Nokia N95 8GB on Rogers has WiFi but no mention on Rogers site, appears you can't use 3rd party apps
UPDATE: Wireless North appears to have the N95 Rogers skinny. It will apparently cost 1.5 cents/kilobyte for 3rd party apps which means 300 MB of pictures uploaded via ShoZu/month = $4500/ month. Aaaaargh, I hope this is *not* true, if it is the r*poff continues!
Yay! The N95 8GB North American is available from Rogers starting May 6th. Looks like the N95 8GB has WiFi (just paranoid that Rogers would ask Nokia to disable it so I checked the site) according to Nokia.ca! No sign of the N95 on the Rogers site (c'mon get with the 21st century Rogers and update your website with new products at the same time you issue a press release!) but I found the following worrisome fine print about the $25/month Rogers Vision dataplan that the N95 will be using as its data plan on the Rogers site:
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Rogers Vision Unlimited On-Device Mobile Browsing Plan includes unlimited on-device mobile browsing only. Plan is available on Rogers Vision handsets only (PDAs such as Blackberry or Windows Mobile devices, PC cards and non-Rogers certified devices are not eligible). Data usage incurred on ineligible devices, incurred while tethering (using device as wireless modem for laptop) or incurred using non-Rogers (3rd party) applications downloaded to your device will be subject to pay-per-use charges of 5 cents/KB
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Does this mean if I use ShoZu to upload 400MB / month over HSDPA that I'll have to pay 5cents per Kilobyte? Fingers crossed that this isn't true (it wouldn't make sense but carriers don't make sense (and for what it's worth i don't get dinged for using ShoZu over my Fido unlimited data plan). Could somebody please confirm?
From the Press Release blog post from Intomobile Nokia N95 8GB hits Rogers Wireless in Canada:QUOTE
Well, it looks like Nokia isn't satisfied with taking the rest of the world by storm as the North American continent rests safely in ignorance. Nokia has launched the Nokia N95 8GB in Canada on Rogers Wireless. As expected, the Canadian Nokia N95 8GB is basically the same a the Nokia N95 8GB NAM (Nokia N95-4), and gives Rogers the pleasure of beating US wireless carrier-giant to the punch in rolling out the N95 8GB in North America.
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LOL
n95 8gb ringtone vs mp3
using MP3's as ringtones??
Hey all,
Does anyone know if you can drop MP3's to the phone's media player and use those same files as ringtones? Or is Rogers screwing people yet again by forcing people to download all MP3 ringtones through their brutal catalogue?
thanks,
Billy B
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no idea, i'll ask a rogers n95 8gb NAM owner
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Hey, I dont think they count using wifi through your phone. the n95 has a built in wireless b/g adapter, that as you're probably aware of can catch the common household wireless signal. Being of this nature this phone has the handy feature of being just like a laptop in functionality in the respect that it can catch wireless signals, but unless it has a sprint card (or a card of similar function) you are,"tethered" as was said; to the household and any unsecure wireless access point. If you wish to use your phone on the wireless internet through rogers outside one of those access points through "vision"- that's when the bill will start to add up.
Other than that there's no way they can charge you for using someone else's internet, or internet you're already paying for. If they can, then I'll be damned (-_-)'.
I bought this phone today and the thing is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Could browse the internet on my friend's wifi - good for when you're bored and in a residential area too!
Hope this helps,
Kenn
yup wifi works
Actually, I am quoting the
Actually, I am quoting the Rogers executive on the 1.5c/kb, but I am pretty sure he is wrong (I asked him 3 times though). It is more likely to be 5c/KB! I am not sure why he insisted it would be 1.5, but he did.
oh well
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