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From: divoch on 21 Jul 2010 07:10 I am looking for a new smartphone to replace my Skypephone S2 with emphasis on /mail with ability to read mail attachments (Office documents) /Wi-Fi with ability to use Skype and/or other VOIP clients, mainly abroad /camera capable of reasonable quality standard size pictures /Web browsing for useful info on the go (timetables, train and plain arrival times...) in that order of expected use I am not interested in music or social networking on mobile Choice on 3 is somewhat limited, so either E71 or E72 springs to the forefront for Symbian and HTC Desire on Android. Any suggestions? divoch
From: JL on 21 Jul 2010 08:25 On 21 July, 13:15, Chris <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > divoch <div...(a)removethishotmail.com> wrote: > > I am looking for a new smartphone to replace my Skypephone S2 with emphasis > > on > > /mail with ability to read mail attachments (Office documents) > > /Wi-Fi with ability to use Skype and/or other VOIP clients, mainly abroad > > /camera capable of reasonable quality standard size pictures > > /Web browsing for useful info on the go (timetables, train and plain arrival > > times...) > > in that order of expected use > > > I am not interested in music or social networking on mobile > > > Choice on 3 is somewhat limited, so either E71 or E72 springs to the > > forefront for Symbian and HTC Desire on Android. > > Any suggestions? > > If you really want Skype/VoIP/Gtalk on your phone, you should maybe check out > the Nokia N900 which supports Skype/Gtalk video calls as well as full featured > web browsing (including Flash and a choice of Firefox/Webkit/Opera browsers) > and office features (it even runs OpenOffice if you really _want_ that - the > koffice viewer works just fine for me, though). > Regards, > Chris > > -- > Linux is great for calculating how much hemp-based tofu it might take to fill > your bio-gas-powered eco-dome, but for all serious jobs you need a serious > operating system such as Microsoft Windows. > <http://shelleytherepublican.com> HTC Desire is amazing, except the battery life is short. I think it's especially noticeable when comparing to the BlackBerry I had before, or an S2 in your case. In reality is it probably fairly typical of smartphone battery life and with my usage I get 2 days use which isn't that bad really. With the Desire you can open office files with the pre-installed programme but to edit you need the full version. There may well be an app that lets you do it for free - not too sure as I only have need to view attachments on a phone. Web browsing is great, Flash is supported to. N900 is higher spec and more expensive but lacked something I can't really describe. Samsung Galaxy S seems to be having good press to.
From: White Spirit on 21 Jul 2010 10:14 On 21/07/2010 12:10, divoch wrote: > I am looking for a new smartphone to replace my Skypephone S2 with > emphasis on > /mail with ability to read mail attachments (Office documents) > /Wi-Fi with ability to use Skype and/or other VOIP clients, mainly abroad > /camera capable of reasonable quality standard size pictures > /Web browsing for useful info on the go (timetables, train and plain > arrival times...) > in that order of expected use > I am not interested in music or social networking on mobile > Choice on 3 is somewhat limited, so either E71 or E72 springs to the > forefront for Symbian and HTC Desire on Android. > Any suggestions? Nokia N900 HTC Desire Nokia N97
From: divoch on 21 Jul 2010 11:27 "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message news:i26vcp$m76$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 21/07/2010 12:10, divoch wrote: > >> I am looking for a new smartphone to replace my Skypephone S2 with >> emphasis on >> /mail with ability to read mail attachments (Office documents) >> /Wi-Fi with ability to use Skype and/or other VOIP clients, mainly abroad >> /camera capable of reasonable quality standard size pictures >> /Web browsing for useful info on the go (timetables, train and plain >> arrival times...) >> in that order of expected use > >> I am not interested in music or social networking on mobile > >> Choice on 3 is somewhat limited, so either E71 or E72 springs to the >> forefront for Symbian and HTC Desire on Android. >> Any suggestions? > > Nokia N900 > HTC Desire > Nokia N97 > Thanks for suggestions. However, N900 has never been, as far as I know, offered on 3 network. This would probably mean that it will not be compatible with free "3 Skype" application [as I found with my SE K810i, although listed on 3 website as a suitable 3G phone]. While in UK it is quite a bonus to me and my contacts abroad to "have Skype with me" on my mobile. divoch
From: divoch on 21 Jul 2010 11:34
"Chris" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:8ao6nsFfd1U3(a)mid.dfncis.de... > divoch <divoch(a)removethishotmail.com> wrote: >> I am looking for a new smartphone to replace my Skypephone S2 with >> emphasis >> on >> /mail with ability to read mail attachments (Office documents) >> /Wi-Fi with ability to use Skype and/or other VOIP clients, mainly >> abroad >> /camera capable of reasonable quality standard size pictures >> /Web browsing for useful info on the go (timetables, train and plain >> arrival >> times...) >> in that order of expected use >> >> I am not interested in music or social networking on mobile >> >> Choice on 3 is somewhat limited, so either E71 or E72 springs to the >> forefront for Symbian and HTC Desire on Android. >> Any suggestions? >> > If you really want Skype/VoIP/Gtalk on your phone, you should maybe check > out > the Nokia N900 which supports Skype/Gtalk video calls as well as full > featured > web browsing (including Flash and a choice of Firefox/Webkit/Opera > browsers) > and office features (it even runs OpenOffice if you really _want_ that - > the > koffice viewer works just fine for me, though). > Regards, > Chris > > -- > Linux is great for calculating how much hemp-based tofu it might take to > fill > your bio-gas-powered eco-dome, but for all serious jobs you need a serious > operating system such as Microsoft Windows. > <http://shelleytherepublican.com> Viewer would do fine for me. However, in my other reply I pointed out the difficulties in considering anything that has never been sold by 3. divoch |