7650 "beater"?

I have had my Nokia 7650 for nearly a year and I am thinking about an
upgrade...

Thing is, from what I can see, there is nothing that beats it for what it
provides - it has the PDA features, it has Java apps and games, it has
polyphonics and a camera.

The camera facility I don't need to upgrade, cos the quality isn't an issue
and it is used rarely. The java apps/games are quite varied and plentyful.

The PDA type stuff is good enough for what I need - a scheduler, contacts
database and simple notebook facilities for notes/lists.

I can infra-red all my information about and back it up, which is nice too.


The battery life is an absolute waste of time, but I have become accustomed
to charging it every other day.

The Bluetooth on it is 'broken' ("System Error" is all I ever get from it).


The 3650 doesn't have the PDA stuff, does it? (Plus the keypad is a horrible
design)

The 9210 is just too darn big!


Is there another (pref Nokia - for compatibility reasons) phone that can do
all this, but with a better battery life and working bluetooth(!)?

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"td" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I have had my Nokia 7650 for nearly a year and I am thinking about an
> upgrade...
>
> Thing is, from what I can see, there is nothing that beats it for what
it
> provides - it has the PDA features, it has Java apps and games, it has
> polyphonics and a camera.

But can it make and receive phone calls...?!

(Sorry, couldn't resist..!)

Ivor

>
> Is there another (pref Nokia - for compatibility reasons) phone that can
do
> all this, but with a better battery life and working bluetooth(!)?

Not nokia but at least it works! P800 is the one your looking for!
Paulo

> The 3650 doesn't have the PDA stuff, does it? (Plus the keypad is a
horrible
> design)

Actually, it does. I agree about the keypad though.

Is the 7650 even a world phone though? It seems to only be dual-band.

"David K" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2NhVa.1607$Ho3.469@sccrnsc03...
> > The 3650 doesn't have the PDA stuff, does it? (Plus the keypad is a
> horrible
> > design)
>
> Actually, it does. I agree about the keypad though.
>
> Is the 7650 even a world phone though? It seems to only be dual-band.
>
>
>
>
>

Could someone explain this to me...I hear that there are no 7650 in
US/Canada. How come? I mean it's a 3G phone it works on higher freqs, you
don't hear beep, beep, beep sound on your speakers when you are recieving a
message or a phone call and still there is something diferent in US!

Also sprach "hlicitar" <[email protected]>:

} Could someone explain this to me...I hear that there are no 7650 in
} US/Canada. How come? I mean it's a 3G phone it works on higher freqs

It's not 3G, just GSM 900/1800 with HSCSD and GPRS. It doesn't work
on N America's GSM frequency.

--
yours aye,
Tom

On consideration, the moral of this story shall be withdrawn and submitted to
a committee of experts. Perhaps they will be able to say what it is. - PGW

"Tom Joyce" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Also sprach "hlicitar" <[email protected]>:
>
> } Could someone explain this to me...I hear that there are no 7650 in
> } US/Canada. How come? I mean it's a 3G phone it works on higher freqs
>
> It's not 3G, just GSM 900/1800 with HSCSD and GPRS. It doesn't work
> on N America's GSM frequency.
>
> --
> yours aye,
> Tom
>
> On consideration, the moral of this story shall be withdrawn and submitted
to
> a committee of experts. Perhaps they will be able to say what it is. - PGW

What's a 3G phone than? You were correct, it's dual band phone, I saw the
label in my store, and there were some triple-bands too. What's the
diference?

Also sprach "hlicitar" <[email protected]>:

}
} "Tom Joyce" <[email protected]> wrote in message
} news:[email protected]...
} > Also sprach "hlicitar" <[email protected]>:
} >
} > } Could someone explain this to me...I hear that there are no 7650 in
} > } US/Canada. How come? I mean it's a 3G phone it works on higher freqs
} >
} > It's not 3G, just GSM 900/1800 with HSCSD and GPRS. It doesn't work
} > on N America's GSM frequency.
} >

} What's a 3G phone than?

A phone which uses one of a number of standards for very high speed
(by current standards) data transmission to mobile phones. For 3G
functionality you need a 3G network, though current 3G phones in the
UK can hop onto 2G networks when they can't access a 3G net - however
this means they can't use 3G functions till they get back on the 3G
net.

For more detail:
http://www.3g-generation.com/what_is.htm
http://www.three-g.net/
http://www.3gnewsroom.com/html/about...networks.shtml

} You were correct, it's dual band phone, I saw the
} label in my store, and there were some triple-bands too. What's the
} diference?

Most of the world uses one or both of the frequencies 900kHz or
1800kHz for GSM mobile phones. The 7650 is dual band. Phones which
can use either frequency are described as dual band. N America uses
1900kHz. A phone which can use 900, 1800 or 1900kHz are, for fairly
obvious reasons, known as tri-band. Therefore to work in the States a
phone has to be tri-band or 1900 specific; I don't know of any device
that uses 1900 and only one other frequency, though I could be wrong.


--
yours aye,
Tom

On consideration, the moral of this story shall be withdrawn and submitted to
a committee of experts. Perhaps they will be able to say what it is. - PGW

The phone your looking for is the Nokia 6600 - it looks sweet and has great
features, should be out in a few months

"td" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I have had my Nokia 7650 for nearly a year and I am thinking about an
> upgrade...
>
> Thing is, from what I can see, there is nothing that beats it for what it
> provides - it has the PDA features, it has Java apps and games, it has
> polyphonics and a camera.
>
> The camera facility I don't need to upgrade, cos the quality isn't an
issue
> and it is used rarely. The java apps/games are quite varied and
plentyful.
>
> The PDA type stuff is good enough for what I need - a scheduler, contacts
> database and simple notebook facilities for notes/lists.
>
> I can infra-red all my information about and back it up, which is nice
too.
>
>
> The battery life is an absolute waste of time, but I have become
accustomed
> to charging it every other day.
>
> The Bluetooth on it is 'broken' ("System Error" is all I ever get from
it).
>
>
> The 3650 doesn't have the PDA stuff, does it? (Plus the keypad is a
horrible
> design)
>
> The 9210 is just too darn big!
>
>
> Is there another (pref Nokia - for compatibility reasons) phone that can
do
> all this, but with a better battery life and working bluetooth(!)?
>
>
>
>

"Freddie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The phone your looking for is the Nokia 6600 - it looks sweet and has
great
> features, should be out in a few months
>
> "td" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > I have had my Nokia 7650 for nearly a year and I am thinking about an
> > upgrade...
> >
> > Thing is, from what I can see, there is nothing that beats it for what
it
> > provides - it has the PDA features, it has Java apps and games, it has
> > polyphonics and a camera.
> >
> > The camera facility I don't need to upgrade, cos the quality isn't an
> issue
> > and it is used rarely. The java apps/games are quite varied and
> plentyful.
> >
> > The PDA type stuff is good enough for what I need - a scheduler,
contacts
> > database and simple notebook facilities for notes/lists.
> >
> > I can infra-red all my information about and back it up, which is nice
> too.
> >
> >
> > The battery life is an absolute waste of time, but I have become
> accustomed
> > to charging it every other day.
> >
> > The Bluetooth on it is 'broken' ("System Error" is all I ever get from
> it).
> >
> >
> > The 3650 doesn't have the PDA stuff, does it? (Plus the keypad is a
> horrible
> > design)
> >
> > The 9210 is just too darn big!
> >
> >
> > Is there another (pref Nokia - for compatibility reasons) phone that can
> do
> > all this, but with a better battery life and working bluetooth(!)?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks folks!

I will be keeping an eye out for the 6600, I reckon....