Re: Which "business-usable" phones have a car charging holder?
Iain
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at moving off my trusty Nokia 6310i for which I have the
> super car kit.
>
> The main reason for moving is to get 3G. I have a sporadic requirement
> for a 3G bluetooth modem for roaming use abroad, which is massively
> expensive on my laptop PAYG module, but if I got a 3G phone I would
> put a contract SIM in it and use it as a modem.
Your best bet is to buy a USB 3G dongle with a 3G PAYG usim in it, and
keep the 6310i
Ian Bidwell
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>
> The problem is this: I use *data* sporadically. It is for aviation
> weather / flight planning and in one week I might burn up £100 on the
> £10/MB Voda PAYG ripoff roaming tariff. Then nothing for a few months
> - all depends on where I am going. Virgin PAYG at £5/MB is a bit
> cheaper but they (T-Mobile) block some ports which causes me some
> x----------x
As I am considering a Virgin contract would you like to expand on which
ports are restricted and how this affects your browsing, (in UK or roaming).
I understand Virgin now charges 30p per day for up to 25MB data
Ian
The Real Doctor
> The problem is this: I use *data* sporadically. It is for aviation
> weather / flight planning and in one week I might burn up £100 on the
> £10/MB Voda PAYG ripoff roaming tariff. Then nothing for a few months
> - all depends on where I am going.
Do you go to many countries? Would it be possible to buy prepay data
SIM card(s) for the place(s) you go? In Germany, for example, T-Mobile
do unlimited (sic) data for €4.95 per day. And in countries where 3
operates, you can use a UK 3 phone/modem at UK rates.
Ian
The Real Doctor
> The Real Doctor <ian.gro...@btinternet.com> wrote
> doing is looking for phone shops, talking to d*ckheads there who have
> never heard of 3G, and even in the UK most phone shop assistants
> cannot tell you the 3G rates.
If he goes to the same countries regularly, he only has to do it once
in each. I know plenty of people who keep foreign PAYG sims for this
sort of thing, and the only additional complication is asking for a
data card rather than a phone one.
I'll punt out a (euro) tenner on a T-Mobile card when I get to Germany
tomorrow (see other post). If it works, great. If it doesn't- well,
it's more than it was a year ago, but not an earth shattering blow...
Ian
Woody
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> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at moving off my trusty Nokia 6310i for which I have the
> super car kit.
>
> The main reason for moving is to get 3G. I have a sporadic requirement
> for a 3G bluetooth modem for roaming use abroad, which is massively
> expensive on my laptop PAYG module, but if I got a 3G phone I would
> put a contract SIM in it and use it as a modem.
>
> far as I can find out (nobody in the phone business knows anything
> about this but I gleaned this on Usenet) none of these enable the
> phone display to remain illuminated while in the holder so when a
> call/SMS arrives you cannot see it when driving in low light or
> darkness.
>
> Are there any other phone options?
>
> Other mandatory requirements would be 3G, a standby life of best part
> of a week, and decent storage i.e. multiple numbers and text notes per
> address book entry - just like the 6310i which can hold 500 address
> book entries. And bluetooth modem capability. It would also be nice if
> it could do simple text emails i.e. POP/SMTP but this is not
> necessary.
>
> And I don't like the slide-off keyboard covers :)
>
> Thank you in advance for any pointers.
>
> x----------x
Find the (ideally Nokia) phone that you need and then get the Nokia
CK-7W car kit. It does everything that the CARK91 does for the 6310i. It
can be Bluetooth or POP port connected, so in theory it should work with
any Bluetooth enabled phone.
You can use your existing CARK91 installation with any Nokia POP-port
phone by use of an adapter. Google is your friend.
--
Woody
harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
Handel Mycock
> I think Nokia do one or two phones with a *charging* car holder but as
> far as I can find out (nobody in the phone business knows anything
> about this but I gleaned this on Usenet) none of these enable the
> phone display to remain illuminated while in the holder so when a
> call/SMS arrives you cannot see it when driving in low light or
> darkness.
>
> Are there any other phone options?
get a nice nokia 1100..it stays illuminated in the car kit...but no 3g
andy
> doing is looking for phone shops, talking to d*ckheads there who have
> never heard of 3G, and even in the UK most phone shop assistants
> cannot tell you the 3G rates.
>
> **if on PAYG**.
Well, given that you can large data packages for say €10 a month on
prepaid SIMs in several countries now, I think you'd be able save
quite a bit against that £100 if you did a bit of research
but if you can't be bothered with that, at least change to T-mobile
UK, which is £1.50 per MB in Europe
Steve Terry
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Steve Terry
Jimbo...GM4DHJ...
> Nor anything else
>
> Steve Terry
>
just what you need for every day use ..... but I have a 3G skypephone S2 for
fancy things ........
Steve Terry
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Steve Terry
Jimbo...GM4DHJ...
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without a back light.....
Steve Terry
Steve Terry
Iain
>
> The problem is this: I use *data* sporadically. It is for aviation
> weather / flight planning and in one week I might burn up £100 on the
> £10/MB Voda PAYG ripoff roaming tariff. Then nothing for a few months
> - all depends on where I am going.
If it weren't for the "roaming" requirement, I'd suggest a 3 PAYG. But
for roaming, you may find that another is cheaper. Not sure which.
Jimbo...GM4DHJ...
>> like anything bit the basics ....talk text and you can read the LCD
>> screen
>> without a back light.....
>>
> But it's digital!
>
> Steve Terry
>
Steve Terry
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cheaper than Voda roaming?
Steve Terry
andy
> andy <andy.gg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >but if you can't be bothered with that, at least change to T-mobile
> >UK, which is £1.50 per MB in Europe
>
>
> How does T-Mobile compare with Virgin (who use TM)? Presumably the
> physical network is the same - what about customer service? Virgin
> have very good CS - one reason I ditched Voda.
>
> x----------x
website search functions often work:
"If you surf with mobile broadband on your laptop or web'n'walk on
your mobile in any of the following EU countries it will only cost
£1.50/Mb.
Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. "
If it's abroad, it uses any network they have a roaming agreement with
T-mobile CS answer the phone in less than 20 minutes