Re: Mobiles

[paul.murgatroyd@xxxxxxx]

But how about ditching the phone altogether and just using your ipaq?

This is sooooo good... I think its going to be the next purchase....
for an already over accesorised ipaq!

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=UBIN-GC201

Paul

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Doogie Brodie" <doogiebrodie@z...>
wrote:
> > Anyone with an Ericsson R380 or Nokia 9210 phone?
> > A friend wants something like this (larger screen than normal
> mobile)
> > for reading emails, playing games etc..
> > Any comments positive or negative?
>
> (I use and love my iPAQ. On the odd occasions where I've said
"Wow,
I
> wish I could SMS/Email/Live web browse", I've had a timeport,
6210
> etc to hand, which I could throw my SIM in and use IR)
>
> I've had a play with both, mainly setting them up for other people
in
> the company/ telling them why they aren't working etc ;->
>
> 9210:
>
> A bit smaller and lighter than the 9110, but how the hell could
they
> consider releasing this without a touch sensitive screen...!!!???!
> Come on! I thought the same of the 9110 as I had a Psion 5 at the
> time. The UI is a nightmare to navigate through the cursor pad and
> the keyboard is too small to get any solid typing rhythm going etc.
> As I'm sure someone else said on here: too big to be a phone, to
sh*t
> to be a PDA ;->
>
> R380:
>
> Only had a pretty quick play with this. Not bad size - I have used
an
> 888 for a while which was about the same size but without the
flappy
> bit. I was a bit scared at first of the fragility of the screen,
with
> having the buttons whacked on top of it, but it seemed OK. The
> installed software for contacts and logging of calls etc was all
> pretty good, but I felt the screen was too small to facilitate
> everything properly. I couldn't get the handwriting recognition to
> work, but the screen would be way too small to write on properly.
>
> I hope this is of some use.....
>
> Cheers
>
> Doogie