not only about you, but also protecting them.
 
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Too bad we can't get pacman on the N9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=0z7kUqwq55E#!

Well I see 2 suction cup controllers for iphone

Joystick version
http://www.amazon.com/Joystick-Motor.../dp/B005DTFIYQ

and thumb pad version
http://www.nikingstore.com/shop/thum...-ipod-244.html

Second one looks cheaper but might actually be better since it includes both sides controllers and is a thumbpad.

What do you guys think. Will it work on the N9?
 
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#8705
Originally Posted by aironeous View Post
I can foresee a problem when my N9 gets here. Since it is from Denmark I will not be able to navigate through the beginning menus because they will be in a foreign language.
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This is a norwegian unboxing video that also shows the initial setup. At 4:56 in the video language is the third setting from the top

http://www.amobil.no/artikler/vi_har...okia_n9/102526
 

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#8706
N9 hackathon this weekend...
https://metalab.at/wiki/N9_Hackathon
 

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Originally Posted by Cue View Post
I don't have HSPA+ equipment I have an N900 with HSPA only and my contract is capped anyway.

HSPA+ is 4G, it was allowed to be called 4G because it was an improved network that could still compete with LTE and WiMax.

here is a speedtest in Finland with HSPA+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XfG9...eature=related

If you want to know about the improvements in HSPA+ over HSPA.
http://www.qualcomm.com/common/docum...and_021309.pdf
Please stop this bs. HSPA+ is certainly not 4G. It is 3G technology. Even LTE is actually more of a 3G tech.

Here is a quote for you from Wikipedia:
The following standards are typically branded 3G:

the UMTS system, first offered in 2001, standardized by 3GPP, used primarily in Europe, Japan, China (however with a different radio interface) and other regions predominated by GSM 2G system infrastructure. The cell phones are typically UMTS and GSM hybrids. Several radio interfaces are offered, sharing the same infrastructure:
The original and most widespread radio interface is called W-CDMA.
The TD-SCDMA radio interface was commercialised in 2009 and is only offered in China.
The latest UMTS release, HSPA+, can provide peak data rates up to 56 Mbit/s in the downlink in theory (28 Mbit/s in existing services) and 22 Mbit/s in the uplink.
And yes so you can theoretically get around 8 Mbit/s but that kind of speeds really are uncommon even here in Espoo with good HSPA+ coverage.

Useless network upgrade if you ask me.
 

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By the way, for fellow canadians, I believe SNTraders would be one of the sources to go to... The question is When? This is the only answer I got from them:
Originally Posted by Paul Gibson View Post
Thanks for contacting sntraders. Not yet. But soon. Pls check back. best regards
But this is the only way I can think of avoiding import taxes... Although... Retail price itself might be higher...
 
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#8709
i can get my friend to buy one from australia for me..but if the phone has problems, i would have to send it back to my friend for them to fix it.

I checked out Negri Electronics and the CSR told me that if there's issues, i would have to send it back to them and they will send it to Nokia.

I really want the phone but $700 is pretty steep considering an unlocked iphone4 is $650 and SGSII is $550ish.

Do you guys think the N9 price will be lowered after 1-2 months? and when will reviews start showing up from gsmarena, gizmodo, phonearena, etc?
 
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Prices won't drop drastically but remember these are early adopter prices anyway. You won't see unlocked prices for iphones dropping anytime soon, but N9 prices will eventually drop. I could see these a little lower come December. That may be when I will jump on one. I won't pay $700 either.

As for reviews, since it's releasing over these weeks you can expect gsmarena, phonearena, etc to get reviews up soon. As for gizmodo, I don't expect them to review it. They didn't like it when it was announced and all they really care about from Nokia is Mango. Engadget seems to favor the N9 though so they will have a review up some time this month once someone gets a hold of one.

My uncle is passing through UAE on a trip this month so I'm debating on making him pick one up for me. Need to find out the pricing.

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