Mobile/Cell phone chit chat!

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by xtop

Please tell me the report is wrong max. Cnn? I think..said the x10 will cost close to $900!!!!

I hope there are factors they're missing

£450 is what I have been told. So that translates from $600 to $800, unsubsidised of course.

If it is €599 then it should be $600-650 in the US, $900 sounds too much, carriers wouldn't be fighting over this if it was that much, even the original iPhone was $700 unsubbed.

[xtop]

2 new video "reviews"

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/x...ewarm-edition/
http://gizmodo.com/5407805/sony-eric...-pants-on-fire

nobody is blown away yet, but i'm still mostly impressed

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by xtop

the 3gs goes for that much off contract? i didn't think it was that high. must have been thinking of the 3g then. in which case..its not all that surprising

i thought the 3gs was cheaper

32GB 3GS is some rape without that contract. Gets cheaper for a 16GB, obviously, much less a 8GB or 16GB 3G.

My work just moved us all from Verizon RAZR to iPhone 3G (we had the option to buy into 3GS if we wanted to pay the upgrade fee ourselves, but only one guy did it). I vastly prefer my N97 but the 3G is definitely nice to have for certain things.

[xtop]

sony needs this stuff on their phones too..

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=35

being able to buy (and hopefully rent) stuff from the psn for use on my phone would be awesome

[Uxi]

Looks like you were right and X10 will go for $870. Ouch. What is SE thinking? Didn't they learn from the X1 fiasco? No wonder it's a sinking ship...

[xtop]

Originally Posted by Uxi

Looks like you were right and X10 will go for $870. Ouch. What is SE thinking? Didn't they learn from the X1 fiasco? No wonder it's a sinking ship...

the only thing i can figure is that they're gonna get it down to 400ish with a sub. otherwise they might as well not even bother

its bad press all around tho. iffy reviews on the phone, high price, layoffs...i feel bad

[Maximus]

Right, got some clear info on the pricing plans.

USA unlocked/sim-free - $799
UK unlocked/sim-free - £499
EU unlocked/sim-free - €599

Subsidised pricing is £99 on a 2 year subscription with Vodafone at £35/m and free on anything above. £199 on £25/m.

US isn't set and EU pricing should be similar to the UK.

Oh and there is an updated software build coming soon as well which should speed everything up even further, and they are adding a new browser of sorts to compliment the stock Android browser. The only problem now is the keyboard, it is said to be quite unresponsive, but the feedback is there and they are working on it and the predictive dictionary.

[xtop]

Just saw on engadet its coming to att :rockon:

I'm at a bar right now what do those prices come to in usd. Need to save for my new 2 year sub for this phone!

Oh wait..my drunk ass read that wrong..no us price haha..ok..back to drinking!

[Septimus Prime]

Hi.

So, I got an hTC Imagio recently, and it's the first smart phone I've ever had (my last phone was the Samsung SCH-A930, which I had for four years). I was a little miffed about Droid coming out almost immediately afterward, but I do like that I have MS Office Mobile on my phone, included.

Anyway, I have a few apps for IM clients (Palringo), Google Maps, AP Reader, Midomi (song identifier), and a couple of other apps. Is there anything else anyone would recommend?

[lettucenpico]

I own the 8gb Iphone 3g.... my contract for AT&T is almost up, I'd like to go back to Tmobile only because I thought the new Motorola Cliq looked cool. Does anyone here have that phone? Will there be another Iphone next summer?

[xtop]

Originally Posted by lettucenpico

I own the 8gb Iphone 3g.... my contract for AT&T is almost up, I'd like to go back to Tmobile only because I thought the new Motorola Cliq looked cool. Does anyone here have that phone? Will there be another Iphone next summer?

you'd go from an iphone to the cliq?

and yes, apple does yearly updates to most of their products. expect a better phone next summer

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

Anyway, I have a few apps for IM clients (Palringo), Google Maps, AP Reader, Midomi (song identifier), and a couple of other apps. Is there anything else anyone would recommend?

skyfire

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by xtop

you'd go from an iphone to the cliq?

lol I wondered the same thing. For me the Iphone has everything I want (minus the lg keyboard), but I just am so unsure of at&T plus with verizon changing their break your contract fees

[xtop]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvTpVYmfemE

so glad to see it transition so fast during the video playback

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by xtop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvTpVYmfemE

so glad to see it transition so fast during the video playback

Yeah, it's really coming along. I think it was a mistake for SE to announce this so early, but obviously they had to do something about the Moto Droid which is obviously its most direct competitor outside of the iPhone.

