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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur ^ WTF??? What does it matter what kind of phone it is? An SMS message is an SMS message, PDA phone or not. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I think Telus is BSing you.

No, it doesn't matter... you are right... the fact is that Telus just does not offer a bundle package for a pda phone yet... so, if they do not offer that package to my phone, they cannot add that feature to it... apparently it is in the works and I have been given a little deal until they get this issue resolved.

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Weird that they don't have any extras that deals with text messaging on the contract that you're under now.

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Telus has something really really interesting...

Wireless EVDO internet access. "Connect 10 Day" plan. $75/mo, and supposed ACTUAL UNLIMITED data for any 10 days (24 hour periods from time of connection) throughout the month.

Though EVDO is only available in the GTA which makes this completely useless to me, it's a start. But give me a $100/mo plan with actual unlimited data throughout the whole month and then we'll talk. I'm sick of paying out the ass for so little from so many companies.

I hope somebody does that, and then everyone else will have to follow suit.


And why do we pay for long distance with mobile carriers in Canada? They don't in the US at all.

Last edited by VERTiG0 on Jun-29-2006 at 04:27

Quick question for those of you with phones that are on the GSM 900/1800/1900 freqs, and do NOT have 850MHz capability.

How is your reception, generally, both indoor and outdoor? I'm considering an X820 because I'm a gadget freak and this damn thing is 6.9mm thin and is superior to my phone save for the screen size and doesn't support GSM 850.

Talk me out of it, now.

^ mine is okaaaay, I guess. I havent really gone anywhere with mine to test it lol.

basement in my house, 1 bar if that lol, goes in and out.

Last edited by Playa24_7 on Jun-29-2006 at 11:26

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Originally posted by ShadoWolf

EasyCell.ca has the E900 (the slider) for $480 and the X820 (superthin bar) for $530.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Quick question for those of you with phones that are on the GSM 900/1800/1900 freqs, and do NOT have 850MHz capability. How is your reception, generally, both indoor and outdoor? I'm considering an X820 because I'm a gadget freak and this damn thing is 6.9mm thin and is superior to my phone save for the screen size and doesn't support GSM 850. Talk me out of it, now.

Right now it's on 5 bars. At home I get usually around 3 bars. I go down to second floor, and that drops to 2 or 1, no chance of getting a signal in the basement.

It sucks that the coolest phones don't have have an 850 band because they aren't geared for NA though. Even when you import the phone, you still get screwed because of no 850.

I dunno, I think my next phone will definitely be quadband - I'll see ho wmuch of a difference that makes over my current tri-band.

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Well I get no reception in basements of large buildings either, and my phone is quad-band. In fact, if I go into a huge store like Costco or even a Zehrs/Loblaws, I get no signal.

I turned off quad-band and have set my phone to run exclusively on 850/1900, which has actually improved my reception and increased the battery life pretty extensively too.

Ever had a tri-band before?

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I haven't, no - which is why I'm asking. I was previously with Bell, a CDMA network, so this is my first real foray into the world of GSM.

Bah, lol, all I've had are Tri-s and I'm wondering just how better a quad is, because there are some people that swear by the 850 band, but that might only apply to the States though.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Bah, lol, all I've had are Tri-s and I'm wondering just how better a quad is, because there are some people that swear by the 850 band, but that might only apply to the States though.

I'm really not convinced that it is necessary, because like I said I don't get reception in my goddamn local grocery store, whereas with Bell I had full perfect reception. It's not my phone either, I work with people that own mobiles with the 850 band and they don't get service either.