Nokia’s N900 is one of the few handsets to work on wind Mobile’s AWS bands (1700/2100, same as T-Mobile), and although it was absent from their inaugural lineup, wind has promised it will be coming early this year. wind faces an uphill battle as the newest player in the Canadian telecom industry, but neither Rogers nor Bell nor telus have been able to snag the N900, which could (when combined with wind‘s nationally-exclusive unlimited data plan) win the hearts and minds of the tech-savvy. Having used the N900 for the last couple of weeks, I could see it filling a significant (if specific) niche and give a much-needed edge versus the entrenched competition.
[via wind]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement.
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