If SE had waited until the beginning of Jan, said it would come at the end of the month in select markets and done a soft launch in the UK and Sweden to meet fiscal and investor guidelines with a full launch in Feb it would have had a lot more buzz than this. None of the negative headlines about slowness or outdatedness or how expensive etc... I had a preview of the newest software build at the match this afternoon and it was blistering, my friend said the UX platform is nearly ready for Android 2.0 and MT, but SE are putting the 'finishing touches' to it and testing it on a new device.

He said to keep my eyes open at MWC because a SE Android 2.0 device will be on show which will be competitive with Moto Droid and comes with a pullout QWERTY board so it won't eat into X10 sales.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Hey guys,

I've had a cellphone since when they were the size of a brick and I loved it. I made calls and I received them...simple.

I still only use my iPhone 3G for calls and maybe the odd text message, but I've been thinking about email access while on the road. I use MSN and Apple doesn't support it.

Is there a FREE (I'm not willing to pay for it, as it's not crucial) program I can download that lets me check my MSN emails? Someone told me about PalRingo, but that is for IM's....I don't do IM on my phone.


John

[toef]

Originally Posted by John72953

Hey guys,

I've had a cellphone since when they were the size of a brick and I loved it. I made calls and I received them...simple.

I still only use my iPhone 3G for calls and maybe the odd text message, but I've been thinking about email access while on the road. I use MSN and Apple doesn't support it.

Is there a FREE (I'm not willing to pay for it, as it's not crucial) program I can download that lets me check my MSN emails? Someone told me about PalRingo, but that is for IM's....I don't do IM on my phone.


John

Get this iPhone crap out of here. There's a separate thread for iPhones.

Just kidding.

Anyhow, within the last few months, MS opened up the pop servers to all MSN and Hotmail accounts, not just the premium ones.

So unless you've tried it recently, I think you should be able to set up your email on your phone now (through the standard email/mailbox setup thing).

To give it a try, use the regular email account setup, and when it shows you a list of options (Gmail, Yahoo, etc) select "Other" and then fill in all the details (user name, password, etc).

For servers use pop3.live.com for incoming, and smtp.live.com for outgoing. For the SMTP, use either port 25 or 587.

And make sure Authentication and TLS/SSL Required both say "Yes".

If that doesn't work, then I'm out of ideas.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

my friend said the UX platform is nearly ready for Android 2.0 and MT, but SE are putting the 'finishing touches' to it and testing it on a new device.

He said to keep my eyes open at MWC because a SE Android 2.0 device will be on show which will be competitive with Moto Droid and comes with a pullout QWERTY board so it won't eat into X10 sales.

son of a bi.....

i was going against everything by buying a phone with no keyboard..now you might have me waiting even longer for a new phone

mwc is feb 15-18, probably before the x10 even releases here. hmm. might even buy the x10, then sell it and pay for price for the keyboard edition

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by toefer

Get this iPhone crap out of here. There's a separate thread for iPhones.

Just kidding.

Anyhow, within the last few months, MS opened up the pop servers to all MSN and Hotmail accounts, not just the premium ones.

So unless you've tried it recently, I think you should be able to set up your email on your phone now (through the standard email/mailbox setup thing).

To give it a try, use the regular email account setup, and when it shows you a list of options (Gmail, Yahoo, etc) select "Other" and then fill in all the details (user name, password, etc).

For servers use pop3.live.com for incoming, and smtp.live.com for outgoing. For the SMTP, use either port 25 or 587.

And make sure Authentication and TLS/SSL Required both say "Yes".

If that doesn't work, then I'm out of ideas.

Thx Toefer! I'll give that a shot! If it works, great! If not...well, it ain't the end of the world either. I'll just check it when I get home.

Appreciate the time you took to explain it all!

John

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by lettucenpico

I own the 8gb Iphone 3g.... my contract for AT&T is almost up, I'd like to go back to Tmobile only because I thought the new Motorola Cliq looked cool. Does anyone here have that phone? Will there be another Iphone next summer?

If I was you, I would be looking at Nokia N900.

[Maximus]

So news in today.

Google have backported turn-by-turn navigation of Google Maps into Android 1.6, updates will go out to current owners over the air while new devices will ship with the update.

Woo! Looks like the best feature of 2.0 is coming to 1.6, X10 owners don't need to miss out in the early stages pre-update. Even the og G1 is getting the update!