gerbick | # 31 | 2011-08-09, 23:16 | Report

They don't waive the fees. You still pay for data once you use those frequencies.

Seriously. The US carrier/market system is ****ed up.

Radu | # 32 | 2011-08-09, 23:17 | Report

Americans also believe in freedom. Phone companies have the freedom to do whatever they want, you can't expect them to do what you, the guy with money in your pocket want.
So for example, I will buy an Android phone instead, which means that Nokia will lose my money. And there are others like me too.

brandonc | # 33 | 2011-08-09, 23:19 | Report

yeah its horrible and imagine when you have no choice and have to side with at&t or cdma...if that goes through that is.

Zoxir | # 34 | 2011-08-09, 23:27 | Report

I swear half that some dude from Nokia opens his mouth it's bad news for the N9. Can they just STFU I don't know how many more of this I can read before I change my mind about the N9.

jo21 | # 35 | 2011-08-09, 23:47 | Report

nokia is ****ing up big.

killing s40 also for a horrible selling wp7?

nokia is ****ed.

hello android.

MoJo | # 36 | 2011-08-09, 23:50 | Report

In terms of strategy this makes no sense to get rid of the S40 line in North America. There still remains a market for feature phones and especially the type of phone that costs under $40 for prepaid plans, and emergency calls.

To clear up the arena for a very direct campaign on WP7 flavored devices is one thing, but to say we don't need to sell the phones that kept us afloat any longer is ridiculous. Honestly the N9 not being available in North America is not an issue to me because the phone is DOA anyways. It really is a beautiful concept, and it is designed superbly. The issue with the N9 is that it is more so apparent that Nokia doesn't want to support it than the N900. They are selling it in markets like Finland because they don't want it to hamper the WP7 draft pick.

I am actually willing to try a WP7 made by Nokia, so long as it has a HW KB, and not solely rely on touch. Also selling the phones through carrier partner channels guarantees better control of the product, the product promotions, and its' uptake commercially. But S40 phones still have a place in the North America market.

jo21 | # 37 | 2011-08-10, 00:44 | Report

you know whats funny?

eldar this say they were doing this, s40 was going to flushed.

nokia have no way of recovering.

lets hope s40 its turning into a s100

geneven | # 38 | 2011-08-10, 01:06 | Report

I'm not sure I understand this issue, but I'm paying Tmobile $15 a month plis $1.50 for any day I want to use the Internet. No sign of throttling, either. That seems pretty cheap for my N900. Of course, I am home using WiFi most days so I don't pay for the Internet then.

danramos | # 39 | 2011-08-10, 01:07 | Report

I've been having difficulty understanding you, but this one takes the prize for the most cryptic word-salad I've seen in a while. I normally hold back on pointing out broken English, but this one's just too broken and I really WANT to know what you're saying. :P Can you PLEASE, PLEASE rephrase your thoughts again so that we can try to understand it?

lemmyslender | # 40 | 2011-08-10, 01:13 | Report

Funniest thing to me is how they've tricked folks around here into developing for a dead end device that won't even be available in a lot of major markets (except as grey market with no warranty support).

So, in reality, Nokia will produce the contractual minimum amount of N9's, with a limited market release. Designed for failure.

I feel for the poor Meego/Harmattan team that was hoping and pray the N9 would take off and corporate would see the light.