Comments on: Phone help needed

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:42:27 +0000

I’ve had both Nokia and Sony Ericssons are find them much of a muchness, although the battery life is better on the Sony I find.

Having a camera is quite handy (never know when you might need it) and texting is useful, but I guess the ability to make and receive calls will win out for me every time…

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:08:04 +0000

In terms of hardware I’d very much go for a Sony Ericsson. I’ve had all the main makes (Nokia, Siemans etc.) and the Sony Ericssons are far and away the best. I’ve got this one; http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pip1&zone=pp&pid=10653 and it’s great, but a really cheap http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pip1&zone=pp&pid=10658 would do the trick nicely.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:48:58 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions!

Mat, Google Reader has (I think recently) introduced a ‘mobile view‘, which I presume would do the trick. It looks basic enough.

Armand, £7.50 — is that per month or what? If so, sounds fairly good. Of course, I have no idea how it compares to other offers though.

By: Max

Max — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:02:14 +0000

Don’t buy anything that’s not a Nokia. Twice I’ve been temped away and regretted it within days.

Actually, the boy just started using a Nokia E65 wich seems very attractive and has decent sized keys… a few extra pounds spent on memory and he’s also stuck 2GB of music on it.

By: Armand

Armand — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:54:22 +0000

Disclaimer: my agency represents T-Mobile, so I feel I should tell you that up front.

Having recently made the switch, though, I can recommend it, for two reasons – (1) £7.50 for UNLIMITED data is cool (my phone supports HDSPA – about 4mbps wireless broadband) and (2) the customer service experience has actually been pretty good.

The second thing I’d recommend is getting a Windows Mobile device. I’ve been using these for years and love the flexibility they have. There are TONNES of third party apps, including RSS readers written for them – Google Reader mobile works on them (not sure about Facebook, but assume that it will work with the nerfed version of IE that comes on those things) and more. They also Sync with Outlook (provided with the phone) and have other awesome features. I have the T-Mobile MDA Vario 2 at the moment, which has the fault of being big, but is otherwise a phone of awesome beauty and power.

Hope that helps!

By: MatGB

MatGB — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:18:53 +0000

I love my Sony Ericsson, but it’s primarily my MP3 player, not my phone. Even so, once you install Opera Mini, you can get to pretty much any site. No idea if Google Reader has an HTML view, if so, you can check that, I check my Gmail on mine regularly, and my friends page, and a number of blogs. I comment all over the place using it if I’m bored and away from a PC.

Most modern phones can handle Opera Mini, but essentially the higher spec the better. Plus, it’s actually possibly worth paying attention to thespecs of the camera; I never bother to take my actual camera out, but use my phone camera a lot now I’ve got it, especially wondering London or out with friends.

I have a contract, it gives me a new handset annually if I want one, and the technology proceeds so fast it’s almost certainly worth it. Up to you of course, but I suspect we’ll have fully functional browsers very soon. Or just get a PDA phone; they cost a bit more, but they are mini PCs with added phone goodness.