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Originally posted by Stilez

Posted a long time ago .... dude.



ROGERS EXTREME HARDWARE PRICE DROP

lots of ppl are doing the HUP @ 0.99, No activation or admin fee and keeping their pricing of plans with whatever or more credits...


3 year v+d
Blackberry BOld 9700 $199 (Dec 18th)
Blackberry Curve 8900 $49.99 (effective Dec 8)
Nokia E71 $29.99
SE X1 $79.99

$0.99 promotional price on
BB Bold 9000, White or Black
LG Eve,
HTC Magic,
SE X1
Nokia N86

3 year v
LG Neon 0
samsung a866 forever $79.99
SE W705 $79.99
SE W760a $29.99

Last edited by E2EK1EL on Dec-19-2009 at 13:18

99 cents on the Nokia N86, that shit is HOT

Such a sickass phone if you don't care for all the smartphone garbage and want a wickedass multimedia/camera phone.

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL It is 850/1700/2100 Wind needs 1700/2100 to work, 1700 alone won't work. EDIT: Someone has already placed a Wind Sim into 1st gen iPhone, roaming on Roger's Edge network. $0.25/min

why wouldn't it operate on 1700 alone if say the future phone supports it?

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I'm pretty sure the towers they setup have multi or certain bands depending on the areas.

It's because the shit that WIND uses requlres 1700MHz as the downstream band, and 2100MHz as the upstream band.


On a side note for some reason only half of my text messages are actually being sent now... I wonder if it's my phone, which has taken some serious unintentional abuse (so thankful for this steel construction), or a Rogers issue? Hm.

Basically I want an excuse to buy a Milestone, I guess

has anyone used skype to make calls? im thinking of getting the nokia n900 and using skype to make my calls. I found out to call any landline or cell phone will cost me $35.20 for the entire year! Only downside i see is that I cant use the phone to make emergency calls

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Originally posted by Ravist has anyone used skype to make calls? im thinking of getting the nokia n900 and using skype to make my calls. I found out to call any landline or cell phone will cost me $35.20 for the entire year! Only downside i see is that I cant use the phone to make emergency calls

From my experince, I've only used Skype on the iPhone and haven't tried other units. I've tested it on Edge, 3G & Wifi and the results are just as clear as any landline or cellphone. Obviously, Edge isn't so clear and it's a must to be on the other two modes.

My suggestion is, if your gonna get the N900 ... Wait until Wind allows you to use that unit on their networks before you buy it.

My buddy is doing what you want to do, got the Skypeout credits and using it w/ his iPhone at the momment with IM+ w/ Skype. Anytime anyone calls him over Skype, it's directly starts ringing as a normal call on his unit.

But i dont plan on joining any provider, just want to use Skype, with the n900 i dont think i will need any provider to use the phone as an internet phone

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Originally posted by Ravist But i dont plan on joining any provider, just want to use Skype, with the n900 i dont think i will need any provider to use the phone as an internet phone

With no service provider, how you gonna get Data Access?

N900
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900

Last edited by E2EK1EL on Dec-20-2009 at 17:36

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Originally posted by dEsidEL why wouldn't it operate on 1700 alone if say the future phone supports it?

Its because they are using AWS , rather than the standard UMTS


UMTS frequency bands - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL With no service provider, how you gonna get Data Access? N900 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900

i think what he means is probably hes trying to use Wifi to acess skype

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Originally posted by Ravist has anyone used skype to make calls? im thinking of getting the nokia n900 and using skype to make my calls. I found out to call any landline or cell phone will cost me $35.20 for the entire year! Only downside i see is that I cant use the phone to make emergency calls

35.20 is it? I didn't know that.... I thought it was a per minute thing. This would really cut on my calling cards for long-distance on my phone, and make calling terribly cheap when I'm in the US on wifi

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