Guys just hadto givethe missus my back up phone,
can anyone please offer advice,I'm after a cheap decent mobile it has to has mms bluetooth and half decent camera pref with sd card
do you also know any providers that sell there handsets unlocked,for any sim?
I can't rely on a pda alone for calls ,too many crashes and resets and freezes
thanks for any advice
cheers
O2 don't lock there phones, the wife had a N73, bloody rubbish besides the camera. She used Orange & AIS SIM's straight away.
Have a look at O2's range & see if they have anything meeting your requirements.
brill cheers mate
Hi
I want to upgrade my XDA Orbit (Artemis) to the XDA Orbit 2 (Polaris / Cruise).
However when comparing the two PDAs i see that theres not much difference... I already have TouchFlo on my Artemis, got navigation software, memory is not a problem, etc.
The only things that are new is the hard flush screen, the 3MP camera, 3G and...er...thats all i can think of!
So anyways my main question is, those people who have upgraded from the artemis to the polaris, is it worth paying £150 (or $300) for those few extra features? Is there anything I should know that makes the polaris significantly better than the artemis?
Thanks...
100% faster CPU.
More memory is always better for performance and it has 100% more memory too.
Also, given that all the cool apps are included in ROM in means even more memory is free to boost performance.
& you can sell it on eBay for approx. £350 if you arn't impressed.
Yh on eBay they are selling for huge amounts of money... £350
I recently bought a 22 inch monitor for my computer. I spent £140.00 on it but now I think its time I sold that along with my XDA Orbit and bought a XDA Orbit II.
They don't look as nice with the silver front. Why didn't O2 keep it black ;( Lol
The speed is a bonus aswell, I don't know why they used a 200Mhz processor for the orbit 1? Thats just really stupid in my opinion, just makes the PDA...well slower lol especially when it was the latest PDA of its time and the previous ones had like 400Mhz processors. It makes it stand out, but not in a good way.
Anyway I will try to sell my orbit to friends and not on eBay because on eBay they go for really cheap now!
As for the monitor I'll try get that sold....man I really regret buying it in the first place now, i bought it weeks before the orbit 2 was released - the money i was saving TO BUY the orbit 2! I just got impatient lol...
Does anyone know where I can get an orbit 2 for £300 ? or can anyone predict when they will dramatically fall in value on eBay (and start selling for like...£280-£320)
Thanks!
(P.S. - "& you can sell it on eBay for approx. £350 if you arn't impressed." -- I doubt i wouldnt be impressed with a PDA like that lol
My single reason for the upgrade from P3300 to Polaris was iGo 8 Try to run this one on a 200 Mhz CPU with 64 MB RAM. It's unusable. On the Polaris it rocks
Last but not least: The Polaris IS much faster even than Meschle's fastest ROMS for the P3300 And that with stock ROM. I can't imagine how much bigger the difference will get when Meschle gets a Polaris
Well the 3G sold it for me! But the faster processor and extra memory were plusses too.
Yh his ROMS are fast and if the factory Polaris ones are fast... pheeww.... thats gonna be lightning LOL
Just took a look at eBay - If I were to sell my Artemis i'd get about £135-£145 UK Pounds (one UK Pound is two American Dollars).
A massive decrease from when I last bought it. They have just plumetted in value... should I try to sell my Artemis A.S.A.P. and get what I can from it and not have a PDA for 2-3 months (to wait for the value of the Polaris to decrease) and then buy the Polaris?
I can try get about £180 for it from friends - some are not aware of the massive price decrease LOL.
Ok just gave my XDA Orbit 1 (HTC Artemis) to my friends dad who is going to try it out for a few days. If he likes it, he will pay £180 for it!
Wish me luck! Hope that it doesn't break or somehow mess up and that hes pleased with it and wants to buy it! I regulary see my friend and his dad and if he buys it and then something goes wrong hes going to come to me with the questions!
Yas
Hey Guys
I have an issue with my g900 in that the USB port is getting worse, in fact today I have to prop the cable/tension it a bit to enable it to charge and its getting worse by the hour.
Now, I plan to upgrade to a Samsung I900 in two weeks when my mate gets back from Hong Kong sadly though, the G900 won't last that long - it'll be lucky to last the today!
As I am a massive mobile word/excel/pop3/push email/Internet Sharing (must do 3g, can live without HSDPA for two weeks) user for work I need a cheap as chips phone that can do the above (off contract). Not really bothered about any of the other flashy stuff like GPS etc....
Can you recommend one?
edit: i need to be able to mail order it today
i have a Tytn 1, the orginal Hymes
and Imate 6150 for sale.
both are used. how much u willing to pay?
