Posted by ESTOR
Fido does not offer pop3 or any email download. To receive email you have to use your own service provider's account and POP3. For people sending email to your Fido number, you can only receive those by SMS @ 15cents each.
SMTP server for Fido is gprs.fido.ca
Posted by megsanrocks
I'm from Canada as well.
I don't know about Toronto, but out here you can get the k700 at lots of little asian cell phone places that bring in lots of phones from Hong Kong. You can probably find them in Toronto-try an asian mall or something? They have lots of cell phone places!
Posted by bacanito
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Where is out here?
Posted by gr3gg0
@megsanrocks...anyone looking for cheap phones in toronto, try either easycell.com or .ca, or pacific mall
anyways...quick quesion for a noobilicious...person like myself
on expansys the k750i is $653.49 CAD...all in..pretty good deal. i would like to know if that phone is fully unlocked and will work with my rogers pay as you go. by work..i mean..i just put in my sim card and then im good to go...
about the phone itself.. i heard something about a 3.5mm jack adaption needed... does the phone even come with headphones? and if it doesn't, do i need to drop by a electronics store and pick up an adapter
thanx in advance
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Posted by Flannels
I've just bought an unlocked T637 and I was hoping that someone could help me with getting it set up for http access. WAP access is fine.
I'm on Fido.
Cheers
Posted by bokayo
hi, just want to know if my P900 and T39m also my wife's K700i will work there. i mean all the phones mentioned are triband, i heard that Rogers canada is using 850, thanks. i'll be there in a couple of months.
Posted by gr3gg0
i've been in contact with rogers and heres what i've got
rogers uses both 850 and 1900, meaning if u have a european tri band, it will work(900/1800/1900)..and if u have an american version of w/e u have, it will work too because of the 850 (850/1800/1900).
fido however, only uses 1900...so... there will be times when ..if ur roaming...u will pick up fido instead of rogers..if u have the european version. (random)
ps. rogers ..or ..me, for that matter, "cannot be held responsible if the device does not function according to the user's expectations" if it isn't a rogers phone..
Posted by bokayo
@gr3gg0: thanks for the info. we will be there by end of july, at vancouver.
Posted by gr3gg0
o...vancouver
lol, im not too sure about the reception and all that stuff out there... but rogers has a good email help thing
go to www.rogers.com, enter the site as a customer, and on FAQ ask what frequency(s) they use in Vancouver...i dont know but i could be different to Torontos.
Posted by bigphoneguy
I really think we should have a purely canadian forum.
Posted by westmini
has anyone noticed that rogers reception has recently gotten worse in the GTA?
Posted by bacanito
I don't know about the GTA, but recently, I've had more problems with the network (Fido in Mtl) since the buy was announced...shouldn't it be the other way around? lol
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Posted by mxmini
just received my S710a today.
I live in Canada and a customer of Rogers Wireless.
This phone was provided from them and what is disturbing is that
In the main menu you'd have the service provider's name on top
of your cell.. for what i remember it was at first
Rogers AT&T which is old name,.. then it changed to Rogers but instead of it being in the middle it is on the left side.. Apparently Rogers says its not their network doing this. Oh by the way i'm not 100% sure if i saw Rogers AT&T first time.. Just.. possibility..
Please help! I'd really appreciate it if only i can put that in the middle.!
I'm not a perfectionist but it does make a huge difference before i can show it off to my frends!
Thankyou!
Posted by Prom1
WOOO HOOOO NEWSFLASH TO ALL CANADIANS!!!
Rogers Wireless & Ericsson (they've had contracts totalling 5 years - including the changeover from TDMA to GPRS back in 2001, EDGE on the 850Mhz band since July 1st 2004) Have just announced Trialing begins NOW for UMTS/HSDPA!!!
Link: http://globetechnology.com/se[....]ogersoct13/BNStory/Technology/
"This trial represents a first step in creating a unique opportunity to offer customers complete freedom to use, view and access the information that matters most to them, when they want and wherever they are," said Rogers CEO Ted Rogers in a statement.
