Shoutbox

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Originally posted by axen
1. Probably my biggest complaint: It's very hard to press the center button in the joystick, because it's attached to the four directional buttons. You can get used to it, but it's still quite annoying, especially when you let others use the phone.

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Agreed, but its easy once you're used to it

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Originally posted by axen
2. Baterry doesn't last too long (but it's reasonable).

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Mine lasted 3 days (on all night), even with full play-age with camera etc

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Originally posted by axen
4. It has panels, which necessarily means a lesser build quality. The back panel doesn't sit tightly on the top part (it can't break off, but it's annoying psychologically).

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Mine is fine

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Originally posted by axen
5. It doesn't have a fancy OS, just normal phone software (an example for the software's limits: you can't seek songs or play them in the background).

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Put the MP3s in the Gallery -> Music files and you can play then, push the red button and it carries on, and you can do other things, but if they're on the memory card then you can't afaik

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Originally posted by axen
The video image quality totally sucks because it's meant to be sent through 3G networks, so the phone makes it as small as possible. Limited to a few seconds, too.

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A few seconds? wtf? i have a cuople of 2 minute *caugh* porn *caugh* videos on it and the quality of them is very crisp

But agreed, some of the videos aren't the best.

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Originally posted by axen
8. Costs a damn fortune.

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Mine was free on contract, and i pay £15 a month, which is a damn good deal

Ok, all of these phones ur showing me are cool but has anyone realised that I said I am going to be serviced by Bell?

These are the ONLY cell phones I can buy and get serviced by Bell Canada
http://www.bell.ca/shop/application/commercewf?or..._CATEGORY=Postpaid

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Originally posted by KaoMine is fine

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Look closely at the top-back side of the phone, in the place where the back panel is attached... There's a small gap between the panel and the phone's body there...

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Put the MP3s in the Gallery -> Music files and you can play then, push the red button and it carries on, and you can do other things, but if they're on the memory card then you can't afaik

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The internal memory can only hold 1-2 songs...

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A few seconds? wtf? i have a cuople of 2 minute *caugh* porn *caugh* videos on it and the quality of them is very crisp

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o.O Doesn't yours limit the videos to 90kb or so? :-/
For me, the videos are *very* low-res, and the quality is awful at night... :-/

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Mine was free on contract, and i pay £15 a month, which is a damn good deal

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You pay £15 a month for... what?

I pay £11 ($20 US) a month just for the phone.


I think that the most special advantages of this phone are its size&weight (which are revolutionary for this kind of an advanced phone), and its amazing screen (LCD TFT), which makes the images/videos look great. Of course, the screen's pretty small because of the phone's dimensions, but the resolution isn't bad.

But umm... you can't afford it anyway, so I'll shut up.

Ive got my Nokia 3200 with the changable covers.

But im rooting arround on ebay to pick up either a XDA 1 or and XDA 2. Or similar phone....

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Originally posted by axen
You pay £15 a month for... what?

I pay £11 ($20 US) a month just for the phone.

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For the contract, 100 minutes to any network (uk) at any time, 50 texts and free wap, the phone itself was free.

and about the videos, i recorded a 4minute video of me walking up the road, check video settings and change length to max...

with nokia's camera software, recording is limited to certain file size. However u can have files that are as long as u want on it. If you want to increase the file size, try recording them where there is a lot of light.

I suggest a Kyocera 7135 with 1X capabilities. A little over your price range maybe, but damn well worth it. You can check out a full list of specs here.

Just a basic list,

1. Expansion slot for MMC/SD cards

2. Onboard MP3

3. High-Speed Internet Capabilities (with 1X)

4. Games

5. Palm integration

Bell provides 1X networks. I know this because my Dad has this phone and a Bell plan with 1X, the internet is around 500 kb/s, which isn't bad for a phone.

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Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
I suggest a Kyocera 7135 with 1X capabilities. A little over your price range maybe, but damn well worth it. You can check out a full list of specs here.

Just a basic list,

1. Expansion slot for MMC/SD cards

2. Onboard MP3

3. High-Speed Internet Capabilities (with 1X)

4. Games

5. Palm integration

Bell provides 1X networks. I know this because my Dad has this phone and a Bell plan with 1X, the internet is around 500 kb/s, which isn't bad for a phone.

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Maybe you didn't hear what I said several times....UNDER $300....anyways, just looked at the futreshop flyer and the Kyocera Slider is on sale for $80 off

i got a nokia 3200 and it does what i want
i say just get the phone you want that suits your needs, theres always going to be the pros and cons, but if it does what you want then go for it

if you get a nokia phone, dont use the Nokia PC Suite, its slow and.. crap.
Use Oxygen Phone Manager - http://www.opm-2.com instead, faster and better interface, not a bunch of separate programs

baah..i have an ngage..usually play tony hawk and fifa2004.. it has a Symbian OS..Bluetooth, mp3s,vids, NO CAM, im waiting for Driver 3 to come out ..because i miss my PS2