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- 01-14-2006, 04:18 AM #1Jack OuzziGuest
Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
instead !!
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- 01-14-2006, 06:12 AM #2Old CodgerGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
Jack Ouzzi wrote:
> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>
> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
> instead !!
If it doesn't work properly take it back.
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- 01-14-2006, 06:12 AM #3Old CodgerGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
Jack Ouzzi wrote:
> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>
> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
> instead !!
If it doesn't work properly take it back.
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Old Codger
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What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make people
believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003]
- 01-14-2006, 06:42 AM #4DeeBeeGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
Jack Ouzzi wrote:
> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>
> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
> instead !!
Got one of these on Thursday and it works just fine.
It does say on the packaging that it does not read 3G SIM cards !
- 01-14-2006, 08:43 AM #5Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
"DeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jack Ouzzi wrote:
> > Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
> >
> > BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a
> > couple of pints instead !!
> Got one of these on Thursday and it works just fine.
>
> It does say on the packaging that it does not read 3G SIM
> cards !
Since when has Virgin been 3G..?
Ivor
- 01-14-2006, 09:20 AM #6Jack OuzziGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:12:03 -0000, "Old Codger"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Jack Ouzzi wrote:
>> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>>
>> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
>> instead !!
>
>If it doesn't work properly take it back.
Yep might do .... states on packaging ref 3G cards but not Virgin that
ALL my family has :-|
- 01-14-2006, 09:26 AM #7MikeGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
"Jack Ouzzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>
> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
> instead !!
It will read a Tmobile and Virgin which are the same really. It doesn't do
3G as stated clearly!
Did you have a couple of pints first?
- 01-15-2006, 06:17 AM #8Jack OuzziGuest
Re: Aldi Sim Card Reader
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:26:36 GMT, "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Jack Ouzzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Cheapo (but not bad) SIM card readers from ALDI at £7.99
>>
>> BUT it won't read Virgin or 3G cards ........ get a couple of pints
>> instead !!
>
>It will read a Tmobile and Virgin which are the same really. It doesn't do
>3G as stated clearly!
>Did you have a couple of pints first?
>
No Mike ..... I have tried 3 virgin cards and it read none of them. I
did read a Vodafone sim.
Clearly faulty ..... I will take it back tomorrow.
Hic
- 01-16-2006, 12:07 PM #9jim walkerGuest
Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
can you write to sim card as well as read from it? can you load mp3 files to
the ringtone section etc?
- 01-16-2006, 01:48 PM #10JonGuest
Re: Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> can you write to sim card as well as read from it? can you load mp3 files to
> the ringtone section etc?
A SIM card cannot store anything other than names and numbers.
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- 01-16-2006, 02:16 PM #11Neil MonkGuest
Re: Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
Jon wrote:
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> can you write to sim card as well as read from it? can you load mp3
>> files to the ringtone section etc?
>
> A SIM card cannot store anything other than names and numbers.
SMS'?! :-P
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Neil
- 01-16-2006, 02:59 PM #12JonGuest
Re: Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Jon wrote:
> > [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> >> can you write to sim card as well as read from it? can you load mp3
> >> files to the ringtone section etc?
> >
> > A SIM card cannot store anything other than names and numbers.
>
> SMS'?! :-P
And SMS messages.
Please, let me finish before interrupting me!
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Jon
- 01-19-2006, 02:41 PM #13Neil MonkGuest
Re: Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Jon wrote:
>> > [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> >> can you write to sim card as well as read from it? can you load mp3
>> >> files to the ringtone section etc?
>> >
>> > A SIM card cannot store anything other than names and numbers.
>>
>> SMS'?! :-P
>
> And SMS messages.
>
> Please, let me finish before interrupting me!
Sorry guv'! :-)
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Neil
- 01-21-2006, 02:00 AM #14Ray JefferyGuest
Re: Re:Aldi Sim Card Reader
Did you get yours working, I haven't been lucky so far?
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