I just hope Ted's Marketing department truely shows people using this service for News, Entertainment, Contests with Entertainment, and for Wireless Data Services.
For those that dont know, Rogers Communications owns Rogers Wireless (Nationwide GSM/GPRS/EDGE), Rogers Cable (Cable, Digital Cable+TimeShifting,VoIP, Cable Internet), News Stations (FM/AM CHRY, 680News, etc), and Magazines (mostly womens mags). This means that Rogers Communications will be leveraging their bandwidth from their cable network for interconnection of towers - if possible - and network bandwidth.
"The services are expected to launch commercially in Canada in 2006." I'm guessing its July 1st 2006 = Canada Day (our independence day).
Posted by Prom1
Are you Canadians NOT excited about the above info??!!! Are you NOT entertained?~!!!! Or are you all just bummed out because no phones we wish for may never see Canadian sunrise to support this new standard for months on end to come?!!!
Posted by BlueQuill
Hey....Yaseen r u here? I hope you are. If you read this, please pm me.
Posted by Davo_169
greetings canada!!!
i heard that canada is the northern hemispheric version of australia?
Posted by JwY
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well, until the data rates go down, i won't be using much of it. i mean the phone plans are fine, but i still believe that the sms and data rates are way too expensive for more people to truly adopt them early.
Posted by Prom1
I do hope you mean data rate prices, JwY. If so agreed fully! Now that CDMA-EvDO is available by BellMobility in two cities Toronto & Montreal; if they expand across the country quickly and its robust, then Rogers may be forced to concede their caping idea &/ their data prices.
Rogers has just recently 3 days now; adjusted their subsidiary Fido's network pricing for data. NO unlimited - some I got rid of just before the announcement arrg! - and $100=100MB?! Ridiculous.
I'd like to see more options for pricing on content or just plain everything access data here in Canada.
As for sms/mms >> I cannot stand how Rogers' MMS works - half-ass-backwards.
Posted by [c3]
does anyone know where can i take my k700 to get fixed my cat droped it in the water bowl i live in downtown montreal, thanx, and do u know a place that sell the k750 in a decent price? $450 around that range? thanx
Posted by Prom1
Wish I knew a cheap price for the k750i!! But should go down in price soon; when the w900i is launched.
but SE repair center is in Mississauga, so there is were you must send it ... insure your package though, and use a low heat setting for the hair dryer, water VOIDS your warranty!
Posted by JwY
it'll take a while to go down in price
but i'm really loving the k750
any of you considering the w600 when rogers releases it?
Posted by Prom1
No way. I'm not touching the W600 too low end styling. I'd get bored of the color too fast; but its quality and no glitches from testers that I read on review/preview.
My money is going towards the K750 till the W900 is available locally for under $500 unless the Nokia N80 comes out first!
Posted by JwY
that k750 will last you a while then
it's a great phone
Posted by JwY
i just had to bump this
so where are all the canadians?!
Posted by JwY
where is everyone?
anyways you guys getting the w810
Posted by buster99
W810 is the phone i have been waiting 2yrs for, crappy thing is that it will be ridiculously expensive when it is first released
Posted by JwY
yeah that's true
too bad they got rid of the lens cover though
if only all the se's were quadband huh?
Posted by bokayo
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Posted by marktang
im from toronto canada....proud owner of the k750 flashed w800
Posted by buyakasha
hey guys,
Im canadian too!
ohh Anna you dont wanna buy from overseas cause you get landed with GST and brokerage when the phone comes in and thats about 50-100 bucks guaranteed! I bought SEW800 from www.maplemobiles.ca
H.
Posted by Hmyzak_SE
Hi to all, where can I in Calgary buy FM Transmitter MMR-60. Thanks in advance for soon reply
Posted by leibniz
Thanks to whoever bumped this thread recently. Been looking for a Canadian thread but didn't see it. I don't think I lasted more than 4 or 5 pages of surfing for it however.
Out here in the West, in the middle of the prairies with a K750i and a 1GB MSPD expansion card.
2 thumbs up for the K750i. What a sweet phone!
