Nokia Lumia 710 now available at WIND and soon to Mobiliticy

The Nokia Lumia 710 is now available at WIND and soon at Mobilicity

The price at WIND is a very competitive $259.00

With WINDTab25 it's $99
and on WINDTab40 it is $0

Just some specs here in case you are interested:

CPU: 1.4 Ghz single core
Camera: (back only) 5mp
Storage: 8GB on board (not expandable)
Battery: 1300mAh
Screen Size: 3.7" Clearblack LCD

Check out more info at WIND here

Source: WIND

WIND now listing the Nokia 710 as "Coming Soon"

Looks like WIND is about to launch a second WP7 device on their network.

The Nokia Lumia 710 is now listed as "Coming Soon"

No price information just yet but it would be interesting to see how they can price it since Rogers is selling it for $250 outright.

Stay tuned!

Source: WIND

Nokia Lumia 710 coming soon to WIND!

Over at MobileSyrup, they are reporting that the Nokia assault on Canada is continuing with the Nokia Lumia 710 making its way over to WIND.  So this will be WIND's second WP7 phone besides the HTC Radar (tried it, liked it, very solid build - I am still holding for a Lumia 800 or 900)

The release date it claims should be sometime in April.

Would be interesting to see how this will be priced since the outright price at Rogers is  $254.99.  Will this force Rogers to finally release this phone on Fido?

All I know is that WIND needs some high end WP7 phones.  How about some 800/900 love?

Competition is always good I guess.. now if they can just get some better phones... but it's a good start.

Source: MobileSyrup

Lumia 710 now available on Rogers

The Nokia Lumia 710 is now available for order from the Rogers website (and likely in store).

As previously rumoured, it is available for a dirt cheap out right price of $254.99.

3yr: $49.99
2yr: $99.99
1yr: $149.99
monthly: $229.99

Looks like the official Nokia assault on Canada is on and the rebirth of Windows Phone 7 in Canada has started.

For those of you who are curious as to whether or not you can buy this outright and take it to WIND or Mobilicity?  According the the specs on the Rogers website, looks like it is running the UMTS bands only (850/1900/2100) so according to these specs, the answer is a BIG NO.

I will however continue searching on the Intertubes (or if you guys happen to know someone that tried and succeeded/failed) as to whether or not Rogers is just hiding the the 1700 band.

Before you all go crazy and claim that it runs on T-mobile so it must, let me remind you of the Dell Venue Pro where the model number is exactly the same but they actually do sell different phones on different network.  Confusing as heck but that's they way things are I guess.

Another juicy rumour running around is that Rogers will likely pick up the Lumia 900 as well (which would explain why they are leaving the Lumia 800 to Telus.  If this is the case, it will be interesting to see what Bell is going to do with the WP7 platform.. HTC Titan II?... Have they just given up?

Here's a link to the Roger's website for getting the Lumia 710

*UPDATE* - was talking to the Costco reps yesterday and they claim they should be getting stock sometime this week.  From what I can tell is that they are very willing to sell them off contract so if you are having problems with at the Rogers stores selling you one outright

Do keep in mind that one of our readers have pointed out that this is a different version they are selling at Rogers than the one for TMobile.  So you are out of luck if you want to unlock it and use it on WIND/Mobilicity

If you do want to take it to Bell or Telus, a reminder that it does use microSIM so you will need to order a new microSIM card as well from your carrier of choice

Nokia Lumia 710 Pricing Confirmed on Rogers?

From the good folks at MobileSyrup, they have uncovered what could the most awesome pricing for the Nokia Lumia 710 that is about to be released in February on Rogers.

Outright price is $254.99.  Your read it, I read it, it's just a crazy price for a gen 2 WP7 device that's packed with Nokia Drive as well as other Nokia exclusive software that's coming down the pipeline.

$49.99 for on a 3 year plan but I can imagine that will get quickly dropped to $0 for a 3 year plan.

Looks like either Nokia and/or Microsoft are heavily subsidizing the Lumia devices (at least the 710 at this point if this memo is true - so far, MobileSyrup's track record as far as since I have followed them are pretty damn accurate).  That would put some interesting price pressure on Telus who have not release pricing information on the Lumia 800.

On a side note, AT&T will be releasing the Lumia 900 with a 2 year contract price for, get this $99 around mid March.  That's also a crazy pricing for the awesome Lumia 900 that on one in Canada has picked up (my bet is on Bell - my dream is for WIND as it looks to be a Pentaband phone).

Looks like the official Nokia/WP7 assault is on.

Source: MobileSyrup, BGR

Nokia Lumia Momentum Map

Want to know where or when your country is getting Lumia devices?  Nokia has release a pretty neat website (flash only) containing some information on the Lumia handsets.

Check out the Nokia website here

Looks like the Lumia 710 will be making its debut in Feburary.

Hate Telus?  Still want a Lumia 800?  If you live close to the border and there's a Microsoft Store around (i.e. Bellevue Square for the Vancourites), Microsoft has announced that the Nokia Lumia 800 (unlocked) will be available in the Microsoft Store sometime in February.  AT&T bands only for now so that means that it will work on Telus/Bell/Rogers/Fido 3G networks.  All 3 colours will be available.

Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 confirmed for Canada

Looks like at CES 2012, it is confirmed that both the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 will be making its way here.

At the CES 2012 Microsoft keynote log from engadget, if you search for 9:53, you will see the little line mentioning both the 800 and 710 will be coming to Rogers and Telus.

That's the good news, now prepare for some bad news.  Looks like Robbers will be getting the Lumia 710 exclusively (likely the Fido brand will see it), and the Lumia 800 will be exclusive to Smelus (from engadget)

Yes, our dreams of WIND or Mobiliticity getting some sweet WP7 love is once again crushed.

On the other hand, no word whether or not the Lumia 900 (with dual camera lenses!!!) will be making its way up North.

There's always the unlocked route I guess.

More on the new WP7 handsets later on from CES.

*UPDATE* - There's a price going around for the Lumia 710.  $49.99 on a 2 year term, no off contract pricing yet.  The 2 year term likely means that Fido will be getting it.