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[ZrByte]

I prefer Nokia myself but since Nokia don't like android I will be switching to either HTC or Samsung on the 28th Feb. With Samsung being the much more likely choice.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

I prefer Nokia myself but since Nokia don't like android I will be switching to either HTC or Samsung on the 28th Feb. With Samsung being the much more likely choice.

There was a time when nokia was my choice for mobile. But since smart phones came out, and particularly android systems..never looked at a nokia.

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by colin25

There was a time when nokia was my choice for mobile. But since smart phones came out, and particularly android systems..never looked at a nokia.

I'm using a Nokia n900 at the moment and its a fantastic phone (more like a micro laptop). But in nokias never ending quest for the perfect mobile OS They went and dropped the maemo OS like a stone in favour of the next big thing and ruined what could have been a promising line of phones.

Edit: had an n95 8gb before that and that was also a great phone and a fair bit ahead of the competition smartphones at the time.

[LondonRoad]

Nokias have been the bain of my life for 6 years. E71s and E72s randomly losing settings or just plain not working often means I've got several of them on my desk at various stages of being rebuilt.

Thankfully the contract ends next month and the finance powers that be have promised to be take on board what the techy powers that be have to say.

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by LondonRoad

Nokias have been the bain of my life for 6 years. E71s and E72s randomly losing settings or just plain not working often means I've got several of them on my desk at various stages of being rebuilt.

Thankfully the contract ends next month and the finance powers that be have promised to be take on board what the techy powers that be have to say.

Both good phones in my experience, just goes to show that avoiding a brand like I do with SE and you will probably do with Nokia from now on isn't always the way to go.

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Both good phones in my experience, just goes to show that avoiding a brand like I do with SE and you will probably do with Nokia from now on isn't always the way to go.

Ironically I've had the same E71 throughout. Only problem I have is it rapidly discharges from time to time which is linked to the back case overheating. Many of the problems my users experience is microsoft for exchange causing problems. The most important non-phone use for us.

Very good deals on tablets at Carphone Warehouse;

Archos 7 HT (2.1 Eclair/No Official Market) - £75
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...-7-HOME-TABLET

Archos Arnova 10 G2 (2.3 Gingerbread/No Official Market) - £140
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...s/ARNOVA_10_G2

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (2.2 Froyo) - £200
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...ALAXY-TAB-WIFI

Motorola Xoom (4.0 ICS) - £250
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...OLA-XOOM-WI-FI

I'm now stuck between the Xoom and the iPad 3, its just too cheap for such a quality product to pass it up.

[Itshim]

Question is in the title - Would UK phone work in USA ( I keep getting lost there when driving on my own!)

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Question is in the title - Would UK phone work in USA ( I keep getting lost there when driving on my own!)

It will work as a satnav.

Whether it works as a phone will depend on your network.

[SnoopZ]

You wouldn't want to use a UK phone in USA as a satnav as that will cost you a fortune in data costs won't it?

[danielf]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

You wouldn't want to use a UK phone in USA as a satnav as that will cost you a fortune in data costs won't it?

It will if you use Googlemaps and pull in the data. There's a couple of off-line solutions based on openmaps, that basically store all the maps on your SD card, so don't need a data connection. I've tried some of them in Spain, and wasn't overly impressed though (but that was for inner city navigation where it can be a bit tricky to get a GPS lock). They might work better when driving.

[ZrByte]

Anybody used a HTC Evo 3D? Ive seen these on offer in ASDA for £250 and Im finding it hard to come up with a reason not to get one.
Was thinking instead of getting an s2 and upgrading at the end of February like I was going to I would get one of these and go on a £10 pm 30 day rolling contract instead.
Only problem I'm finding is that a lot of reviewers seem to be complaining about constant crashes and reboots though through some further digging this seems to be related specifically to the firmware that the sprint network in the US is using on their handsets.

[alferret]

Galaxy S2 is to get official release of ICS on March 1st (give or take a day!)

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gala...-news-3752.php

[DocDutch]

That's great news was trying to find the release date for ics for my lovely s2.

To be honest i have had Sony and Nokia and if i had to choose it would be Sony as i did prefer the build on them. Have had the n95 8gb which was good but build was poor after that went for the satio which if it was android would have been a great phone but Sony put symbian on it and then ditches the phone after less than a year.

Now im a happy s2 owner and not regretting it

[ZrByte]

Just to update my previous post. I bought the evo 3d and its phenomenal. Maybe not as good as an s2 but not far off and the price just makes it even better. 3d is just a gimmick. Getting ICS too but no solid dates yet.