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I know fuck all about them, but nevertheless have decided I *need* one.
Want a wifi enabled one so I can check emails while around mates houses/in the pub etc.
Anyone got a decent one you can recommend?
I want one to. What are they?
what you actually going to do with it? i use the Motorola A925 (http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/handsetoverview.omp?subleft=2&header=PAYMON&cid=1069432171223) phone (prolly replaced in Jan by the A1000 (http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/handsetoverview.omp?subleft=2&header=PAYMON&cid=1096963176719)), which has an email client and a webbrowser built in and you get an office suite for it as well.
i'm tempted to get a PDA, but always come back to just using the phone, as it does everything i need.
what you actually going to do with it? i use the Motorola A925 (http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/handsetoverview.omp?subleft=2&header=PAYMON&cid=1069432171223) phone (prolly replaced in Jan by the A1000 (http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/handsetoverview.omp?subleft=2&header=PAYMON&cid=1096963176719)), which has an email client and a webbrowser built in and you get an office suite for it as well.
i'm tempted to get a PDA, but always come back to just using the phone, as it does everything i need.
does it go on line via wirless or the phone
it works as a modem with 384 kBit (UMTS, else it's slow GPRS) where available and can do wireless via bluetooth. don't use that much though, cos for WLAN i use the laptop. i like the ability to connect it to the laptop via USB and use the phone as modem where ever i am, should i feel going online just with the phone isn't enough.
dvtimes
12-07-05, 08:27 PM
i (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?paymentPlanType=pmt&pmid=7235&nmid=phones_ews_overview&menuid=ctl_phones_details) use this phone
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?paymentPlanType=pmt&pmid=7235&nmid=phones_ews_overview&menuid=ctl_phones_details
Its got net access via the phone network.
WiFi
and also for emails blackberry.
Plus all the softwear you need.
And its a phone.
it works as a modem with 384 kBit (UMTS, else it's slow GPRS) where available and can do wireless via bluetooth. don't use that much though, cos for WLAN i use the laptop. i like the ability to connect it to the laptop via USB and use the phone as modem where ever i am, should i feel going online just with the phone isn't enough.
Whats the connection speed like? Is it like dialup when you use the mobile as a modem
Whats the connection speed like? Is it like dialup when you use the mobile as a modem
384 kBit (UMTS, else it's slow GPRS) where available. :takethat:
add on: GPRS can manage up to 171k bit, however if more than one user are logged in to the same transmitter, the GPRS slots are split between all users. up to 42 users can use the same transmitter, anyone over 42 will get the network not available error.
http://202.186.86.35/audio/articles/1999/3/04glass.jpg
This is a nice discreet one that you can wear to the pub. Check emails and order your Bailey's at the same time?
http://www.spy.org.uk/ratblog/archives/Hands-free-kit%201.jpg
Don't forget the "hands-free" kit for the DVT one.
http://freespace.virgin.net/funb.unch/handfree/handfree.jpg
Or the "light-weight" hands-free kit.
anyone tell me why i shouldnt buy a IPAQ HX4700 before i go in town and spunk 300 quid?
anyone tell me why i shouldnt buy a IPAQ HX4700 before i go in town and spunk 300 quid?
because youll leave it down the pub :lmao2:
Mattyboy
12-08-05, 11:33 AM
Treo 650 is a good option of PDA/phone.
dvtimes
12-08-05, 11:38 AM
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/hp_ipaq_hx4700_pocket_pc_review
mellenig
12-08-05, 11:42 AM
I have a nokia 9300 as a 2nd phone and dont need a PDA at all now. They are bringing out the 9300i shortly which in my opinion will be hard to beat as a phone/pda combination.
They are a little big but Ive lost 2 phones in as many years as they are just getting smaller and smaller.
Bring back the old semi portables you could never lose them :)
dvtimes
12-08-05, 11:48 AM
My dad has an ipaq. Its very good. Looks better than mine.