I have a tytn in a draw (somewhere ...). It has the usual HTC reliability issues..... so nothing.
I-Mate/Other. Thanks for the offer Turns out my friend is going to Singapore next week so I can get him to get me an Omnia. Thanks anyway and good luck selling them
hi
Will the touch pro work with the "3" network? I ask because I understand they use a different frequency to most other UK networks.
thanks
Should work fine dude.
They just dont use GSM, they are a 3G (UMTS) only carrier.
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Should work fine dude.
They just dont use GSM, they are a 3G (UMTS) only carrier.
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Hi MrVanx .. cheers for thr reply.
It's just u found a stonker of a deal for myself;
6 month contract, 300 texts/minutes, internet max which is unlimited 3G/HSDPA, Free Nokia 3120/4GB Micro SD card (phone sells for at least £50). And this is for £20 a month. Buy through quidco and get £32.50 cashback, plus whatever i make on selling the nokia. So rather than costing us £120 for 6 months it should cost somewhere in the region of £50!
Not that I don't trust you there vanx but i think i might wander down to the local shop and try a 3 sim in there just to check it's ok =P
also 3 carry the kaiser and there's no huge differences in the network/connectivity areas between the Tytn 2/Raphael, right? Also what you're saying is as long as the handset has 3G it'll work with 3?
cheers
mitch
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Hi MrVanx .. cheers for thr reply.
It's just u found a stonker of a deal for myself;
6 month contract, 300 texts/minutes, internet max which is unlimited 3G/HSDPA, Free Nokia 3120/4GB Micro SD card (phone sells for at least £50). And this is for £20 a month. Buy through quidco and get £32.50 cashback, plus whatever i make on selling the nokia. So rather than costing us £120 for 6 months it should cost somewhere in the region of £50!
Not that I don't trust you there vanx but i think i might wander down to the local shop and try a 3 sim in there just to check it's ok =P
also 3 carry the kaiser and there's no huge differences in the network/connectivity areas between the Tytn 2/Raphael, right? Also what you're saying is as long as the handset has 3G it'll work with 3?
cheers
mitch
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If the kaiser works.....the raphael will work. Full stop
Mitch92uK said:
Hi MrVanx .. cheers for thr reply.
It's just u found a stonker of a deal for myself;
6 month contract, 300 texts/minutes, internet max which is unlimited 3G/HSDPA, Free Nokia 3120/4GB Micro SD card (phone sells for at least £50). And this is for £20 a month. Buy through quidco and get £32.50 cashback, plus whatever i make on selling the nokia. So rather than costing us £120 for 6 months it should cost somewhere in the region of £50!
Not that I don't trust you there vanx but i think i might wander down to the local shop and try a 3 sim in there just to check it's ok =P
also 3 carry the kaiser and there's no huge differences in the network/connectivity areas between the Tytn 2/Raphael, right? Also what you're saying is as long as the handset has 3G it'll work with 3?
cheers
mitch
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LOL, you are making things complicated for yourself just listen to mr Vanx, ANY european 3G phone will work with the 3UK network, but they have a strict policy of only using the phones they issue with their sims, so DO NOT go to the shop and ask or you will get a lecture on how 3 Sims only work with 3 phones and using their sims in other phones will erase all data and set your phone on fire.
They do this because if you use a 2G only phone with one of their sims it will force you onto the O2 network (their backup network if you need to make a call but are in an area with no 3G coverage), however they have to pay O2 by the minute when you use their network, even though for you it is just a part of your included minutes.
As long as you buy an HTC branded device offline then I can assure you it will work on any network (assuming the bands are supported in your country, as you're talking about 3 I am assuming you're UK based).
To address the O2 issue, in phone settings you can set the band to UMTS(2100) only which would solve that problem.
LOL I worked at Argos (still do but am leaving soon) and some of the pay-and-go hansets from 3 had the SIM card physically cemented into the device!! I couldnt believe it.
Mitch92uK said:
Hi MrVanx .. cheers for thr reply.
It's just u found a stonker of a deal for myself;
6 month contract, 300 texts/minutes, internet max which is unlimited 3G/HSDPA, Free Nokia 3120/4GB Micro SD card (phone sells for at least £50). And this is for £20 a month. Buy through quidco and get £32.50 cashback, plus whatever i make on selling the nokia. So rather than costing us £120 for 6 months it should cost somewhere in the region of £50!
