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Laughing Man 2009-11-07 15:31
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Haha, hell no. Not with the way Verizon gouges you with that.

Ayle 2009-11-07 21:02
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
What's wrong with EDGE? If it's anything like the iphone wifi will be the prefered data connection as it sucks less power than UMTS.

LurkerX 2009-11-07 21:07
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayle (Post 368359)
What's wrong with EDGE? If it's anything like the iphone wifi will be the prefered data connection as it sucks less power than UMTS.
Yes wifi sucks less power, but some of use don't have wifi everywhere we want to use a phone. I spend large chunks of every day in locations where I have GSM/CDMA2000 coverage, but no wifi. And EDGE is SLoooooooooooowwwww. If I'm going to be burning battery on Edge or GSM, I prefer GSM so that I have usable speed.

Ayle 2009-11-07 21:27
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LurkerX (Post 368365)
Yes wifi sucks less power, but some of use don't have wifi everywhere we want to use a phone. I spend large chunks of every day in locations where I have GSM/CDMA2000 coverage, but no wifi. And EDGE is SLoooooooooooowwwww. If I'm going to be burning battery on Edge or GSM, I prefer GSM so that I have usable speed.
EDGE is a GSM protocol. I think you meant UMTS.

Arrancamos 2009-11-08 00:37
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnx (Post 368020)
@Arrancamos: Alright. You figured it out. There were no technical, marketing or demographic reasons. We all tried to trick you but you were too smart for us. Nokia specifically crippled the N900 just so you couldn't use it. Also: They've been following you. Know that car that always parks on the corner of your street for hours everyday? Yup. It's Nokia corporate spies out to get you! Run!

-John

PS: Honestly interested to see if you can find any *currently shipping* phone with quad-band WCDMA...
http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products...specifications
LoL?

Operating Frequency
  • Quad band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
  • WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100

Fargus 2009-11-08 00:39
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by les_garten (Post 367950)
OK, so you go on the cheap and make your device non functional on the biggest cell Data network in the US? TMO is number 4 in the US, without a deal that move makes no sense to me.
Maybe the USA is not a primary market for the device?

les_garten 2009-11-08 00:52
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fargus (Post 368481)
Maybe the USA is not a primary market for the device?
No need to still be sore about that 1776 stuff!

:D

texaslabrat 2009-11-08 00:56
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arrancamos (Post 368480)
http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products...specifications
LoL?

Operating Frequency
  • Quad band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
  • WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
obviously a misprint. From the n97-mini manual (https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/f...ive_or_pdf=pdf):
Quote:
About your device

The wireless device described in this guide is approved for
on the (E)GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, and UMTS 850, 1900,
2100 networks. Contact your service provider for more
information about networks.
and from the FCC test documentation (https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/f...ive_or_pdf=pdf):

Quote:
1.1. EUT and Accessory Information
The EUT is a 7-band (GSM850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA Band I/II(1900)/VIII) mobile phone with GPRS,
EGPRS, Bluetooth and WLAN. Bluetooth and WLAN are tested with maximum rated TX power.
Unless you are suggesting that Nokia purposely lied to the FCC in order to hide the fact that they had a quad-band device?

Fargus 2009-11-08 01:08
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by les_garten (Post 368495)
No need to still be sore about that 1776 stuff!

:D
I couldn't careless about it. Nothing to do with my heritage, I just live here. I was merely trying to point out that not everything has to have a US focus. Nokia is a european company, maybe for the novelty they decided to look at markets that suit their operating mode more closely.

Arrancamos 2009-11-08 20:02
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)
 
and the point of this topis is?

whatever, they can handle it, if there are regulations ok. but at least they could release 2 n900 version with 2 triband types. is that so hard? no!!

Pedro??


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