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23rd July 2008, 18:34
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New Phone Needed
What recommendations can the guru's on here give me, I want to be able to access a googlemail account and a hotmail account via wifi preferably, so I'm thinking Blackberry Pearl 8120 or the new iPhone.
Thoughts
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23rd July 2008, 18:38
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Super poster
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iPhone if you're OK with the contract - there's much more to it than most people realise, due to the enhanced network-related functionality, which no other platform has.
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23rd July 2008, 21:39
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Super poster
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Blackberry Pearl 8120
just because its not an iPhone
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24th July 2008, 07:58
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Sorry for piggbacking on this thread but does anyone know what the typical data usage is for surfing tinterweb on a mobile? Not you tube or downloading music, just posting tulip here or reading news sites etc
TIA
PL
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24th July 2008, 09:27
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Fingers like lightning
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badger
What recommendations can the guru's on here give me, I want to be able to access a googlemail account and a hotmail account via wifi preferably, so I'm thinking Blackberry Pearl 8120 or the new iPhone.
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Wait for the Blackberry Bold to come out. It will have Wifi, 3G, IIRC Quad-band and some other fancy functions as well. Ok, it's not the same as the IPhone, but should be available on a number of networks. Nothing against the 8120 though. Not convinced with the IPhone... a bit overpriced and immature for my needs. I am going to give it a couple of more years and see if they broker agreements with other telco providers before considering the product. |
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24th July 2008, 09:47
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Fingers like lightning
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Very unimpressed with my wife's new Nokia N95 8Gb phone. Particularly, the sat nav sucks (very slow, poor interface with terrible un-intuitive menu structures and struggles to find satellites etc) AND you have to pay Nokia £8 a month extra to use the sat nav function. Avoid this one IMO.
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24th July 2008, 09:49
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Godlike
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Originally Posted by Fred Bloggs
Very unimpressed with my wife's new Nokia N95 8Gb phone. Particularly, the sat nav sucks (very slow, poor interface with terrible un-intuitive menu structures and struggles to find satellites etc) AND you have to pay Nokia £8 a month extra to use the sat nav function. Avoid this one IMO.
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Seems like the only people that are happy with their N95's are those that have ripped out the OS and replaced it with another. There was a thread on how to do this here a while ago. |
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24th July 2008, 09:51
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Yeah - the N95 8GB with the latest OS is good - also use google maps app on it, way better than the Nokia thingie and free.
It's a great phone with one major failing - the battery on it absolutely sucks.
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24th July 2008, 10:06
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Lurker not a fighter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pondlife
Sorry for piggbacking on this thread but does anyone know what the typical data usage is for surfing tinterweb on a mobile? Not you tube or downloading music, just posting tulip here or reading news sites etc
TIA
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The three website has an estimator on their mobile broadband site which might help. |
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24th July 2008, 12:15
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Not worth listening to
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I got an HTC TyTN II (aka Vodafone v1615, HTC Kaiser, etc) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_TyTN_II or http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.u...1615-2964.html.
It's got 3G, HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, BT, ABC, 123, you name it. I can also use it as a modem to connect my laptop to t'internet (which I don't believe the iPhone does - yet)
Retails c£400 SIM-free but I got it for nowt on an 18 month Vodafone contract.
(another good thing that swayed me is that the SIM card is easily accessible so I can put the SIM into my car phone without faffing about) |
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