Sci - phone.....

[philoldsmobile]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SC-IPHONE-i9-UK-SELLER-T-MOBILE-VODAFON-ORANGE-/120605449158?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item1c14a51bc6#ht_4747wt_1002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SC-IPHONE-i9-UK-SELLER-T-MOBILE-VODAFON-ORANGE-/120605449158?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item1c14a51bc6#ht_4747wt_1002

love the shot of the back, where it just says 'phone'

[philoldsmobile]

and another...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-2-TOUCH-SCREEN-Dual-SIM-UNLOCKED-CELL-PHONE-MOBILE-/270576514327?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3eff9df517#ht_6497wt_1033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-2-TOUCH-SCREEN-Dual-SIM-UNLOCKED-CELL-PHONE-MOBILE-/270576514327?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3eff9df517#ht_6497wt_1033

[Big Mouse]

I wonder how many people will fall for that only to find that the 'apps' don't actually do anything other than look pretty.

[philoldsmobile]

ya know, although decidedly less slick, some reviews seem to sugest its acceptable. i'm almost half toying with the idea of buying one as an up yours to the horribly over priced Iphone.

i hate  touch screen phones, but this may possibly be about the best phone £30 can buy..

[Incursus]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

ya know, although decidedly less slick, some reviews seem to sugest its acceptable. i'm almost half toying with the idea of buying one as an up yours to the horribly over priced Iphone.

i hate touch screen phones, but this may possibly be about the best phone £30 can buy..

Your Nokia is better in every way...


Edit:

PLEASE NOTE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED WILL BE FOUND ON THE CD DISC INCLUDING HOW TO SET UP THE INTERNET...

*Please note will not work on 3g the phone doesn't have 3 g

[Andy]

My friend had one of these fake iPhones. He bought it down the pub all joyful the day he got it, rubbing it in the face of the landlord as he had one and was paying x more for it etc. That lasted about a week. It then died and that was it. Sure it was only about £60, but for a weeks worth of use, with no support or any software and worse of all you just look like a cheap hit trying to fit in with a crowd. He then went back to using his old handset and later upgraded to a real iPhone.

[Fieldy]

I'm waiting for the 4th version.....

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: Andy

and later upgraded to a real iPhone.

schmuck!

best handset i have ever used was my nokia 6700 classic, i generally dislike mobile phones, but that really was nice. if i wanted an iphone, i'd glue my ipod to my existing phone.

[Fieldy]

Best phone I have ever owned, and enough with the bollox about signal, I had mine on the day of launch and not an issue with that at all

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

i'd glue my ipod to my existing phone.

BAM!

[art b]

ive had my nokia that long ...i cant even remember what model it is....

it works a treat, costs nowt and bounces and gets sat on with no probs at all..

[Andy]

The thing is CP, you're only talking about the OS, and that, like PC is only about 50% of the device.

Apple make the device and the software, thus the two are completely compatible, like Macbooks, Macbook Pro, Mac etc etc. They just work. A PC or 'smartphone' uses someone elses software, Windows or Android. This is why I believe they don't have the edge over Apples products.

I hadn't touched a Mac till December and only 6-7 months later I wouldn't think of running anything else. Likewise my phones, I have had Nokias (probably the best phones in the world) SE, Samsung all of which have come and a year later been outdated, slow, clunky and with all my SE's broken in someway.

It's coming up to a year of owning an iPhone and it's still working fine! No issues with the software, it's not slow, its not clunky, it still keeps me amused on a train journey, or helps me find where I'm going when I'm lost. It also recieves and makes phone calls as well as texts (something even the basic phones can do) I'm a full time engineer and at first I thought this is going to last long in my environment, but with a case it sits happily in my tool box 5 days a week.

There obviously seems to be some war between Android and iPhone that I just don't get as they both do the same thing, it's just I'm hedging my bets on the company that isn't about to drop support on millions of users and a company that if you have a hardware problem, its no more than a 40 min drive to get it checked out at a shop. So yeah, Android may have outsold the iPhone, but the iPhone is still cooler.

