N900 in Canada (Toronto) - Page 43 - maemo.org

hawaii | # 421 | 2010-03-02, 21:19 | Report

No. The N900 will not work with Bell or Telus HSPA network. There is no GSM backdrop, it is all 850/1900MHz UMTS. No GSM. It will only work on Rogers/Fido or WIND, provided you have coverage.

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minhasum | # 422 | 2010-03-03, 05:17 | Report

@hawaii

Thanks for letting me know!

neilhwatson | # 423 | 2010-03-16, 15:22 | Report

Someone on the Wind forums claims to have had word from Nokia that Nokia will offer the N900 in Canada 'very soon'. This would be handy for any warranty support.
http://www.windmobile.ca/community/ideas/detail/18624/

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instigator | # 424 | 2010-03-24, 20:28 | Report

Originally Posted by lreeves View Post

Is there any retail shops in Toronto with the N900, or is Newegg.ca still the best place to get one from?

SN Traders in Mississauga sells them and all of the latest phones for all networks. Got my N900 there.

rajasekharp | # 425 | 2010-03-28, 16:13 | Report

I bought new one yesterday , its awesome a mobile fastest i have ever seen ..

but the bad thing i was in bell and the bell is not working on this phone either 3G or 2G..

the seller told me it works on all.. is there a way i can get my bell to work ??

EIPI | # 426 | 2010-03-28, 16:14 | Report

sorry, it wont't work on bell or telus. 2G on fido/rogers and 3G on wind.

HellFlyer | # 427 | 2010-03-28, 23:15 | Report

Ok so now I use my N900 on Rogers 2.5G but my contract expires in 7 months

so if Wind gonna support 3G for N900 does that mean I can just buy data package and use my own N900 or it will come with new N900s only ?

lreeves | # 428 | 2010-03-28, 23:16 | Report

Originally Posted by HellFlyer View Post

Ok so now I use my N900 on Rogers 2.5G but my contract expires in 7 months

so if Wind gonna support 3G for N900 does that mean I can just buy data package and use my own N900 or it will come with new N900s only ?

You can get just a new account from WIND and pop their SIM card into your existing N900. Works like a charm :-)

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gabby131 | # 429 | 2010-03-28, 23:36 | Report

rogers told me that they will soon support 2100 band of 3G. but i am not looking for that,

just waiting for wind mobile to breeze out the fast 3G band in winnipeg

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shallimus | # 430 | 2010-03-29, 18:51 | Report

Originally Posted by HellFlyer View Post

Ok so now I use my N900 on Rogers 2.5G but my contract expires in 7 months

so if Wind gonna support 3G for N900 does that mean I can just buy data package and use my own N900 or it will come with new N900s only ?

As lreeves points out, you can get a SIM card from Wind (Wind SIM card is free, unlike the usual $30 for a small piece of plastic with a few transistors inside).

You will have to sign up to a Wind voice plan though, as you can't get a data-only plan for your phone. Minimum is $15/month which gets you 100 minutes and 50 texts, + $35/month for unlimited data (5GB/month, then speed severely reduced). Unlimited texts to Canada/US is another $5/month. No hidden charges. I use Wind and have been quite pleased so far. Coverage was shaky for the first few weeks but is now pretty good (everywhere I've been in the GTA I have managed signal, and downtown is rock solid for me on an N900).