Nice new phone

[Zippy]

Mine thinks CUK is 'adult content' and won't let me on! I blame Gibbon.

[Gibbon]

Mine thinks CUK is 'adult content' and won't let me on! I blame Gibbon.

Infamy Infamy ......

[OwlHoot]

Get one 'free' on a monthly business contract

Nah, I don't do mobile phone contracts.

It's "prepay or broke" (or in this case "prepay _and_ broke" )

[fullyautomatix]

My XDA has gone bust after 3 years and shows a white screen of death. Mobiles only last a year these days it seems.

Anyway, my Windows mobile phone allowed me to access it's file system. But the interface was clunky and I am looking to move away from WM phone.

Does the HTC Desire allow file system access ? How is the battery life ?

[crack_ho]

Nah, I don't do mobile phone contracts.

It's "prepay or broke" (or in this case "prepay _and_ broke" )

Doesn't prepay get a bit expensive on a smartphone thats always connecting to t'internet?
Anyway the Desire is selling second hand for £280-£300 so I don't thing the Nexus is worth £350.

Alternatively the 'budget' HTC wildfire is coming soon.

[gingerjedi]

Doesn't prepay get a bit expensive on a smartphone thats always connecting to t'internet?
Anyway the Desire is selling second hand for £280-£300 so I don't thing the Nexus is worth £350.

Alternatively the 'budget' HTC wildfire is coming soon.

WHS^

A monthly £30 contract has got to be cheaper when it includes unlimited data?

[administrator]

My XDA has gone bust after 3 years and shows a white screen of death. Mobiles only last a year these days it seems.

Anyway, my Windows mobile phone allowed me to access it's file system. But the interface was clunky and I am looking to move away from WM phone.

Does the HTC Desire allow file system access ? How is the battery life ?

I had a WM phone before and it was rubbish in comparison to the Desire. You do have file system access with the desire but not a root account. It has not been an issue so far. Interface is superb, a learning curve from WM but so much better. Looked at the old phone last night to clean it up to sell and it felt ancient! Not nice to use in comparison.

Battery life is not brilliant but have bought a couple of spare batteries and a desktop cradle so you can charge phone and spare battery. Battery usually lasts a day / day and a half. A battery is about a tenner so no big deal.

[doodab]

Doesn't prepay get a bit expensive on a smartphone thats always connecting to t'internet?

In Germany you can get monthly PAYG data packs that compare favourably to the contract ones. They usually have the same 3GB or 5GB at full speed then throttling to GPRS speeds for the rest of your "unlimited" allowance.

I think o2 offer something similar in the UK, but I don't think vodafone do.

[Spacecadet]

In Germany you can get monthly PAYG data packs that compare favourably to the contract ones. They usually have the same 3GB or 5GB at full speed then throttling to GPRS speeds for the rest of your "unlimited" allowance.

I think o2 offer something similar in the UK, but I don't think vodafone do.

Cheapest at the moment is giffgaff (Part of O2)
£10 per month minimum topup and includes unlimited internet

http://giffgaff.com/index/pricing

[fullyautomatix]

I had a WM phone before and it was rubbish in comparison to the Desire. You do have file system access with the desire but not a root account. It has not been an issue so far. Interface is superb, a learning curve from WM but so much better. Looked at the old phone last night to clean it up to sell and it felt ancient! Not nice to use in comparison.

Battery life is not brilliant but have bought a couple of spare batteries and a desktop cradle so you can charge phone and spare battery. Battery usually lasts a day / day and a half. A battery is about a tenner so no big deal.

Thanks! So I take it the migration from a WM phone to an Andriod HTC is pretty painless ? I presume the day to day aspects of a modern smartphone like syncing contacts, calendar etc works out of the box ?

PS: Take some rep for the reply.