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  1. #16
    n0kia
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    While on vacation I bought a Nokia 9300 in Germany and it works just fine here (SF Bay Area). I am an "old AT&T" Cingular customer and all I had to do was to pop in my SIM card from my old 3650 and presto it worked. I have it since a week adn had no problems so far. I will be traveling to the East coast next week but expect no problems.

    But here comes the BEST part:
    On http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,71993,00.html I found a configurator for the settings to set up the configuration for
    * Mobile browsing (WAP/GPRS settings)
    * Multimedia messaging (MMS settings)
    * Internet access point (Internet settings)

    It's an European site and even though you can't buy the Nokia 9300 in the US, it let's you specify your (US !) carrier, your access point etc. and then sends you the settings as an SMS to your phone.

    That's what I call service!


    See More: Anyone using a Nokia 9300 on Cingular?




  2. #17
    John Navas
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    Re: Anyone using a Nokia 9300 on Cingular?


    Because you bought your 9300 in Germany, you probably got the GSM
    900/1800/1900 variant, which means it *won't* work in areas where Cingular
    only has GSM 850 coverage. In other words, you're lucky that the SF Bay Area
    has GSM 1900 coverage.


    In <[email protected]> on Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:24:13
    -0500, n0kia <[email protected]> wrote:

    >While on vacation I bought a Nokia 9300 in Germany and it works just
    >fine here (SF Bay Area). I am an "old AT&T" Cingular customer and all
    >I had to do was to pop in my SIM card from my old 3650 and presto it
    >worked. I have it since a week adn had no problems so far. I will be
    >traveling to the East coast next week but expect no problems.
    >
    >But here comes the BEST part:
    >On http://tinyurl.com/cy568 I found a configurator for the settings to
    >set up the configuration for
    >* Mobile browsing (WAP/GPRS settings)
    >* Multimedia messaging (MMS settings)
    >* Internet access point (Internet settings)
    >
    >It's an European site and even though you can't buy the Nokia 9300 in
    >the US, it let's you specify your (US !) carrier, your access point
    >etc. and then sends you the settings as an SMS to your phone.
    >
    >That's what I call service!


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  3. #18
    n0kia
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    Hi John,

    you're absolutely right. Fortunately I bought it used from a friend for $200 and we agreed that I can return it to him if it doesn't work :-)
    Do you have any ideas of areas where AT&T/Cing has only GSM 900 coverage? Is there a map somewhere?

    Thanks
    Christopher



  4. #19
    David Friedman
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    Re: Anyone using a Nokia 9300 on Cingular?

    In article <w0KIe.7569$p%[email protected]>,
    John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Because you bought your 9300 in Germany, you probably got the GSM
    > 900/1800/1900 variant, which means it *won't* work in areas where Cingular
    > only has GSM 850 coverage. In other words, you're lucky that the SF Bay Area
    > has GSM 1900 coverage.


    So far as I can tell, there is no 850/1800/1900 variant of the 9300
    available to buy. What isn't clear is whether there is going to be. The
    Nokia web pages are inconsistent on the subject. I corresponded with
    Nokia, and was basically told that they do not know if they will ever
    bring it out--but of course, the person I was corresponding with may not
    have known, or been free to tell, the whole story.

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