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  1. #1
    Brian Watson
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    I'm due an upgrade and still fairly happy with my 6310i.

    Would a 7250i be a sensible way to go?

    I have seen the recommendations here to get a spare 6310i, but are there
    downsides to this?
    --
    Brian
    "There is no point knocking yerself out, working all sorts of silly hours
    and driving the length and breadth of Britain, if you can't just phone to
    get a plumber in when you need one."





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  2. #2
    Simon
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    Re: 7250i any good?


    "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I'm due an upgrade and still fairly happy with my 6310i.
    >
    > Would a 7250i be a sensible way to go?
    >


    I've had a 7250i a couple of months and find it to be a very good phone.
    The camera is ok, not the best quality, but ok. The xHTTP browser is the
    best feature, use it on the net quite a lot.

    > I have seen the recommendations here to get a spare 6310i, but are there
    > downsides to this?


    No, other than you might wanna start using your new phone when you get it
    and keep your existing phone as a spare, otherwise you won't know if you new
    phone is fauly until your existing 6310i fail's and by that time your new
    phone will probably be out of warrenty too.

    Simon
    www.ReallyCheapCalls.co.uk

    > --
    > Brian
    > "There is no point knocking yerself out, working all sorts of silly hours
    > and driving the length and breadth of Britain, if you can't just phone to
    > get a plumber in when you need one."
    >
    >






  3. #3
    Adam Greatrix
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    Re: 7250i any good?

    "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Would a 7250i be a sensible way to go?


    I had a 6310i and I put a LOT of thought into which phone to get next. I
    went to the 7250i as it does everything the 6310i did other than having
    Bluetooth support. It also does a lot more, obviously. The Web browser is
    pretty good (colour pictures, xhtml, etc) and GPRS is outstanding with up to
    3 simultaneous connections. There are vast improvments in Java, and the
    calendar has some minor improvements too.

    Some people say the camera isn't very good. This is often a misconception as
    they see the screen resolution of 128x128x4096 colours and assume the camera
    is the same. It's actually a very typical 352x288 camera, as found in almost
    every webcam and picture phone on the planet (obviously there are some more
    expensive exceptions). If you copy the pictures to a computer or view them
    online they look as good as any phone or webcam with a camera of that
    resolution.

    > I have seen the recommendations here to get a spare 6310i, but are there
    > downsides to this?


    Or are there any upsides to it? The 6310i is a lovely phone - one of the
    best from Nokia for it's time, but it's beginning to look a little dated
    with a B&W screen, no multimedia, no polyphonics, old style connector at the
    base for car kits and accessories etc. In a year it'll look even more dated
    and you may feel like you're the only person without picture messaging,
    colour, polyphonics, etc.

    Adam





  4. #4
    Brian Watson
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    Re: 7250i any good?


    "Adam Greatrix" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Would a 7250i be a sensible way to go?

    >
    > I had a 6310i and I put a LOT of thought into which phone to get next. I
    > went to the 7250i as it does everything the 6310i did other than having
    > Bluetooth support.


    Thanks for the comparison, Adam.

    --
    Brian
    "Stuck down a hole, in the fog, in the middle of the night, with an owl."





  5. #5
    Brian Watson
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    Re: 7250i any good?


    "Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >
    > "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I'm due an upgrade and still fairly happy with my 6310i.
    > >
    > > Would a 7250i be a sensible way to go?
    > > I have seen the recommendations here to get a spare 6310i, but are there
    > > downsides to this?

    >
    > No, other than you might wanna start using your new phone when you get it
    > and keep your existing phone as a spare, otherwise you won't know if you

    new
    > phone is fauly until your existing 6310i fail's and by that time your new
    > phone will probably be out of warrenty too.


    Thanks for the comments, Adam.

    --
    Brian
    "Stuck down a hole, in the fog, in the middle of the night, with an owl."
    >






  6. #6

    Re: 7250i any good?

    On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:20:52 +0100, "Adam Greatrix"
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    >> I have seen the recommendations here to get a spare 6310i, but are there
    >> downsides to this?

    >
    >Or are there any upsides to it? The 6310i is a lovely phone - one of the
    >best from Nokia for it's time, but it's beginning to look a little dated
    >with a B&W screen, no multimedia, no polyphonics, old style connector at the
    >base for car kits and accessories etc. In a year it'll look even more dated
    >and you may feel like you're the only person without picture messaging,
    >colour, polyphonics, etc.
    >
    >Adam
    >

    Of course if you're with O2 you can only have MMS if you don't want
    GPRS and vice versa so that may be academic.
    I've got 2 6310is and due for an upgrade as well. May be time to
    switch away from Nokia as the Bluetooth options are limited.


    Alan
    Take DogForAWalk before replying by e-mail



  7. #7
    Adam Greatrix
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    Re: 7250i any good?

    <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Of course if you're with O2 you can only have MMS if you don't want
    > GPRS and vice versa so that may be academic.


    Correct me if I'm wrong, but GPRS is a pre-requisite to having MMS isn't it?
    After all, the way MMS works is that the phone receives an SMS message that
    informs your phone to download the MMS via GPRS. This is hidden from the use
    on MMS capable phones. If you don't have a MMS capable phone you will be
    able to read the SMS message and it will point you to a URL online (the same
    place the phone would have downloaded the picture from had it being MMS
    capable).

