Which mobile phone?

[sixpot]

My company s currently in the process of re-negotiating our mobile phone contracts and as a consequence we have all beeen given the choice of over 180 different handsets. You can imagine the dilemna!!!

My last phone, a Panasonic, was possibly the worst piece of technologcal gadgetary I have ever had the misfortune to possess. I lost count after it had been replaced for the 5th time in 6 months. It was absolutely shocking. Priot to that I always had Nokia's and although they were not faultless they were at least relatively robust.

Most of us quite fancy the new 7610 from Nokia but have no experience of it......any suggestions.

Our requirements wouls be.

1) Good battery life
2) camera preferable/video bonus
3) relatively lightweight
4) stylish of course
5) bluetooth

Any suggestions welcome.

And thanks in advance

[andygo]

Ive got a Nokia 6230 and its just the job.

I've had nokias for years now and fornd them to be very good. Also, wherever you are, someone else has a Nokia, so you can borrow their charger if stuck>

[Plotloss]

Just got an Orange SPV C500

It rocks!

[catretriever]

Sony Ericsson P910

it just does everything.....

[wolves_wanderer]

Nokia 7610 is a nice piece of kit but I found the keypad a bit awkward. I have got a motorola V80 which I love and meets all your requirements but may be a bit posey for a work phone

[PetrolTed]

Plotloss said:

Just got an Orange SPV C500 It rocks!

I've been toying with the idea of one of these. You're a fan then?

[Plotloss]

Yep, it crashes occasionally (Damned MS!) but as far as the features/functionality goes its very good indeed.

You can even get a windows terminal services client for Smartphone.

Recently bought a 512Mb Mini SD card and now can watch full length movies if the will takes me...

They have just released an add on for christmas thats a bluetooth GPS reciever and sat nav software bundle.

Thats the next thing...

[phatgixer]

sixpot said:

My company s currently in the process of re-negotiating our mobile phone contracts and as a consequence we have all beeen given the choice of over 180 different handsets. You can imagine the dilemna!!! My last phone, a Panasonic, was possibly the worst piece of technologcal gadgetary I have ever had the misfortune to possess. I lost count after it had been replaced for the 5th time in 6 months. It was absolutely shocking. Priot to that I always had Nokia's and although they were not faultless they were at least relatively robust. Most of us quite fancy the new 7610 from Nokia but have no experience of it......any suggestions. Our requirements wouls be. 1) Good battery life 2) camera preferable/video bonus 3) relatively lightweight 4) stylish of course 5) bluetooth Any suggestions welcome. And thanks in advance

Got a big choice for you buddy. Just email me and I'm sure I can sort something.

[Plotloss]

As long as you want them in blocks of 100,000

[phatgixer]

Plotloss said:

As long as you want them in blocks of 100,000

We cater for the smaller customers too, plotty old boy!

[Plotloss]

Do you do mobile enterprise software as well?

Just curious you understand...

[sixpot]

phatgixer said:

Plotloss said: As long as you want them in blocks of 100,000 We cater for the smaller customers too, plotty old boy!

I take it from your proposal that this is your line of work then? what would you suggest handsetwise?

[phatgixer]

sixpot said:

phatgixer said: Plotloss said: As long as you want them in blocks of 100,000 We cater for the smaller customers too, plotty old boy! I take it from your proposal that this is your line of work then? what would you suggest handsetwise?

SE P910i if you want PDA functionality, or Nokia 6670 if you want smaller less featured product.

[Podie]

PetrolTed said:

Plotloss said: Just got an Orange SPV C500 It rocks! I've been toying with the idea of one of these. You're a fan then?

I've had the SPV E200, it's predecessor, for 11 months… if the C500 is as good (it proports to be far superior) then I'll be happy.

Very useful to have a calendar and contacts etc all with you, sync'd from Outlook… although I rarely enter data into it (except as a phone) via the keypad.

[jimmyjimjim]

Plotloss said:

They have just released an add on for christmas thats a bluetooth GPS reciever and sat nav software bundle. Thats the next thing...

Got any details? I (and another 200 colleagues) have been issued with these as replacements for our Nokia 6310's, and sat nav would be a nice upgrade.
I can't see anything on the orange site.

[pmanson]

Nokia 6230!

[Plotloss]

jimmyjimjim said:

Plotloss said: They have just released an add on for christmas thats a bluetooth GPS reciever and sat nav software bundle. Thats the next thing... Got any details? I (and another 200 colleagues) have been issued with these as replacements for our Nokia 6310's, and sat nav would be a nice upgrade. I can't see anything on the orange site.

I read it somewhere recently.

Think it may have been a small news item in the latest Evo...

[mallone]

Battery life with the c500 is outstanding, mine lasts, on average, 5 days of use.

[phatgixer]

Plotloss said:

Do you do mobile enterprise software as well? Just curious you understand...

Not sure.

One of my techie bods will know. What is it?

[Plotloss]

Applications.

Say a delivery company wants their drivers to update their corporate database when a delivery is made via WAP...

Or any other permutation of the technology.