Comments on: Ohhhh Two?

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:09:40 +0000

I have a phone that work gave me. Every couple of years they upgrade it. I don’t really worry about it much, it’s just functional. The Orange coverage seems to be pretty good Scotland wide. I never use the phone to remind me of things or be connected with my diary. I just phone and text people with it. My dear husband has a Blackberry and it seems to get to the point where there is no way to “step away from the desk”. I don’t need that. I just need a little phone that is easy to use, will keep its charge and not cost the earth.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:15:07 +0000

Ahhh as ever, shauny cuts to the chase and nails it in one!

SHINY!!!

And “Ian’s mum” (yes readers I do know her name) why would I want a pink phone??

By: shauna

shauna — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:01:08 +0000

Awww I hope you DO go on about it because I want to be convinced that i really need one, even tho I’ve been spending <£10 a month on pay as you go ever since I moved here and never needed anything more than that… but… SHINY!

By: Ian's mum

Ian's mum — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:03 +0000

God’s sake gordon mine is pink ..it rings and it costs me about £40 a year… + about £100 to buy it originally who are you talking to and how long?

By: Lyle

Lyle — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:45:59 +0000

For contacts, look at Zyb – I’ve been using it for online contacts backup for about six months now, and it seems to work pretty well. They have been bought recently by Vodafone too, so they’ll be around for a while – and have said they’ll be keeping the service open to all phone users, not just Vodafoners.

Personally, I’m happy with the Sony-Ericsson K750i I got a year ago – which also syncs cleanly with Outlook etc. (it needed a small fix to the software which I blethered about a while back, but that’s been the only issue so far) and hasn’t caused me any of the hassle the previous HTC K-JAM caused me with invisible crashes.

Out of iPhone and HTC Touch, I’d go for the HTC – the cost of the iPhone seems high, and it’s also a highly visible and highly recognisable gadget which I (personally) would probably not want to advertise having. I could be wrong, but it makes me suspect iPhone owners/users will make up a significant proportion of the mugging stats come July/August…