Phone for Browsing/Mail

syke · 25 Oct 2007 at 18:20

Dad is looking to get the WnW, and is wanting a phone for Browsing & Mail.

The ones he has been looking at are:

MDA Touch
MDA Mail
MDA Compact III

Which would you get?

And any others to look at?

So far he likes the Touch the most, but not sure whether its possible to connect a keyboard to this at any time, like them IR Keyboards?

Ta for any help.

A2Z · 25 Oct 2007 at 18:40

vario 3

syke · 25 Oct 2007 at 18:42

A2Z said:
vario 3

Thats another one, it looks pretty good.

LeperousDust · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:15

Are you looking at Windows Mobile only? Have you looked at some of the symbianOS phones out there? IMHO much snappier sharper phones but equally as good at light browsing and probably better at mail and voip...

syke · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:22

LeperousDust said:
Are you looking at Windows Mobile only? Have you looked at some of the symbianOS phones out there? IMHO much snappier sharper phones but equally as good at light browsing and probably better at mail and voip...

Not specifically, just ones that are offered by T-Mobile WnW.

Tunney · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:00

I wouldn't go for the Touch personally. It only supports GPRS/EDGE so browsing will be slow.

LeperousDust · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:48

I'd say wait for the Nokia E51 to come out on t-mobile (either end of this month or next) that's what i'm doing. It's super fast, very small, has Edge/3G/Wi-fi and very capable. That or go for the Nokia 6120 Classic which is basically the same without Wi-fi. Can be had sim free for less than £100 if you're lucky! Both can be (or will be) had on on w'n'w with t mobile and the 6120 Classic can be had on some impressively cheap packages!

For me SymbianOS is far superior compared to WM6, but that is just my opinion...

syke · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:25

^ Thanks.

Will have a look and read about them

.

syke · 4 Nov 2007 at 20:45

Looking to get a WnW (maybe two) soon, so need a decision

.

Dad;

Get a N95 and just use that, or get a phone to resell to get N95 8GB.
Get a HTC Touch.
Get a Vario III.

Each of the above we want a GPS system on it, so which would you use?

For me, im wanting something easy to text with, browse and a good camera, narrowed it down to Vario III and N95, perhaps the Compact III. What would you do?

Hussman · 5 Nov 2007 at 10:34

Vario 3. Great phones and some good bargains to be had on flea bay at the moment.

syke · 5 Nov 2007 at 11:03

Anyone use a GPS / CoPilot on the Vario 3?

Thats a main thing for the phone too.

Hussman · 5 Nov 2007 at 12:01

It comes with GPS and TOMTOM on CD. These work well.

Not tried Co-pilot.

syke · 5 Nov 2007 at 12:54

Hussman said:
It comes with GPS and TOMTOM on CD. These work well.

Not tried Co-pilot.

Never knew that, thats the same with all networks that it comes with TOMTOM?

A2Z · 5 Nov 2007 at 12:55

syke said:
Never knew that, thats the same with all networks that it comes with TOMTOM?

no

AFAIK thats only for the unlocked sim-free version

syke · 5 Nov 2007 at 13:17

A2Z said:
no

AFAIK thats only for the unlocked sim-free version

Ahh.

So whats the best one to go for? TOMTOM?

LeperousDust · 5 Nov 2007 at 14:03

TomTom will work on symbian or WM it's upto you what you prefer, WM being touchscreen probably gives a more "normal" satnav feel to it. But i'd still choose symbian because of its speed/stability/better phone capabilites. I mean if you want a *great* sat-nav, go and buy a sat-nav...

Hussman · 5 Nov 2007 at 22:06

Mine was simlocked to Vodafone.

It came with Tomtom on CD.

A2Z · 5 Nov 2007 at 22:13

Hussman said:
Mine was simlocked to Vodafone.

It came with Tomtom on CD.

ohhh ok...maybe its just t-mobile then

syke · 7 Nov 2007 at 20:41

Anyone able to supply (hopefully N95 or Vario III) pictures of both on internet & running GPS (CoPilot or TOMTOM)?

Many thanks.

LeperousDust · 7 Nov 2007 at 22:00

syke said:
Anyone able to supply (hopefully N95 or Vario III) pictures of both on internet & running GPS (CoPilot or TOMTOM)?

Many thanks.

What do you mean, both definately run it if you buy the software, and the internet works on both. Slightly different on both though. Does he want a phone as main function or a PDA, thats what settles this.

PDA = Vario III IMO not great to use regulary as a phone
Phone = N95 IMO not as easy to use as a touchscreen for PDA functions, but it does the job great.