another mobile phone recommendation thread
 

yes, it's me this time. the oracle of all useless advice, asking for advice :)

anyway the situation as it stands at the moment.... i have two contracts:

orange yourplan direct 3000 texts at £20 a month
vodafone 200 xnet mins and 200 texts £30 a month

and one phone, orange SPV M1000. Both contracts are coming up to the end (both about 9 months through). So, I'm basically going to jack both of them in and take out a nice spangly new contract which incorporates as many free minutes as possible, and approximately 300 texts, 3200 a month is just overkill.

And I don't want to spend £50 a month or more, as I am now (incidentally, used 32mb of GPRS on top this month, that added another £25 :mad: )

Sooooo, can anyone recommend good mobile phones to me? I've seen a lot of offers over at onestopphoneshop but since growing up i've fallen out of the "what mobile phone is trendy" market...

Bluetooth is the one essential thing it needs, all other things are expendable as far as I'm concerned. I want to get something smaller to carry around and leave the SPV sitting in the car for permanent satnav now, it is a bit heavy :)

So, recommendations at the end of all that? I'm generally opposed to SonyEricsson phones, they don't work too well with me. And no, i'm not going to wait for an upgrade, i've already checked that out with orange and my upgrade fee is £100, before i even take into account the costs of getting another phone :erm:

:)
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oh, past phone history so you can see what i like...

nokia 3210 > nokia 3510 > nokia 7650 > orange spv c500 > nokia 6230 > orange spv m1000

gadgety :)

Re: another mobile phone recommendation thread
 

I know what you said about SE phones but the new K750 is a fantastic fone feature wise.

The Samsung D500 is also very good, bluetooth on both fones is very good. Plus they are both relativly small.

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is it anything like the K700, i had a play with one of those not so long ago when everyone had them, a more plasticky device i have not felt for a while :erm:

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Can't spaek for the 750 but the 750i is a nice little phone with a lot of power, very nice cam 2 mega pixel, the gf has just got one :tu:
Be warned some were called back, so just make sure you get a new batch phone, if you go for one of these ;)

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SPV M2000 is catching my eye when my renewal is up in November but can I install Mobile 5.0 over Mobile 2003 Second Edition? and can I install a Mobile AIM on it too ? I know it's got MSN Messenger built in.

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They are the same phone, the i normally stands for international.

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Don't start me off on Windows Mobile5 - the gits at Orange are not providing an upgrade (yet) on the SPV C500 - or even the band new C550. There is a ROM image on the web somewhere - but it's not official and installing it could damage / invalidate your warranty...

Lee

Re: another mobile phone recommendation thread
 

i'm just in the middle of upgrading my m1000 to magneto right now, as it happens ;)

i'll let you know what happens... :erm:

(it's a second hand and out of warranty device anyway...)

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As long as it's not on 3 - the Nokia 6680. That's all you need IMO. I'd say it wipes the floor with anything Sony Ericsson bring out, and that's saying something.

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you have one?

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Ohhhhh yes :D

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Is that ok unless you want to run adobe ;):)

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Adobe is a third party programme! :D

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Cool....that'll be intresting to see what happens....

Where did you get the ROM from? PM me if you don't want to make it public here... :tu:

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completed the upgrade :D it's only for SPVM1000/XDA2 im afraid lsainsbury... u still want it?