Skypephone S2 or something else - for wife
divoch
moment she is using original Nokia 3120 [not classic] on Orange.
I got myself S2 but I wonder what to recommend to her. Buying also S2 is a
possibility although it could be confusing to have around two identically
looking phones. I wonder if Nokia 2730 might be a better bet partly for that
reason but mainly because it might be easier for her to use? As the one
extra feature I want her to master is Skype the new mobile should be easy to
use and perform well in this respect. In that context I wonder if not having
HSDPA would make a noticeable difference to Skype call quality?
Any relevant thoughts and comments would be appreciated
divoch
Steve Terry
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but it might using it as a modem for a PC with Skype and a webcam.
Max d/l without HSDPA is almost 400kbps, with HSDPA 2Mbps
or better
Steve Terry
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BC
Link to the three website through quidco and get �18 cash back on PAYG
mobiles. Port your number into 3 and they give you an extra �10 credit.
The S2 becomes very cheap that way.
Steve
> Link to the three website through quidco and get ￜ18 cash back on PAYG
> mobiles. Port your number into 3 and they give you an extra ￜ10 credit.
Don't rely on cashback from Three.
http://tinyurl.com/3-No-cashback
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divoch
"Steve Terry" <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "divoch" <div...@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u7aXm.139374$cf1....@newsfe03.ams2...
>> Selecting a mobile for my wife is the next step in the move to 3. At the
>> moment she is using original Nokia 3120 [not classic] on Orange.
>> I got myself S2 but I wonder what to recommend to her. Buying also S2 is
>> a possibility although it could be confusing to have around two
>> identically looking phones. I wonder if Nokia 2730 might be a better bet
>> partly for that reason but mainly because it might be easier for her to
>> use? As the one extra feature I want her to master is Skype the new
>> mobile should be easy to use and perform well in this respect. In that
>> context I wonder if not having HSDPA would make a noticeable difference
>> to Skype call quality?
>> Any relevant thoughts and comments would be appreciated
>> divoch
>>
>>
> Not having HSDPA won't make any difference to Skype on the phone,
> but it might using it as a modem for a PC with Skype and a webcam.
>
> Max d/l without HSDPA is almost 400kbps, with HSDPA 2Mbps
> or better
>
2730.
Thanks for warning about the cashback too
regards
divoch
BC
> BC wrote:
>
>> Link to the three website through quidco and get ￜ18 cash back on PAYG
>> mobiles. Port your number into 3 and they give you an extra ￜ10 credit.
>> The S2 becomes very cheap that way.
>>
>> www.quidco.com
>
> Don't rely on cashback from Three.
> http://tinyurl.com/3-No-cashback
>
Never had a problem here, nothing to lose by linking through Quidco though.
Steve
Except maybe your cashback? There are a lot of people that have
had their 3 mobile cashback thru quidco declined. A safer bet may
be using Fatcheese; they claim their cashback is guaranteed.
http://www.fatcheese.co.uk/guarantee/
http://www.fatcheese.co.uk/merchant/?site=3%20Mobile
CJB
> Selecting a mobile for my wife is the next step in the move to 3. At the
> moment she is using original Nokia 3120 [not classic] on Orange.
> possibility although it could be confusing to have around two identically
> looking phones. I wonder if Nokia 2730 might be a better bet partly for that
> reason but mainly because it might be easier for her to use? As the one
> extra feature I want her to master is Skype the new mobile should be easy to
> use and perform well in this respect. In that context I wonder if not having
> HSDPA would make a noticeable difference to Skype call quality?
>
> Any relevant thoughts and comments would be appreciated
> divoch
Skypephone S2 - is it a lemon?
Unfortunately I purchased a S2 just before Xmas and am having *great*
problems with it.
Firstly it doesn't really browse the Internet - as extensively
advertised by '3' - most mobile pages are short snippets of text on a
screen so small the characters are unreadable. For a start it is
impossible to go to My3 to check the balance of my account, I shall
have to resort to a laptop to do that - if I can get it to connect to
my account pages (which is an issue belonging to another thread). And
as for accessing my Skype account pages - forget it - so I can't even
do a top up with Skype on the S2.
