
By Jo Best
Published: Monday 07 August 2006
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Name
anonymous too
Location
UK
Occupation
IT couch potato
Comment
I have to laugh at the phones that have "everything": I was "given" my 800i (part of the Vodaphone upgrade) and so with dreams of internet surfing and hi-speed picture transfers I set off to explore new possibilities- the world was now my oyster!
Alas, everytime I try the send via GPRS all I get is "error". The man at the phone shop configured the phone; Nokia update site has configured the phone- still no joy :-(
I can't surf squat and my David Baileys are not getting transfered anywhere, anytime soon. As it stands my 800i can phone & text people very well - gee, didn't my last phone do that? - and the music playback is very good, despite the random crackle during track changes (still no fix). Alas, I'm still stuck with Fish & Chips, plus the new dollop of Tartare sauce that is the MP3 player- No Lobster for this individual.
As time as passed I find that I no longer want to send anyone my photo, or look stuff up on Google, so maybe a sexy slim phone that just makes calls\ text is EXACTLY what I need, at least she won't be so challenging when I slip her into my pocket ^_-
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Michael Fischer
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Phil Blackburn
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Tris Orendorff
I have to laugh at the phones that have "everythin...
anonymous too
Well said "anonymous too"!...
ccl
Back in the day, before most bling-loving cell pho...
still anonymous after all these years
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