[FUBAR]

<== Loving my new HTC Desire.
its fast, responsive, sleek & easy to use

Battery life is bad tho because of the high def [for a phone] screen

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: FUBAR

Battery life is bad tho because of the high def [for a phone] screen

Have you updated to 2.2 Froyo yet? (Settings>About Phone>System Software Updates>Check for Update).

The battery is fantastic if you think what it is doing - Sat-nav, WiFi, Bluetooth, constant net-widget updates etc.

Currently running SNESoid (on the Market) to run old SNES games (available from http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=snes+roms)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=snes+roms)

All free

Quoting: FUBAR

<== Loving my new HTC Desire.

Quoting: Andy

The thing is CP, you're only talking about the OS, and that, like PC is only about 50% of the device.

You're right, perhaps I should have put:



Which is the flagship HTC model with Android against iP4.

I'm a Mac user, home / work and most Apple products are amazing but the spec on the Desire coupled with full integration with Google Services - something I use a lot of AND the openness and amount of customisation available - made the iPhone a bad choice for me. Also, don't forget camera! (How about a flash Apple )

[EDGE]

you do have to remeber though, that apple have only been making phones for 3 years, the others have all been at it forever,

the fact is, apple obliterated the market and 'forced' all other phones to up their game, for the better i think,

only war brings faster tech advances !!!

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: EDGE

the fact is, apple obliterated the market and 'forced' all other phones to up their game, for the better i think,

Although I'm sure google have had their Android plan for quite a while on the 'road map' - So even if the iPhone never existed, I am sure we would have seen something close to Desire / Droid released from the Android camp - perhaps missing some of the iPhone influences with the design of the OS and 'apps', but an 'open' system where user's create the programs to run on it was always going to happen

Interesting to see how good HTC are doing now they have shifted the focus from Windows Mobile to the Android platform

[Incursus]

Quoting: EDGE

apple obliterated the market and 'forced' all other phones to up their game, for the better i think,

only war brings faster tech advances !!!

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Although I'm sure google have had their Android plan for quite a while on the 'road map' - So even if the iPhone never existed, I am sure we would have seen something close to Desire / Droid released from the Android camp - perhaps missing some of the iPhone influences with the design of the OS and 'apps', but an 'open' system where user's create the programs to run on it was always going to happen  

Interesting to see how good HTC are doing now they have shifted the focus from Windows Mobile to the Android platform

I've had HTC's for the last 5 years great phones even while fighting against Windows Mobile.  Had my Hero for 6 months now, very awesome!! Not very water proof though

[philoldsmobile]

they always say once you go mac, you never go back, and its definitely true, I don't know of one mac user thats EVER gone back to a PC, but the iphone doesn't seem to have that same appeal.

its ok i guess, but the Ipod and mac were such  huge successes because they offered something different, the iphone doesn't so much

[Fieldy]

My wife has the Desire, I almost got it because it is great, but I like the simplicity of backing it all up on a one click system

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Fieldy

My wife has the Desire, I almost got it because it is great, but I like the simplicity of backing it all up on a one click system

Backing what up? The Desire? You have confused that sentence with 'but' - it makes it sound like you are refering to something else hence the reason you didn't get the Desire?

Just FYI - no need to back-up with the Desire, it all backs up to your Google account

[Fieldy]

I like the simplicity of backing my iphone up....

[Titsy]

Quoting: Fieldy

I like the simplicity of backing my iphone up....

And yet it seems simpler not to need to...

[Fieldy]

Never knew it backed up to google, not that keen on that idea TBH. I like my pics of my kids on my laptop with a password protection, not on Googles servers....

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Fieldy

Never knew it backed up to google, not that keen on that idea TBH. I like my pics of my kids on my laptop with a password protection, not on Googles servers

Naw, just the emails, contacts etc backup to Google.

The rest you put on your laptop just like your iPhone. There are also some cool apps that back up to an image host (with or without password / privacy protection) or you can set it to automatically upload straight to Photobucket for example - I usually turn that on when I am at shows, that way every picture I take is ready in a Photobucket album ready to grab all the links and post up on a forum without me having to get the images from the phone, upload to Photobucket, then grab links, then post..

[Incursus]

Set the hero to back its self up every Sunday at 3am or whenever I choose and to wherever I choose. (sd card, internet or pc.) simples.