Reply to: Broken phone

[doodab]

Well I went with the HTC desire which I picked up for €350 second hand. Seems like a good buy so far.

[doodab]

Nowt to do with slow typing - it's the same was texting. If you hold down 2 slightly longer than you normally would you don't get a, b or c, but 2. Quicker than hitting 2 4 times. In the same way that holding it down longer is quicker than using the blue arrow key to enter numbers

I was aware of it for numbers. Does it work (or did it, in my case) with all symbols?

[BoredBloke]

Nope I didn't. It's never occurred to me to type that slowly

Nowt to do with slow typing - it's the same was texting. If you hold down 2 slightly longer than you normally would you don't get a, b or c, but 2. Quicker than hitting 2 4 times. In the same way that holding it down longer is quicker than using the blue arrow key to enter numbers

[doodab]

You know that you don't have to use the blue arrow. If you keep the key pressed the symbol in blue is used.

Nope I didn't. It's never occurred to me to type that slowly

[BoredBloke]

The keyboard is handy but I find the symbol and "symbol shift" blue arrow key seem to be on the wrong side, and the little trackpad / directional thing should be on the right IMO.

You know that you don't have to use the blue arrow. If you keep the key pressed the symbol in blue is used.

[BoredBloke]

I tell you what mate, Rochdale has certainly rubbed off on you!

Worked with my PS3!

[doodab]

Why not just get it insured and in a couple of weeks, drop it!

It's still within the manufacturers guarantee period, and as it seems to have had some sort of electrical failure (judging by the smell) and that has caused some sort of glue type substance to melt and ooze out of it I am expecting the problem to be covered by the guarantee TBH.

[SupremeSpod]

Why not just get it insured and in a couple of weeks, drop it!

I tell you what mate, Rochdale has certainly rubbed off on you!

[doodab]

The only things that I think are good about the n97 are the keyboard, the storage (have 40gb in mine with the mem card) and for video.

The keyboard is handy but I find the symbol and "symbol shift" blue arrow key seem to be on the wrong side, and the little trackpad / directional thing should be on the right IMO.

[BoredBloke]

Why not just get it insured and in a couple of weeks, drop it!

[BoredBloke]

Oh, it's not like I'm without a phone, I have a couple of spares lying around as well as my old N95 with my UK SIM in it for SMS & actual conversations.

All I really used the broken one for was internet & email and sometimes to listen to music which I can do on the N95 anyway. It'll probably do me good not to have the internet in my pocket for a bit. I just thought, as screens seem to be bigger and higher res and processors faster etc, it would be a good time to upgrade.

The only things that I think are good about the n97 are the keyboard, the storage (have 40gb in mine with the mem card) and for video.

[doodab]

If you're going to get it repaired, then you may as well just get something dirt cheap off eBay that fits the bill while you wait.

Failing that, I love my HTC Desire.

Oh, it's not like I'm without a phone, I have a couple of spares lying around as well as my old N95 with my UK SIM in it for SMS & actual conversations.

All I really used the broken one for was internet & email and sometimes to listen to music which I can do on the N95 anyway. It'll probably do me good not to have the internet in my pocket for a bit. I just thought, as screens seem to be bigger and higher res and processors faster etc, it would be a good time to upgrade.

[TheFaQQer]

If you're going to get it repaired, then you may as well just get something dirt cheap off eBay that fits the bill while you wait.

Failing that, I love my HTC Desire.

[original PM]

Just like that gunman in the chipshop, I can only advise you to eat more fresh fruit. Grapefruit juice supposedly helps.

Yeah apparently coffee and doob make it taste tangy erm according to some ladies I know...

[doodab]

On the latest firmware and while it's better it is still rubbish. I've stripped out a load of apps that come as default and stuck what I can onto the 32gb drive. My phone has 8mb free on c. As for Nokia maps. I used it as a sat nav last weekend and it kept getting left and right mixed up. The map would clearly show a left turn and it would say right. It told me to take the next right on the motorway. As it was the M60 I could have been going round forever before I found the next right!

I don't like sat nav, I prefer to look at a map, and I find nokia maps fairly good for that and it works out a lot cheaper than google if you are roaming. But then I am the sort of person who collects maps.