Good news for those of us in the USA!

[ZGold550]

Now, the guy I was talking to could be completly out of his mind and giving me wrong info, but this is what he did tell me.

That Cingular (the new AT&T) will indeed be carrying the N95! He said specifically that it has been announced that Cingular will be carrying the N95. He doesn't know when he'll have stock but he knows they will be carrying it.

Means we'll be able to get subsidized phones! Awesome. Only bad news is everybody on their kid sister now will be walking around with one -- so some of the "coolness" factor may be diminished. But heck with that, we'll get cheap n95s!

[nobleiceman]

That's great! But are they going to neuter the thing and make it so we can't use WiFi, or GPS or hook it via bluetooth to our laptops? I'd rather pay full price for an unlocked one...

It's still good to hear though, means it will be more places, which means competition, which means cheaper...

[mariokarter]

I'm kind of hoping this isn't true because it means every freaking American and his dog will have one yet I still Won't be able to get one for cheep. (loss of coolness and still expensive)

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by mariokarter

I'm kind of hoping this isn't true because it means every freaking American and his dog will have one yet I still Won't be able to get one for cheep. (loss of coolness and still expensive)

Bad news for you...... Good news for me Come on, america never gets any good phone, plus were years behind Europe.

[ok3k1]

lolz,, thats bad for u ,, but good for me, who cares if everyone got, and i am sure it won;t be cheap like 500 dollars and 200 off coz of contract no mater wat,, like black berry,, which are even cheaper then n95.. imagine n95 prise

[pseudofinn]

Originally Posted by nobleiceman

That's great! But are they going to neuter the thing and make it so we can't use WiFi, or GPS or hook it via bluetooth to our laptops?

Of course they are. I'm glad that it's going to be forever before Cingular gets this thing- if it's true that they're getting it. I bet if five people called Cingular with random made up phone names, one or two would be told by those bozos that it's coming this year.

The wifi would most DEFINATELY be taken out of the picture if Cingular got it's hands on it. However- by the time Cingular comes out with the N95, which would have to have US HSDPA frequencies- there would be a hundred places on the Internet that can de-brand and reflash one. Maybe it would be a good thing. Get an N95 right now without the HSDPA, sell it on ebay when Cingular released the gutted model- buy it and have it de-branded. Having a new fresh N95 with HSDPA? Christmas all over again :D

[nobleiceman]

Originally Posted by pseudofinn

The wifi would most DEFINATELY be taken out of the picture if Cingular got it's hands on it. However- by the time Cingular comes out with the N95, which would have to have US HSDPA frequencies- there would be a hundred places on the Internet that can de-brand and reflash one. Maybe it would be a good thing. Get an N95 right now without the HSDPA, sell it on ebay when Cingular released the gutted model- buy it and have it de-branded. Having a new fresh N95 with HSDPA? Christmas all over again :D

How long do you think it'll be (if ever) before Nokia would release a model of the n95 with US HSDPA frequencies?? Have you read or heard anything about that, because that's pretty much the one downside (that and storage) that this phone will have in the US. We can use EDGE for now, but compared to the real 3G data speeds EDGE sucks.

[mariokarter]

Wait so you think congular would disable th wifi? I can see them doing this so it forces you to use internet via them and rack up some data charges, but on the other hand with no wifi it means a lot of people will be abusing their unlimited data plans...

Do lots of service providers disable modem functionality or pretty much just cingular?

[pseudofinn]

Originally Posted by nobleiceman

How long do you think it'll be (if ever) before Nokia would release a model of the n95 with US HSDPA frequencies?? Have you read or heard anything about that, because that's pretty much the one downside (that and storage) that this phone will have in the US. We can use EDGE for now, but compared to the real 3G data speeds EDGE sucks.

No telling when it's going to happen, but someone has confirmed with Cingular on another forum that they a planning on bringing the N95 to US markets. As there have been some changes to the Nokia USA team recently, seemingly promising to focus more on high-end mobiles in our market, this might be true- but I have yet to hear anything from Cingular myself. Hopefully this N95 has sparked a new interest in this country for high-end mobile equipment- but one never knows what Cingular and Nokia will get together and do, if much at all. I still imagine it will be quite some time before Cingular offers the N95 for US markets.

Originally Posted by mariokarter

Wait so you think congular would disable th wifi? I can see them doing this so it forces you to use internet via them and rack up some data charges, but on the other hand with no wifi it means a lot of people will be abusing their unlimited data plans...

Do lots of service providers disable modem functionality or pretty much just cingular?

It seems to be getting more and more popular for service providers to not only "brand" new devices all the time, but to create specialized firmwares for their market and needs. One of Cingular's needs seem to be crippling high-end Nokias to the point of absurdity. Sometimes the do crazy things like disable MP3 support for ringtones.

Cingular is famous for disabling very important features such as wifi connectivity which they see as a potential revenue loss from unlimited data packages. They get 20 bucks a month now I hear for such a package, and as mentioned many times before- American's just don't know how to efficiently use a high-end device to it's potential, so I don't think many Cingular customers are using enough data on those plans for them to really worry about abuse. I personally use my data A LOT. They would most definately benefit from me using wifi- but I think they're scared about VOIP and possibly sharing an unlimited data connection with everyone who stands within range of an impromptu Cingular hotspot... ''

And of course, I'm sure the vast majority of Cingular customers don't have unlimited data plans, and are somehow content to rack up healthy data charges. This is surely something Cingular isn't looking to do away with.

Basically I think wifi scares the piss out of Cingular for many reason, and they're likely to do away with it on their equipment, whatever the cost. :?

[Frankmagnet]

Pseudo did you get my pm?