But I got mine (see above) for £40, with contract from tmobile. I simply went from store to store till they gave me the best deal.
I alspo have a Palm. For me palm is way way better than windows pda softwear. And I still find I use my Palm more than my pocket windows.
i got a PalmOne Tungsten T5, with extra WiFi Card, and i love it, but i need to say that I ´ve always been a palm OS user. so for me palm OS rocks
I want a blackberry but imagine the contract is very expensive
Mattyboy
12-08-05, 05:36 PM
I want a blackberry but imagine the contract is very expensive
I'm pretty sure that the contract is no more expensive. You just pay more for the handset and data you use?
Did you get one or what?
Have I fuck .. will probably end up just buying 50 boxes of Stripes..
dvtimes
12-09-05, 11:40 AM
I want a blackberry but imagine the contract is very expensive
its £10 with t-mobile a month. plus phone.
NumptyNuts
12-09-05, 02:42 PM
http://breakingnewsblog.com/pda/wp-content/orange-spv-m2000.jpg
I have this dude, been with it for 8 months now and only really just starting to realise the power of it - comes with built in wifi and will connect / find wifi networks as you roam.
Plus points - its just like having a Pc in your pocket, will dump all your data over to your phone through active sync.
Down side - power lasts no time at all - about 4 hours I took the phon on a trip and by the time I got home its was fucked as all the power had gone.
Its pretty good for checking mail stats etc though al lot of sites are displayed narrow, so for example if you browse B&B then the whole page is 100% of the width of the screen.
I thought you had one and broke it down the pub......
Was looking at getting this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00069YIMG/qid=1134314600/sr=8-3/ref=pd_ka_3/026-9450981-8770050) meself.. but nowhere seems to have any in stock locally and cant be arsed to order online - want to see one in person 1st also.
Its pretty good for checking mail stats etc though al lot of sites are displayed narrow, so for example if you browse B&B then the whole page is 100% of the width of the screen.
If I get one it will spur me on to making the pda version of this forum work properly ;) ... Atm there's a version you can view OK on PDAs etc .. but needs fixing up... :drink:
NumptyNuts
12-11-05, 03:36 PM
Was looking at getting this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00069YIMG/qid=1134314600/sr=8-3/ref=pd_ka_3/026-9450981-8770050) meself.. but nowhere seems to have any in stock locally and cant be arsed to order online - want to see one in person 1st also.
If I get one it will spur me on to making the pda version of this forum work properly ;) ... Atm there's a version you can view OK on PDAs etc .. but needs fixing up... :drink:
Amazon should be delivering some books to me with some scripts for these devices, you like code they reckon if you can do coding its dead easy to build applications for them.
Have I fuck .. will probably end up just buying 50 boxes of Stripes..
Fact: After eating 50 boxes of haribo stripes, you wont need or even know what a pc is
dvtimes
12-11-05, 06:57 PM
http://breakingnewsblog.com/pda/wp-content/orange-spv-m2000.jpg
I have this dude, been with it for 8 months now and only really just starting to realise the power of it - comes with built in wifi and will connect / find wifi networks as you roam.
Plus points - its just like having a Pc in your pocket, will dump all your data over to your phone through active sync.
Down side - power lasts no time at all - about 4 hours I took the phon on a trip and by the time I got home its was fucked as all the power had gone.
Its pretty good for checking mail stats etc though al lot of sites are displayed narrow, so for example if you browse B&B then the whole page is 100% of the width of the screen.
I thought you had one and broke it down the pub......
I find the pull out keyboard sucks.
But as I say, it cost me next to nothing to get plus its insured, I do not care.
I left it in the garden when it was raining. But it on the heater and it works fine.
Its naff to phone people with it, but I swaped the sim cards over.
But if your going to buy one, I think ipaq is the best, but they cost a bit more, but I think its worth getting. As I say, my dad got one. At the time he wondered if he realy needed it. But he uses it all the time. His main use is with tom tom softwear.
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