Advice on My Next Mobile

[Al]

It's that time of year (for me) when my mobile phone contract is up for renewal so I'm after a new phone. I'm looking for suggestions of what to go for, these are the features that I'm after:

Essential features

Good Web Browsing experience
Fast data entry
MP3 Player
Not "too" bulky (i.e. fits in trouser pocket)
WiFiLike to have features

2 mega-pixel+ camera
Touch ScreenAll Suggestions welcome, thanks :)

[palefrost]

Don't they offer a free phone as incentive to buy into another contract? God i hate those contracts! The penalties to cancel ahead of time are nasty!

[kadhal]

Nokia E70 is a one phone I know that has wifi but most other phones will use 3G.

[proxops-pete]

I've been coveting the Samsung i-730... drool...

[Case]

TREO 700p

For wifi you will have to get the hacked drivers and a wifi SD card if you have EVDO i nthe area or any sort of broadband like cell service i belive thye rare releasing a treo for it over seas

[keith]

Wow..... that's quite a high end specs, compared to my Nokia 3310!!!

[Case]

every ones needs are diffrent and more demanding in cases than others... For me I need the internet access witch i want to star ta thread on about my EVDO speeds on my 700p with a 2mbps cap its intresting to see how it performs with diffrent conditions.

[Al]

Has anybody had any experience of the Sony Ericsson P990i (http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10336), it seems to tick all my boxes and would work with my existing memory cards.

[Case]

cant say i have but it does look cool i like a fullkeyboard though and it has it but i dont dig the flip phone deal stuff drives me nuts

[Al]

My mobile phone guru mate recommended me against it, going to check out the SPV M3100 (http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/orange_spv_m3100/detail/pay_monthly) which goes by many names.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/imagedata/phones/orange_spv_m3100_lge.gif

[Case]

that actualy looks sexy

[Al]

It's a bit thicker than I'd hoped but for what you get I'm not surprised. I'm going to play with one Wednesday and if I like it then that's my next mobile. On contract it's £150 (~$280)

[Case]

i still luv my treo :)

[Al]

The only thing that put me off the Treo was lack of wi-fi, is that stil the case?

[Case]

depends... the w has support nativly the p does not and u need 3rd party software to do it

[Al]

My mobile phone guru mate recommended me against it, going to check out the SPV M3100 (http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/orange_spv_m3100/detail/pay_monthly) which goes by many names.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/imagedata/phones/orange_spv_m3100_lge.gif

After trialling and waiting my new phone is finally in stock, off to pick it up this afternoon :cool:

[Mike]

That one is a bit thick, but all the features sound like they'll make up for it. :P The screen is beautiful and with that camera you should be able to take some "usable" pictures.

Hope you don't run into any problems, but if Orange is anything like Verizon here, be prepared.

[Al]

It was fun and games getting hold of it but well worth it. I'm now replying over my wifi connection on a very usable keyboard.

Now have lots of toys to play with :)

[triumph]

Do you actually browse the web on your phone now? I have never been a big fan of web browsing on a cell phone and I have tried it for 10 years now.

[Case]

i browse from my treo a lot

[Al]

Do you actually browse the web on your phone now? I have never been a big fan of web browsing on a cell phone and I have tried it for 10 years now.

Yes, it's taking me a bit of getting used to but for checking email and football scores it's absolutely ideal.

[Case]

ive used it for orderign advanced movie tickets and stuff like that before looking up train scheduales andso on great for quick info but i also use my EVDO phone for a bluetooth modem for my laptop as well.