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Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be “Talkspot” compatible!
Yesterday we found out that the BlackBerry Bold 9700 has started to ship to Rogers locations and will most likely be released sometime next week. We were unsure if the 9700 would be Rogers Talkspot (UMA) compatible.
Today we received a chart that shows all of Rogers BlackBerry devices with their specs and features, specifically for the 9700 it shows the Bold 9700 will in fact be Talkspot compatible. We’re told that things might change and they may decide to remove the feature. Rogers Talkspot allows you to make unlimited calls when you are in your “home calling zone” without wasting your cellphone minutes.
The Bold 9700 will be available for $299.99 on a 3-year contract with a minimum $45 monthly Voice and Data plan.
More soon! (Thanks Haristo!)
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How popular are UMA services? They don’t seem to be consistently offered by carriers (and I’m not thinking just about Canada) and nobody ever talks about how many people are actually using them.
Are they popular? Are they actually having any impact on carrier cost structures or consumer buying/usage behaviour?
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The BB 9700 from Rogers will not have UMA.
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“The BB 9700 from Rogers will not have UMA.”
Another blatant case of collusion. Bell is also blocking the UMA feature. I expect Telus will do the same.
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Mobile User Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I don’t see how it’s a collusion as Bell and Telus don’t even offer UMA in the first place. At least I haven’t found any reference to UMA on their sites or their subsidiary sites (i.e. Virgin, Solo, Koodo).
Even if they didn’t remove UMA from their 9700s, you still wouldn’t get UMA service on their networks because they would need servers configured. For example, on a Rogers’ 8520 or 8900, if you check the UMA section under Advanced WiFi diagnostics you’ll see they point to servers on the Rogers’ network.
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“I don’t see how it’s a collusion as Bell and Telus don’t even offer UMA in the first place. ”
That’s my point! They both agreed on NOT offering it!
Instead of offering a service most people could use every day they’ve decided to offer video calling. Look at how “successful” this has been in Europe: A dud!
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