Not that I don't trust you there vanx but i think i might wander down to the local shop and try a 3 sim in there just to check it's ok =P
also 3 carry the kaiser and there's no huge differences in the network/connectivity areas between the Tytn 2/Raphael, right? Also what you're saying is as long as the handset has 3G it'll work with 3?
cheers
mitch
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Can you post a link to that deal - Seems quite good
duke748 said:
Can you post a link to that deal - Seems quite good
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three always do good deals, just keep an eye on their website, my wife got a new nokia 6200 (a useful symbian phone that she uses with tomtom) + 1100 any network mins + 300 extra "3" only mins + every text she sends knocks only 1 min off her 1100 voice mins all for £19.50 per month, and this was direct from 3's web site
6 month Mix and Match 300 contract - http://threestore.three.co.uk/mixnmatchtariff.aspx?tariff=0
£32.50 cashback for the contract - http://www.quidco.com/3-mobile/
How much the free phone (Nokia 3120) goes for on ebay - http://phones.shop.ebay.co.uk/items...120&_sacat=3312&_fromfsb=0&_trksid=m270.l1313
I got my Touch Pro a couple of weeks ago.
Put my "3" SIM in, it configured everything itself. All working fine - no problems at all.
I guess the main downside having to be on 3G all the time is the huge hit on battery time... I personally wouldn't do that unless you're happy charging your phone all the time.
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I guess the main downside having to be on 3G all the time is the huge hit on battery time... I personally wouldn't do that unless you're happy charging your phone all the time.
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Actually, because of the way that 3G works and uses less power to hold on to a signal, you get better standby time on 3G than you do on GSM. But the higher power used while transmitting kinda buggers that up. That's why you always see Higher standby time but lower talk time for UMTS/HSDPA.
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Actually, because of the way that 3G works and uses less power to hold on to a signal, you get better standby time on 3G than you do on GSM. But the higher power used while transmitting kinda buggers that up. That's why you always see Higher standby time but lower talk time for UMTS/HSDPA.
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I know the theory, but I also know that I get two day+ from my Kaiser when I'm on 2G, and less than 10 hours when I'm on Auto/3G (minimum use, ie few calls, few texts, BT on for headphone/headset, bit of mp3). And I'm in a very good 3G area (more than 4 bars all the time), the mast is 2 blocks down, and I'm in a loft, so ideal reception... It's true that I use push email (instant), so I do use data (but why buy a touch pro if you only need text msg?).
So frankly, unless you're happy to get short battery life, or are charging most of the time (at a desk), I would try using 3 on a phone like the touch Pro. Maybe with an extended battery?
For years I've been with Orange and I last got a tytn1 recently replaced with a tytn2 because of repeated problems with the tytn1. last renewal I "upgraded to a n6301 for my wife to keep my contract price down. I am a band5 user and am on a Dolphin 40 websave. I have:
Dolphin 40 £30
websave eve n WE internet
500 mb +£5 peak use internet
100 mins loyalty reward (that dont include voicemail call... weird that one...) I
10.00 loyalty reward -£10
Orange Care +£6
Thing is I know I can do better ESPECIALLY as I havent upgraded for years and that a friend from PAYG got the same deal getting a contract AND a n95 which, at the time was new.
I need 400 xnet + unlimitted landline call and 250 texts or so and internet as I currently only have access through my phone.
The big one though is I want to actually UPGRADE and get a well deserved touch pro2 as it has the keyboard and I dont think the ACER is a great idea)
how do I get it? searching the internet comes up with a few places that suposedly do the touch pro2 on orange but I've not heard anything of these companies and am worried leaving orange direct. Can anyone advise me where to go for the best deal and to get this TP2? Otherwise it'l be cheap phone upgrade and max deal for minimum £PM so I could get the phone myself.
Lastly am I foolish sticking with Orange thinking my loyalty count for something?
I'd really apreciate any advice. I'm due to upgrade now
orange direct dont do the tp2 so you wil have to go through another company anyway, I would first phone up orange and ask if there is a way to use another company to upgrade through without having to leave and come back to them. As for staying with a company i dunno really I don't I switch the second I see a better deal, saying that my gf has been with o2 for years and she gets the most amazing deals every year I think she has 400mins unlimited texts unlim internet for £15/pm and she got a free e71. I on the other hand brought my touch hd sim free £500 and got a sim only deal from tmobile 600mins/unlimited texts/internet£20pm
also don't limit your choice to one phone until you have seen what deals you can get for example orange do the tg01 (no keyboard) they may give that to you for a really good price then you could sell it and buy whatever phone you wanted on ebay maybe, the n900 from nokia looks amazing although not wm (until wm7 I think thats a good thing- apart from no tomtom)