6800 - Good or Bad?

its a great phone, wouldnt have been better with an integrated camera
(instead of the camera attachment) but the flip hinge looks like it
would break easily... but i like the design.


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Can be used without having to flip it open.....but typing sms'es will be a
tad slower

"eggster2k" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| Hi,
|
| I am thinking of purchasing a 6800 but I have got a few questions...
|
|
|
| Can you text with the phone in its normal position using the keypad or
| does it need to be flipped open?
|
|
|
| What is the latest firmware, any known bugs?
|
|
|
| nokia.com mention using the email client via gprs, will it also work
| with standard dial-up?
|
|
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Chris
|
|
|
|

I still cant get my email going.what settings did you use?

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 06:21:37 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (JtheK)
wrote:

>Hi! I've had a 6800 for a few weeks now, so my answers below......
>
>Other comments - Very easy to set up for both Outlook Synch and
>E-mail. The phone comes with an easy setup sheet, but I needed some
>info from my ISP who sent me another setup sheet for their bit. It was
>delivered 10am Sat, and was Synching by end of Sat and e-mailing by
>end of Sun!
>
>Cheers,
>
>JohnK
>
>On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 23:49:19 +0100, eggster2k
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am thinking of purchasing a 6800 but I have got a few questions...
>>
>>
>>
>>Can you text with the phone in its normal position using the keypad or
>>does it need to be flipped open?
>>
>Yes. Closed you can have predictive text turned on or off. Open its
>all down to your typing.
>
>>
>>
>>What is the latest firmware, any known bugs?
>>
>Cant answer this, but if you tell me how to look it up I'll see!
>
>>
>>
>>nokia.com mention using the email client via gprs, will it also work
>>with standard dial-up?
>>
>Yes. I use GSM dial-up to both send and receive (mostly send). For
>Receive you only get the whole message (no header only option) and it
>doesn't delete from ISP so you get it again next time unless you
>delete it some other way.
>(This maybe because of the way I use it, but haven't been able to do
>it different so far!)
>
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>

Firmware: Mine says:

V 3.14
08-04-03
NHL-6
(c) NMP

Haven't tried assigning ring tones to groups yet. Haven't defined my
groups yet.....

JohnK


On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:58:29 +0100, eggster2k
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>>>
>>>What is the latest firmware, any known bugs?
>>>
>>Cant answer this, but if you tell me how to look it up I'll see!
>>
>>>
>
>Thanks for the answers, I think I'll be getting one.
>
>To find your firmware version type *#0000#
>
>Can you confirm if the option to assign a ring tone to a contact in a
>caller group actually works as on the early versions of the 6610/7210
>had bugs and part of this didn't work.
>
>Chris

E-mail settings:

Application Settings:

Mailbox Name: As you decide
E-mail Address: whatever you use at your ISP
My Name: As you decide
Outgoing SMTP Server: Whatever your ISP uses
Outgoing SMTP Port: 25
Use SMTP authorisation: Yes
SMTP User Name: Whatever your ISP expects
SMTP Password: As you would expect
Include Signature: Mine is set to No
Incoming POP3 Server: Wherever you are collecting your mail from
Incoimng POP3 Port: 110
POP3/ IMAP User Name: As you decide
POP3/IMAP Password: As you would expect
Reply To Address: Blank
Incoming Server Type: POP3
Secure Login APOP: Off
Retreive Mails: 30 (Default)

Hope this helps.

JohnK


On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:24:18 GMT, Sideswipe <[email protected]> wrote:

>I still cant get my email going.what settings did you use?
>
>On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 06:21:37 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (JtheK)
>wrote:
>
>>Hi! I've had a 6800 for a few weeks now, so my answers below......
>>
>>Other comments - Very easy to set up for both Outlook Synch and
>>E-mail. The phone comes with an easy setup sheet, but I needed some
>>info from my ISP who sent me another setup sheet for their bit. It was
>>delivered 10am Sat, and was Synching by end of Sat and e-mailing by
>>end of Sun!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>JohnK
>>
>>On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 23:49:19 +0100, eggster2k
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I am thinking of purchasing a 6800 but I have got a few questions...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Can you text with the phone in its normal position using the keypad or
>>>does it need to be flipped open?
>>>
>>Yes. Closed you can have predictive text turned on or off. Open its
>>all down to your typing.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>What is the latest firmware, any known bugs?
>>>
>>Cant answer this, but if you tell me how to look it up I'll see!
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>nokia.com mention using the email client via gprs, will it also work
>>>with standard dial-up?
>>>
>>Yes. I use GSM dial-up to both send and receive (mostly send). For
>>Receive you only get the whole message (no header only option) and it
>>doesn't delete from ISP so you get it again next time unless you
>>delete it some other way.
>>(This maybe because of the way I use it, but haven't been able to do
>>it different so far!)
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>

Thanks everyone for the info, much appreciated.

Chris