It cost me $55.00, still undecided if I am going to keep it. got 25 more
days to decide.
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"Bingo Boy" <bingoboy@ny.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I just bought a Nokia 6800 unlocked on Ebay. I live in Ireland
> (Dublin) and I am on 'o2' (Speakeasy).
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible for me to check my Yahoo mail
> with it? Or do I have to get Yahoo to forward my emails to an 'o2'
> email address?
>
> If there are any 6800 owners out-there I would really like to hear
> about how you are getting on with it. Do you like it? What's you
> favourite thing about the phone?
>
> I only have mine about an hour <g> ... but so far I really like it.
> It's a million times more practical than my 5510 for instance. I had
> feared that it would feel cheap'ish like the 3510 - but it doesn't ..
> it feels very well put together and it doesn't have a plasticy feel to
> it at all. I love the screen - it's so bright. The keyboard light in
> the dark is also pretty impressive.
>
> What don't I like so far? Well, number one is the 'joystick' can
> really hurt your thumb after a little use. It's a little on the sharp
> side. I was actually rooting around inside the Nokia box to see if
> maybe there was a little peice of soft rubber thatn had come off.
> Mabye I'll make one - patent it .. and make a million 
>
> I also thought that it was strange that you can listen to the radio on
> loudspeaker but only when the headset is attached. I know that the
> headset is also the aerial - but I scrunched the aerial (headset) up
> in my hand and tucked it underneath the phone and the radio still
> picked up the stronger stations. So i think it's safe to assume that
> it would pick up some stations with the headset attatched.
>
> Also, I am not big on tones at all - I much prefer a 'phone ringing'
> sound <g> .. and the only one that I like is called "Low" - but guess
> what? It's really 'low' .. but I really like the sound. Even when you
> turn the ringing level up to 'five' it's still very very low - but as
> I say, it has a really nice sound to it. Guess I'll have to download
> somethin similar.
>
> Apart from those minor quibbles - I love it.
>
> BB 
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