Got my 3G phone - Wow!!!!!!

[Martin Hunt]

Well, got my 3G phone at the beginning of the week, and all I can say is this is great.

The quility of the video is excellent (Considering this is a mobile phone) and th edownloads of video news, weather and sports are fantastic.

My normal mobile bill was between £150 and £180 per month, now with this I expect to stay at the £99 per month.

Everyone whould get one, they are brilliant.....

[alan_driver]

sounds good, who makes the phone, whats the line rental costs, download costs, the cost of the phone etc?

[robp]

alan_driver said: sounds good, who makes the phone, whats the line rental costs, download costs, the cost of the phone etc?

more importantly, can you access pistonheads "gassing" section easily???!!!

[pwig]

should be able to do all that on my SPV im getting within the next few days!

[Ballistic Banana]

pwig said: should be able to do all that on my SPV im getting within the next few days!

Whats an SPV?? palmtop pc

BB

[pwig]

www.mobileshop.com/mobilephones/orange/paymonthly/orange_spv.php

[Ballistic Banana]

and Free camera attachment too, isnt this what a 3G phone does.

BB

[robp]

pwig said: should be able to do all that on my SPV im getting within the next few days!

Got one, its !
It keeps crashing, its really badly scratched because the paint on it is shite, it locks up every now and again for about a minute and the battery will struggle to last 24 hours.
On the plus side it has a lovely screen, does everything you could ever want (but it does not like acessing pistonheads) and comes with a free camera, which is actually quite good. Oh, and you can record sounds which are stored as .wav files, which means its quite easy to build up a libary of 0-60 times!!

[Martin Hunt]

In answer to your questions:-

No you cannot access pistonheads yet! Darn and Blast

The phone cst £195, there is no line rental as such it is £59 for 1000 minutes talk time to any phone, mobile or landline, 100 minutes of video conferencing, 250 text / mms messages and downloads. after that about 5p per minute for calls, and 50p per download

Yes it is similar to the Orange one, except, it has realtime video, no attachments it is all built including 2 cameras, one facing forward the other backwards.

You can record sounds to it, and download mp3 files so it acts like an MP3 player.

All in All very impressive.

[srider]

robp said:

pwig said: should be able to do all that on my SPV im getting within the next few days!

Got one, its !
It keeps crashing, its really badly scratched because the paint on it is shite, it locks up every now and again for about a minute and the battery will struggle to last 24 hours.
On the plus side it has a lovely screen, does everything you could ever want (but it does not like acessing pistonheads) and comes with a free camera, which is actually quite good. Oh, and you can record sounds which are stored as .wav files, which means its quite easy to build up a libary of 0-60 times!!

Have you run the update? Improves speed and stability no end. It's here www.orange.com/english/forwardthinking/spvupdate2.asp?bhcp=1

If it crashes regularly, take it back, they don't all do it.

You're right about the paint though

[argonaut]

Martin Hunt said: The phone cst £195, there is no line rental as such it is £59 for 1000 minutes talk time to any phone, mobile or landline, 100 minutes of video conferencing, 250 text / mms messages and downloads. after that about 5p per minute for calls, and 50p per download...
Yes it is similar to the Orange one...
All in All very impressive.

BUT the question you haven't answered is what make / model is your phone and who is the service provider.
Also, can you watch telly / listen to the radio?




>> Edited by argonaut on Monday 7th April 10:37

[basher]

Ericcson P800 far better

[Marshy]

basher said: Ericcson P800 far better

Which completely misses the point of what 3G is all about shirley?

[ninja_eli]

The only details I have been able to come up with are that there is a £99 per month and £59 per month option, 2000 minutes for the former and 1000 for the latter.

It does not mention whether the minutes are applicable against all mobile networks and it also does not confirm what the price of a call is outside of those minutes.

So just to confirm, I take it from your post (Martin Hunt) that the minutes do cover all networks and that it is 5p per minute outside of the 2000 minutes? Sounds good to me! Where did you get yours from?

[basher]

Oops....monkey no read subject matter.....I'll get me coat

[Martin Hunt]

Sorry all,

Yes it is with 'three' it is a NEC 606, and yes you are right about the any network for calls, it says so in the box.

I bought it from the www.three.co.uk website.

[robp]

srider said:
Have you run the update? Improves speed and stability no end

It specifically says you need to be running Windows 2000 or XP on the orange website. I am still on 98 so I have not bothered. Do you reckon it would work on my operating system then?

[simonrockman]

If logging onto PH is the number 1 thing you want to do with a mobile you need a Pogo:
www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=POGO_BRO1
Oh, they've sold out..
http://www1.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-express-mobile-ExpressChooserServlet?typ=PPAY&tariff=none&tarvar=none&sw=none&pag=0&prodgroupid=none&subbut=subpres&network=&model=POGO

also see www.pogo-tech.com

It's great for web browsing. Hmm, must get mine back from the chap I lent it to.

Of the mainstream products the best bet is the P800 (much better than the SPV because the P800 has a bigger screen and the Opera browser).



Simon (ex-owner of What Mobile, now at Motorola)

[Podie]

robp said:

pwig said: should be able to do all that on my SPV im getting within the next few days!

Got one, its !
It keeps crashing, its really badly scratched because the paint on it is shite, it locks up every now and again for about a minute and the battery will struggle to last 24 hours.
On the plus side it has a lovely screen, does everything you could ever want (but it does not like acessing pistonheads) and comes with a free camera, which is actually quite good. Oh, and you can record sounds which are stored as .wav files, which means its quite easy to build up a libary of 0-60 times!!

Robp - mate of mine has one - apparently there is a patch to help battery life and stop it crashing...

[tekta]

All I want in a PDA/phone type thing is one that can pick up internet radio stations, then play through my car stereo via the 3.5mm headphone jack input. Will 3G phones do this? If not what combination of gadgets would make it possible?