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Sun 15/08/04 at 11:35
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"SOUP!"
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I'm getting a new phone to replace my 8310 today and I've got about £80 to spend (though I can stretch to £100 when I sell my phone) - so can some of you make some recommendations for me please?

I'm not bothered about the make of phone, though I am fond of Nokia's.

I'd like a colour screen this time I think and a camera would be nice but it's not compulsary.

Give me some recommendation please folks.

Oh and incidentally I'm selling a Nokia 8310.
Mon 16/08/04 at 17:25
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Foszy wrote:
> LOL sure its quite funny but i would say if suddenly 50 laptops
> started beeping say they have made a connection more funny the faces
> of the staff then...


You do realise that this 'sentence' makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Maybe you should take some time and read some books, or even the odd magazine or newspaper. I'm sure they would help to improve your communication skills no end.

Secondly, why would you ever need to use a phone to talk to someone who you can most likely see, or be talking to within 3 seconds? What the hell is the point?
Mon 16/08/04 at 16:32
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"ProGolfer"
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AB1000 wrote:

> Unfortunately I doubt that's ever going to happen. Mobile networks
> make up a list of specifications they would like in their phones
> every year and send them to the manufacturers, who then use this
> information to design their phones. It is then up the mobile
> networks which phones to sell from all those available. As the
> networks make a hell of a lot of money from SMS, they are not going
> to want phones that can bypass their services and send messages
> directly between each other, and as such the mobile manufacturers are
> not going to implement such a service.

Ah bit of a shame, ah wells spose it is possible now...
Mon 16/08/04 at 16:27
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Foszy wrote:
> Ah lol i like the idea of that. So as the phones werent really meant
> for that are phone companys starting to design phones which can cha
> wiht people close by? I mean there is a market for it as people are
> doing it, make the whole thing a lot simpler. Plus bit of good
> advertising could turn it in to one of those crazes? What you think?

Unfortunately I doubt that's ever going to happen. Mobile networks make up a list of specifications they would like in their phones every year and send them to the manufacturers, who then use this information to design their phones. It is then up the mobile networks which phones to sell from all those available. As the networks make a hell of a lot of money from SMS, they are not going to want phones that can bypass their services and send messages directly between each other, and as such the mobile manufacturers are not going to implement such a service.
Mon 16/08/04 at 15:59
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AB1000 wrote:
> It's not quite that simple as they weren't designed for
> "chatting" due to the fact that if someone is in a 10 metre
> radius then you may as well just speak to them. They would then have
> to do the same back, make a contact and send it via Bluetooth. The
> problem is, some phones don't say the name of the phone the contact
> was sent from, so if there are a few phones in the area it doesn't
> work.
>
> Most people use it just to get a reaction, for example if you see a
> fit women with a certain phone, try and find it on bluetooth and send
> a message telling her she is hot or something like that and see the
> reaction, or even better, take a picture of her and send it to
> confuse her.

Ah lol i like the idea of that. So as the phones werent really meant for that are phone companys starting to design phones which can cha wiht people close by? I mean there is a market for it as people are doing it, make the whole thing a lot simpler. Plus bit of good advertising could turn it in to one of those crazes? What you think?
Mon 16/08/04 at 15:46
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"SOUP!"
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yeah when I'm trapped down a well.
Mon 16/08/04 at 15:39
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"Insert Gently"
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Paradox: wrote:
> I've had a look around Leeds and there are two phones that really
> stand out to me as being beautiful.
>
> There is the Nokia 6610 and the 6610i (one has a camera, the other
> doesnt) which costs around £130 and has colour screen and all
> the polyphonic crap.
>
> The other one is the Nokia 1100, the simplest but probably one of the
> nicest looking and simplistic phones I've ever seen. It's about
> £50 new so its easily affordable and has a plain black and
> white screen and no extra stuff I probably wouldnt use.
>
> I'll probably go for the latter.

Don't forget the flashlight, it may come in handy
Mon 16/08/04 at 15:36
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"SOUP!"
Posts: 13,017
I've had a look around Leeds and there are two phones that really stand out to me as being beautiful.

There is the Nokia 6610 and the 6610i (one has a camera, the other doesnt) which costs around £130 and has colour screen and all the polyphonic crap.

The other one is the Nokia 1100, the simplest but probably one of the nicest looking and simplistic phones I've ever seen. It's about £50 new so its easily affordable and has a plain black and white screen and no extra stuff I probably wouldnt use.

I'll probably go for the latter.
Mon 16/08/04 at 14:51
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Posts: 132
Foszy wrote:
> So once this is done, do you just click reply? And it uses bluetooth?
> Got my new phone today i have to send it back tho as its the wrong
> one! But they said i can play with it for a week so im pleased its
> the new samsung e800, pretty stylish phone.

It's not quite that simple as they weren't designed for "chatting" due to the fact that if someone is in a 10 metre radius then you may as well just speak to them. They would then have to do the same back, make a contact and send it via Bluetooth. The problem is, some phones don't say the name of the phone the contact was sent from, so if there are a few phones in the area it doesn't work.

Most people use it just to get a reaction, for example if you see a fit women with a certain phone, try and find it on bluetooth and send a message telling her she is hot or something like that and see the reaction, or even better, take a picture of her and send it to confuse her.
Mon 16/08/04 at 14:45
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"ProGolfer"
Posts: 2,085
Silent Thunder wrote:

> Go into PC World and enter the laptop section then send some pictures
> via blue tooth. Heh, you should see the faces of the teenagers
> working there.
>
> "Mr Supervisor, Sir..?"
>
> And so on. ;-)

LOL sure its quite funny but i would say if suddenly 50 laptops started beeping say they have made a connection more funny the faces of the staff then...
Mon 16/08/04 at 14:43
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"ProGolfer"
Posts: 2,085
AB1000 wrote:
> There's a much easier way of BlueJacking, Foszy and I have become very
> good at it on our lunch trips to Tescos ;). Basically you want to
> make a new contact in your phonebook saying something (i.e. hello),
> then send the contact via Bluetooth. The phone will search for and
> list all Bluetooth devices in range, and you chose one to send it to.
> No authorisation codes or anything, it just appears on their screen.
> With some phone you can send pictures as well.

So once this is done, do you just click reply? And it uses bluetooth? Got my new phone today i have to send it back tho as its the wrong one! But they said i can play with it for a week so im pleased its the new samsung e800, pretty stylish phone.

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