I lost a mobile and couldn't be bothered to buy an expensive one

[MPwannadecentincome]

Are you sure it is WM5, WM6 was available for this phone since 2007.

And you can upgrade it to WM6.1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532146

Have had it for a month, worked great, but could not get used to the qwerty keyboard, especially in applications like TomTom or Opera, no match for HTCs.

Yes definitely, just checked the version it reports OS 5.1.525.

Thanks for the link BTW I will check it out does it make the phone slower or the same speed?

[Lumiere]

Are you sure it is WM5, WM6 was available for this phone since 2007.

And you can upgrade it to WM6.1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532146

Have had it for a month, worked great, but could not get used to the qwerty keyboard, especially in applications like TomTom or Opera, no match for HTCs.

[Spacecadet]

Have a look at xda-developers.
They probably have a method for upgrading to WM 6.1
As long as you don't mind potentially bricking your phone

[Jaws]

You could try downloading opera for windows mobile to see if that helps with your yahoo problem. I've previously unlocked a windows mobile phone before and this involved replacing all the software in it, if updates concern you there may be alternatives online.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Having lost my phone whilst away on business I was keen to get another one asap so just went to the shops to pick one.

I thought I had grabbed a bargain in the Orange 'clearance' stock a 3G Samsung i600 with qwerty keyboard for £50 on PAYG, actually it was less than this as I had some credit in my Orange PAYG 'phone fund'. OK I accept its an old model designed proably in 2005/06 and sold in 2007 and I don't care about flash looking phones with bleeding edge technology but this takes the biscuit:

1. It has Windows on it - what a load of bollocks, its slow to power up & respond to any key presses. Its also a WM5 and not much information about upgrading that without making it even slower.

2. No information or phone software updates on the Samsung web-site for this phone nor any capability to do so from the phone. My old Sony Ericsson did this automatically.

3. It only takes a max of 2GB on a microSD card, bollocks I had to return the Kingston 8GB card I bought for £15 but the guy didn't have a branded 2GB one so have to hunt one down at a decent price somewhere else.

4. All my contacts will only import if I import them into Outlook first. Great, so I am using Thunderbird for nothing then. Have found an alternative at dotfred.net but haven't tried it yet.

5. For those who have called me I saved their number anyway into the contacts. If I change the number to take the first 0 out and replace with +44 or, if the number is from abroad and I change the 00 to a + so I can dial out, then when I get a call from these people it can't match the number in the contacts so I don't know who is calling. WTF its the 21st century - all my old Nokia's and Sony Ericcsons had this capability donkeys years ago Is this a WM5 restriction?

6. The salesman gleefully told me about the spare battery included and the out of phone charging box for the spare. Great I thought, until I tried to put the spare in the phone, turns out it is an extended battery back which needs a separate cover, this cover is supposed to be in the box but is missing

7. The signal strength meter goes up and down like a yo yo even from a stationary location. Previous phone was on Orange too and the signal strength never did that unless this is a 3G network problem. I guess I should borrow the OH's Blackberry on the same network and see.

8. The IE on WM5 can't even work properly on yahoo web mail, whenever I send an email it comes back with some error about not being a valid URL or cannot display the page. Even my old Sony Ericsson could do this.

I only bought it on Thursday, I'm still debating whether to take it back as it might be reconditioned (they sold it as new and it looks new) then I just just buy an el cheapo model for phone use only without losing valuable time critising its features as it won't have any! Then I can carry on losing it every year. But I really like the screen & keyboard on this phone and it has wifi on it so good for using in Macdonalds. Hmmmmmm.