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Which new moby? QWERTY, Bluetooth, WiFi, full HTML
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| Geoff Winkless 2005-07-27, 5:48 pm |
| Hi
It's new contract time!
Ideally I want a phone which features:
o a qwerty (or close to it) keypad
o full html (opera or similar) browser
o bluetooth
o wi-fi
o approximately phone-sized (so not the xda etc)
I don't care about camera, MP3 player or whatever, although the ability
to play MP3 ringtones would be desirable
Now the only phone I can find which comes close is the treo650, although
the wifi is a bit of a kludge.
I'm also considering the p910i as I had the p800 and liked most things
about (it except for the input) and it's cheaper than the treo.
I only really want WiFi so I can browse from the sofa - is it possible
with either of these phones to do so over bluetooth? With the p800 I
could set up a sync connection with the PC and then Opera would browse
using the computer's net connection, but you had to initiate the
connection from the PC (which made it a bit pointless for quick
googling, which is all I really want out of it) - will either the treo
or the 910 "just do it", as it were?
Is there a phone out there which fits? Or one that's planned for a
fairly imminent (ie in 2 months or so) release?
I don't know blackberrys very well - do any of them come with wifi now?
Ta
Geoff
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"Geoff Winkless" <usenet-at-geoff-dot-dj@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> It's new contract time!
>
> Ideally I want a phone which features:
>
> o a qwerty (or close to it) keypad
> o full html (opera or similar) browser
> o bluetooth
> o wi-fi
> o approximately phone-sized (so not the xda etc)
>
> I don't care about camera, MP3 player or whatever, although the ability
> to play MP3 ringtones would be desirable
>
> Now the only phone I can find which comes close is the treo650, although
> the wifi is a bit of a kludge.
>
> Geoff
I have similar requirements.
The Treo 650 was the only phone that had a decent battery life within those
parameters.
So it is now my favourite gadget, along with TiVo, despite its flaws.
Great one-handed use, vast selection of software, quad-band, good
speakerphone, great mp3 ability (13 to 18 hours!!), superb display and
pretty good camera and camcorder.
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| Al Reynolds 2005-07-27, 5:48 pm |
| "Geoff Winkless" <usenet-at-geoff-dot-dj@[127.0.0.1]> :
> Hi
>
> It's new contract time!
>
> Ideally I want a phone which features:
>
> o a qwerty (or close to it) keypad
> o full html (opera or similar) browser
> o bluetooth
> o wi-fi
> o approximately phone-sized (so not the xda etc)
>
> I don't care about camera, MP3 player or whatever, although the ability to
> play MP3 ringtones would be desirable
>
> Now the only phone I can find which comes close is the treo650, although
> the wifi is a bit of a kludge.
>
> I'm also considering the p910i as I had the p800 and liked most things
> about (it except for the input) and it's cheaper than the treo.
Nokia 9500? It's a bit big, but it does everything else.
The P910i keyboard is rubbish unless you have stiletto fingers.
Al
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| Geoff Winkless 2005-07-27, 5:48 pm |
| Al Reynolds wrote:
> Nokia 9500? It's a bit big, but it does everything else.
Mmm, I looked at it but it's too damn big. The 9300 would be just about
the right size & weight but the lack of wifi lets it down and reviews
suggest the keyboard's pretty awful and that there's no t9 on the
outside interface for quick texting :(
> The P910i keyboard is rubbish unless you have stiletto fingers.
I have pretty nimble fingers. I guess trying it out at CPW or some such
would be the best bet.
G
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| bazza1603@hotmail.com 2005-07-27, 5:48 pm |
| Hi,
I love the keyboard on the P910i. After about 10 minutes I could type
no problems at all. You can also use the touch screen keyboard display
as well.
I found the inbuilt browser a bit poor, for javascript web pages.
Netfront do a trial one you cannot register. Its far better, but you
have to keep reinstalling every 45 day
Regards
Baz
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| Geoff Winkless 2005-07-27, 5:48 pm |
| bazza1603@hotmail.com wrote:
> I love the keyboard on the P910i. After about 10 minutes I could type
> no problems at all. You can also use the touch screen keyboard display
> as well.
>
> I found the inbuilt browser a bit poor, for javascript web pages.
> Netfront do a trial one you cannot register. Its far better, but you
> have to keep reinstalling every 45 day
Opera is free for the SE Pxxx series, isn't it?
www.opera.com
Geoff
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| Bryan Anderson 2005-07-27, 11:48 pm |
| On Wednesday, Geoff Winkless wrote:
>Ideally I want a phone which features:
T-Mobile MDA Compact/Orange M500/Imate Jam
>o a qwerty (or close to it) keypad
Nope - has handwriting recognition, etc and the normal on-screen
keyboard of a pocketPC.
>o full html (opera or similar) browser
Yes.
>o bluetooth
Yes.
>o wi-fi
Not built-in, but the Sandisk 256MB WiFi card works (or so I hear)
>o approximately phone-sized (so not the xda etc)
Very much so.
> I only really want WiFi so I can browse from the sofa - is it
> possible with either of these phones to do so over bluetooth?
Not tried it on my MDA Compact but my old iPaq 1940 used to be able
to access the internet via a Bluetooth connection to my desktop PC,
so the MDA ought to be able to as well.
--
Bryan Anderson <usenet@bryans-place.com>
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