Secondly frequently any web page displayed gets split into three
overlapping panels - the middle one partly displayed but showing the
central area, the other two, one on the right and one on the left,
smaller and still only partly displayed. At this point the phone then
becomes unresponsive and effectively crashes. I then have to switch it
off and on again to reset it.
Thirdly it doesn't make calls to all Skype users. I tested it for some
friends who have Skype on laptops and it seemed to call them OK - but
not every time. But my brother in the Netherlands has a different
Skypephone and it refused to connect and call him. Monitoring Skype on
my laptop he had a small green tick icon against his id. On the S2 the
icon was a greyed out cross. I tried refreshing the Skype connection
(with the S2 this means switching the phone off and then on again) -
yet no green tick showed against his Skype id. Also everytime I tried
to connect to a Skype user the S2 started to make the connection, then
displayed a square with an ! in the middle with a message underneath
stating 'Divert on' - and then the connection usually crashed as
unobtainable.
Fourthly the s/w driving the S2 is not stable - the phone frequently
freezes - and the back button doesn't work. To get any response I have
to switch the damn thing off and then on again.
On Boxing Day I tried sending a normal mobile text massage to a friend
sitting beside me. She's on CWH T-Mobile. It took TWO HOURS TO FILTER
THROUGH.
And I can't use the S2 with Skype for calling Skype Out nos.
especially those in the UK.
Actually lemon is too good a description for S2 and '3' - cr&p is a
much more suitable word.
Steve Terry
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On Dec 19, 7:49 pm, "divoch" <div...@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Skypephone S2 - is it a lemon?
>Unfortunately I purchased a S2 just before Xmas and am having *great*
>problems with it.
>
>Firstly it doesn't really browse the Internet - as extensively
>advertised by '3' - most mobile pages are short snippets of text on a
>screen so small the characters are unreadable. For a start it is
>impossible to go to My3 to check the balance of my account, I shall
>have to resort to a laptop to do that - if I can get it to connect to
>my account pages (which is an issue belonging to another thread). And
>as for accessing my Skype account pages - forget it - so I can't even
>do a top up with Skype on the S2.
>
>
>Secondly frequently any web page displayed gets split into three
>overlapping panels - the middle one partly displayed but showing the
>central area, the other two, one on the right and one on the left,
>smaller and still only partly displayed. At this point the phone then
>becomes unresponsive and effectively crashes. I then have to switch it
>off and on again to reset it.
>
>
>Thirdly it doesn't make calls to all Skype users. I tested it for some
>friends who have Skype on laptops and it seemed to call them OK - but
>not every time. But my brother in the Netherlands has a different
>Skypephone and it refused to connect and call him. Monitoring Skype on
>my laptop he had a small green tick icon against his id. On the S2 the
>icon was a greyed out cross. I tried refreshing the Skype connection
>(with the S2 this means switching the phone off and then on again) -
>yet no green tick showed against his Skype id. Also everytime I tried
>to connect to a Skype user the S2 started to make the connection, then
>displayed a square with an ! in the middle with a message underneath
>stating 'Divert on' - and then the connection usually crashed as
>unobtainable.
>
rather than the phone.
>
>Fourthly the s/w driving the S2 is not stable - the phone frequently
>freezes - and the back button doesn't work. To get any response I have
>to switch the damn thing off and then on again.
>
removing the battery and restarting solves it
>
>On Boxing Day I tried sending a normal mobile text massage to a friend
>sitting beside me. She's on CWH T-Mobile. It took TWO HOURS TO FILTER
>THROUGH.
>
what you would expect over Christmas, wait till new years eve!
>
>And I can't use the S2 with Skype for calling Skype Out nos.
>especially those in the UK.
>
when you'll have there Skype name??
>
>Actually lemon is too good a description for S2 and '3' - cr&p is a
>much more suitable word.
>
of any smartphones
CJB
apps. This is appalling for a phone which could well be a present to a
minor (someone under 18). And it is not possible to remove these apps
or the junk games (and other rubbish) from the phone. CJB.
Steve Terry
adult content
The S2 is no different from any other 3 phone
Jimbo on the netbook ...
you need a credit card to indulge...or so I am told...........