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#10
Ok, i want this...NOW :P

But now I'm confused about bands allocation worldwide!
(...and Canada/Montreal)

From nokiausa: (of course nokia canada is a year behind! go figure...)

* Optimized for WCDMA 900/1700/2100
* Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
* Optimized for 3G networks on WCDMA 900/1700/2100 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900

So does that mean that phone will work anywhere for voice but then for data we're screwed?

From what i gather, our GSM monopoly (Rogers/Fido, yes you! hopefully videotron and others will popup soon...? on the "right" frequencies?) is able to speak on 850 and 1900 for 3G...

Is an international phone still able to roam in 3G on the 2100 band?

Or does that mean we're stuck with EDGE and while traveling around Canada and in the USA too?

And then abroad i guess I'd have to get a prepaid data plan for vacations from another carrier... Also, any idea how to get the phone to here (except bribing friends south :P) ?