    To use a similar analogy, it's the same as you needing an internet
    connection before you can send/receive emails on your PC. If what you're
    saying is true, with O2, you can either have the internet connection, or the
    email access, but not both. But you can't have emails without the internet
    connection surely...

    Or.... am talking complete rubbish?

    I have experienced this behaviour with T-Mobile. If you wanted GPRS you
    activated the MMS option, even if you didn't have an MMS phone. This worked
    fine to enable GPRS for my 6310i. When I got another account with them and a
    7250i I couldn't send or receive MMS or use GPRS. I asked them to enable
    GPRS and suddenly the MMS started working too... but then this was
    T-Mobile... so perhaps O2 is different. I just can't see how you can have
    MMS without GPRS as well.

    Adam





  8. #8
    Brian Watson
    Guest

    Re: 7250i any good?


    <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:20:52 +0100, "Adam Greatrix"


    > I've got 2 6310is and due for an upgrade as well. May be time to
    > switch away from Nokia as the Bluetooth options are limited.


    Unfortunately that's the way my thinking's going too.

    Big fan of the 6310i, but I can't do without a handsfree headset.

    --
    Brian
    "Stuck down a hole, in the fog, in the middle of the night, with an owl."





  9. #9
    Adam Greatrix
    Guest

    Re: 7250i any good?

    "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Big fan of the 6310i, but I can't do without a handsfree headset.


    On all of the new Nokia phones (the ones with the new connector on the
    bottom) you can get external Bluetooth add-ons that clip on the bottom
    giving you bluetooth functionality (so I'm told), and possibly the better
    option, which I have seen, of a non-bluetooth wireless headset adaptor. You
    plug it into the bottom of your phone (you can get them to fit any phone you
    can plug a handsfree set into) and it's a very small clip, similar in size
    to the radio headset clip. This is basically a transmitter which transmits
    to the headset. The disadvantage is that they're not Bluetooth, but achieve
    the same thing in terms of handsfree stuff. The advantage is that they're
    ALL under £100, typically around £60. This is WAY cheaper than Bluetooth,
    and the headsets look just as cool.

    Adam





  10. #10

    Re: 7250i any good?

    On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 23:58:53 +0100, "Adam Greatrix"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    ><[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> Of course if you're with O2 you can only have MMS if you don't want
    >> GPRS and vice versa so that may be academic.

    >
    >Correct me if I'm wrong, but GPRS is a pre-requisite to having MMS isn't it?
    >After all, the way MMS works is that the phone receives an SMS message that
    >informs your phone to download the MMS via GPRS. This is hidden from the use
    >on MMS capable phones. If you don't have a MMS capable phone you will be
    >able to read the SMS message and it will point you to a URL online (the same
    >place the phone would have downloaded the picture from had it being MMS
    >capable).
    >
    >To use a similar analogy, it's the same as you needing an internet
    >connection before you can send/receive emails on your PC. If what you're
    >saying is true, with O2, you can either have the internet connection, or the
    >email access, but not both. But you can't have emails without the internet
    >connection surely...
    >
    >Or.... am talking complete rubbish?
    >
    >I have experienced this behaviour with T-Mobile. If you wanted GPRS you
    >activated the MMS option, even if you didn't have an MMS phone. This worked
    >fine to enable GPRS for my 6310i. When I got another account with them and a
    >7250i I couldn't send or receive MMS or use GPRS. I asked them to enable
    >GPRS and suddenly the MMS started working too... but then this was
    >T-Mobile... so perhaps O2 is different. I just can't see how you can have
    >MMS without GPRS as well.
    >
    >Adam
    >

    MMS is sent over GPRS but with the way the access works with O2 you
    have to choose which you want. I guess it's to do with routing. Given
    that 6310i does not support MMS anyway it doesn't matter to me.


    Alan
    Take DogForAWalk before replying by e-mail



  11. #11
    Brian Watson
    Guest

    Re: 7250i any good?


    "Adam Greatrix" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > "Brian Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Big fan of the 6310i, but I can't do without a handsfree headset.

    >
    > On all of the new Nokia phones (the ones with the new connector on the
    > bottom) you can get external Bluetooth add-ons that clip on the bottom
    > giving you bluetooth functionality (so I'm told), and possibly the better
    > option, which I have seen, of a non-bluetooth wireless headset adaptor.

    You
    > plug it into the bottom of your phone (you can get them to fit any phone

    you
    > can plug a handsfree set into) and it's a very small clip, similar in size
    > to the radio headset clip. This is basically a transmitter which transmits
    > to the headset. The disadvantage is that they're not Bluetooth, but

    achieve
    > the same thing in terms of handsfree stuff. The advantage is that they're
    > ALL under £100, typically around £60. This is WAY cheaper than Bluetooth,
    > and the headsets look just as cool.


    I appreciate what you're saying, but plugging something extra into the
    bottom of my phone when the alternative is to have the/a system built in
    looks like a situation I'd rather not have.

    My phone gets a fair amount of wear and tear going in and out of my pocket
    as it is, and I used to break the dopey little plug--in headset adaptors on
    the 7110 and 6210 on almost a monthly basis.

    Regrettably it looks like I'm going to be using a 6310i until Nokia drop
    them unless someone comes up with an alternative from another manufacturer.

    :-(

    --
    Brian
    "The wind, do you hear it? It says 'Hel ... looo'"





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