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"Who would have thought picking a new phone would be so difficult..."

Right, I'm being a proper Barley and getting myself a nice new phone. I'm prepared to go as high as £200, but it's got to have some very special features for that price. It's the first phone I've ever bought, and it's my birthday soon, so I'm treating myself.

I would have had an Orange SPV C500 last week, but the shop couldn't get it in, then I found out that he couldn't egt it PAYG, despite telling me otherwise, the bellend. So that's out. Next I saw the SonyEric k700i - nice, has a good camera, mp3s, mpeg4, videos, etc. But now they're bringing out that Sony Walkman phone, which looks like it does the same as the k700i, but it has a 2MegaPixel camera, which is pretty good. Only I'm not sure when it's out, or how much it'll cost (and it doesn't look as nice as the k700i). Sod it, I'm getting the k-thing, so long jerkwads.

Hmm, that Sony one is exoected 3rd quarter - that's ages away.

The SPV is a nice looking phone. Has Windows OS too if I'm not mistaken.

Nice choice

No bluetooth? Denied! I've found the Orange SPV C500 as PAYG for £130-ish, which is pretty good. And that's the original phone I wanted. Expandable cards, bluetooth, wireless - just not Sony compatible, but that's a small hassle.

Well, having just scanned a few review sites, it appears it's basically a K750 with different software.

I'd expect this to go for around £180-250 sim free/PAYT upon release.

Hmm, no Bluetooth is a bit of a downside. I've gotten quite used to that feature now :D

Looks red to me, and I don't like the grey dots on the front. How much do new Sony phones normaly cost?

Ooh, nice. And a 512Mb card included?? Crikey.

If it's imminent but still TBA, I may just put off the S700 and wait :D

I'd rather a different colour to Orange though.

[URL]http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=PHP1_10245&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10245[/URL]

Looks...ok, but I'd prefer the case of the k700i. But it's got a 2 MegaPixel camera, and can expand the memory. Just no price or date yet.

monkey_man wrote:
> And now it gets more confusing.
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> Memory stick Pro?
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> Memory stick Duo?
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> Memory stick Pro Duo?
>
> Adaptor?

Don't worry.

Memory Stick Duo and Pro Duo are pretty much the same thing, only Pro may not work in older readers.

adaptor is pretty much just an adaptor so you can use a Duo/Produo in a standard Memory Stick slot.

I don't think I've heard of this Walkman Phone - any links?

And now it gets more confusing.

Memory stick Pro?

Memory stick Duo?

Memory stick Pro Duo?

Adaptor?