Other phones I've owned, in order oldest to most recent:
Ericsson??, Nokia 5180, Nokia 8260, SE T68i, SE T616, SE K750i.
@bacanito: que muy interesante que hay colombianos en estes forums.
Tengo una esposa colombiana e pasamos las viajes en colombia tambien. Conosimos muchos colombianos aqui.
Anyway, glad I found the Canadian thread. Let's keep it active! Or at least on the first page so it doesn't disappear again!
Posted by leibniz
Whaaa?
10 days and no new posts? Where is everyone? Shirley there must be some Canadian esatoists with some interesting news?
What's happening in your home town?
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Posted by bacanito
Ha, my thread is still alive!!
Well, I rarely come on here anymore...I still own a k700 *hides in shame*
my interest for cellphone has gone down a bit...i don't use if for functions other than phone+txt anymore...i have a car now, so no use for mp3 functions and all...but i still want a k750i at some point, or something like that...
Nice to see some people still read this...maybe i'll make somewhat of a comeback
and btw, if anyone can post how to get the wap/mms settings to work on Fido with a k700, customer service is useless if you don't buy the phone from them. thanks.
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Posted by leibniz
I could give you my settings for Rogers, but I think they are not the same as Fido, so they probably wouldn't do you any good. You'd be better off searching the settings the SE > Email Settings etc. forum.
I understand the motivation change. When I first got my T616, I was in these forms every day, for months. But then I just stopped coming here. But then I got a K750i, so I came back and I've been on here lots. Looking for java games, utilities, firmware upgrades etc.
Hang in there till summer. There are so many new SE phones coming out, that by summer or fall the K750i should be cheap cheap cheap.
Lots of technology for the cost, that's for sure!
Posted by Prom1
@bacanito;
Fellow Fido user!
Hey if you ever plan on giving up your unlimited data PLEASE PM me 1st I'll take it in a heart beat! I was stupid enough to get rid of it.
anyhow this is the settings for K750 but should work; just remember for MMS to work send it to yourself first.
Data account - Fido MMS
Account type: GPRS data
APN: mms.fido.ca
Username: fido
Password: fido
Password request: Off
Allow calls: Automatic
IP address:
DNS address:
Authentication: None
Data compression: Off
Header compr.: Off
Internet profiles
Connect using: Fido MMS
Internet mode: WAP
IP address: 205.151.011.013
Security: Off
Username:
Password:
MMS Fido:
Setting>Connectivity>Data Comm>Data Account
New Account: Fido MMS
APN: mms.fido.ca
Login Request: Off
Allow calls : automatic
Authentication : None,PAP
Data Compression: Off
Header Compresion: Off
Setting>Connectivity>Internet Settings>Internet Profile
New Profile: Fido MMS
Connect using: Fido MMS
Internet mode: WAP
Gateway Address: 205.151.011.013
Securitu: off
Messaging>Settings>Picture Message
Validity period : Max
Read Report: Off
Delivery report: Off
Signature: No signature
Creation Mode: Alert
Picture Scaling: Off
Auto Download: Always
Message server http://mms.fido.ca
Internet profile: Fido MMS
I do hope that this helps in the right direction.
Posted by atomicwinter
Hey guys! I'm from Toronto, and I plan on buying the K800i. I have a question... Since it doesn't have GSM 850 but does have 1900. Will the network reception still be any good for Fido? And when I do get the phone, how do I get on the internet with it? not with 3G right? ahaha sorry, I'm really noob with cellphone stuff.
Thanks guys.
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yeha im from TO too. and i have two k800i. yeah the reception should be fine on fido. i have a k800 on rogers and the other one fido (well used to, switched to rogers last week) but they both worked great. and to get on the internet u should go to the sony ericsson website and they'll send u the setting to your phone. and of course it is not going to be 3g
Posted by BobaFett
has any of u got the email of bacabito? i lost it. if any of u have ciontact to him, ple ask him to contact me, tia
Posted by Spawn
Another Canadian but sadly stuck at the moment in crappy ole UK:(.
Although i spend a good few months every so often in TO
. I live in oakville actually but tend to go to TO quite a bit.
Anyways a holla out to my canadian peeps
Posted by superunknown
Http://wap.ph-one.org
Posted by JwY
where are all the canadians?
Posted by Prom1
In the house!
I bet we'll see this thread flourish when HSDPA from Rogers launches at decent prices!
Posted by Prom1
REJOICE!!!!
HSDPA Official
HSDPA Official
Rogers press released the announcement this morning:
Rogers Debuts HSDPA in Golden Horseshoe
Phase one launch of next-generation voice and data network makes
Canada's only GSM provider the nation's fastest wireless carrier
TORONTO, Nov. 2 /CNW/ - Rogers today announced the launch of High Speed
Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) - its next generation voice and data network -
in the Golden Horseshoe. The debut of HSDPA makes Rogers the fastest wireless
carrier in Canada. It also places the company among the first operators in the
world to deploy this latest evolution of GSM. GSM is the dominant global
standard for mobile wireless communications with over two billion users
worldwide(*).
HSDPA is a 3.5G protocol for mobile data transmission that significantly
improves data transfer rates, enabling network users to download data at
speeds faster than competitive alternatives. Customers within the HSDPA
network coverage area will finally be able to experience wireless Internet
access at broadband speeds.
Access to the Rogers' HSDPA service is through the Sierra Wireless
AirCard(R) 860. This AirCard easily plugs into laptop computers, providing
users with reliable and secure wireless access, and is also compatible with
EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks, so users have access to information anytime, anywhere.
"For mobile workers, HSDPA is the great equalizer," said John Boynton,
SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. "Whether you're in the
office or on the road will no longer dictate how fast you can access your
data. From now on, wireless subscribers can enjoy high-speed mobile Internet
and multimedia downloads at speeds previously possible only on a wired
connection."
The HSDPA network will be rolled out to the top Canadian markets
throughout 2007 and will include the introduction of HSDPA-enabled phones and
new applications as well as much improved customer experiences on current
leading applications by Rogers Wireless.
(*)Source: Informa Telecoms & Media, June 2006 estimates
Rogers Connection Manager
To help customers seamlessly manage notebook PC data connectivity, Rogers
has launched the Rogers Intelligent Connection Manager. This free new software
application allows customers to manage their network data connection options -
including HSDPA, EDGE, company LANs, designated Wi-Fi hotspots, or cable/DSL -
and easily switch back and forth between available services. This helps
customers optimize their wireless connection experience.
Availability
HSDPA service is now available throughout the Golden Horseshoe region
from Oshawa to Niagara Falls, including the Greater Toronto Area, (Brampton,
Burloak, Etobicoke, Hamilton, Mississauga, North York, Oshawa, Scarborough,
Richmond Hill, Pickering, Newmarket, Markham, St. Catharines, Oakville,
Burlington, Toronto, Niagara Falls).
The Sierra Wireless AirCard 860 on sale at all Rogers Wireless locations
or through www.rogers.com. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 860 will also be
available to Fido customers starting November 24, 2006 on-line at www.Fido.ca.
Pricing:
The Sierra Wireless AirCard 860 is available from Rogers at a special
introductory price of $49.99 with a three year term or $349.99 with a one or
two year term. Existing data price plans apply.
For a limited time, Rogers is offering unlimited email and browsing for
three months on data plans of $60 per month or more.
Posted by Prom1
What no more SE Canadian users anymore??
I guess high data prices just goes to show you that its no longer profitable for providers to do this.
Oh well look like my WiFi WM5 Smartphone or S60 phone will come early.
Are we Canadians this far behind or is this thread completely & clearly useless.
Posted by BULL3TPR00F
im canadian
just stumbled upon this thread here.
Posted by goldenface
Yay! We need more Canadians around here.
Posted by Prom1
Indeed we do!
Posted by timz
Hi !
im from Edmonton, Alberta and i just landed here last tuesday (January 30, 2007) guess ill be hanging out here and read some post of you and get updated on some lastest technology here.
anyway, i bought M600i and K610i from the Philippines will these units be used here somehow i get a plan from Fido or Rogers?
Thanks !