sorry paul, missed the prepay part of the discussion, its a contract sim

strange issues you all have here

granted im not using a windows device, but my N95 was originally on t-mob and I have unlocked it and can browse the web using my 3 sim when in a 2G coverage area no problems at all, good job too seeing as my house gets no 3g coverage lol

as said, the only things which wont work are downloading of games etc as I dont have the 3 software certificates on the phone as I am using generic nokia firmware, but I can say for certain that 3 do not stop you using data when roaming on orange as it works fine for me

im sure a look at xda developers would prove beneficial

N95 is definitely not windows OS, its a symbian series60 v3 handset

you can get a k800i for £149.99 although its on vodafone, from play.com

if camera is important to you as it seems it may be, then forget any of the windows devices, be it smartphone or ppc, none of them have decent cameras

order through quidco to save even more

virgin are excellent for their deliveries.

remember ordering a phone a few years back on a saturday from them and receiving it on a sunday!!

exactly what im thinking, not really interested in the tv aspect, but DAB radio and a WM5 phone for £110 has nearly got me sold now

no, just £110!!

the £50 credit is a bonus. £5 initially on sim, plus £10 voucher. The other £35 is paid over 7 months as long as you make a chargeable call each month

just to mention, its only £110 now from virgin, including £50 credit which you receive over a period of time for making at least 1 chargeable call a month

tempted now at that price

the imate smartflip/qtek 8500 is a flip phone wm5 smartphone, with no joystick i believe

think its ugly myself,

but just thought id mention instead of the £200 price tag it launched at on PAYG, its now available on the virgin site for only £165 including £50 talktime credit!!

i noticed that too. thats the reason i held off ordering one, as everywhere on the net says the t-mob version doesnt have the wifi, but the t-mob site itself says it does

i thought you could now without using smart explorer, just by selecting beam in the menu options, it will then send by bluetooth if you have it turned on or search for infra-red if you dont

mind you it is a while since i had the v1240 so i could be wrong

when i looked yesterday though its not available yet, amazon are quoting usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks, which means they have no idea as orange havent released it on PAYG yet

cant comment on the m500, but i can confirm that the unlock all tool worked for me on an MDA compact, and on the VPA compact(vodafone's version), which is all packaged up ready for sale

tcpmp wprks on the c550 fine, just need to change the video codec or something similar to GDI i think, someone else can confirm this, its a while since i had a c550

the £130 on orange website is for the C550 with the standard 128MB card.

For the 512MB card, plus i think some audio cables, it is £150 on PAYG. I have not found anywhere cheaper.

Personally i would go for the C550, had a couple of these, also had a few C500's, and for me, the improved screen, improved camera, music buttons, and a normal joystick make it the winner in my eyes.

Although, it may be worth considering, not all apps have been updated to run on the new qvga screen resolution of the C550.

and, i think your sister can count herself lucky that she will be getting a lovely new windows mobile phone for xmas,whichever one you choose, wish i had a brother like you

Red Stripe all the way,

its funny but until i introduced the rest of my family to its wonders they had never even heard of red stripe

thats the pay monthly price pondrew,

its not available from orange on pay as you go

no definitely sky.

sucks, no more test matches on terrestrial tv after this one, big mistake, even more so now, once you take into account the huge new following this ashes series has generated

is it possible to have a picture of the person who texts you to come up when new text is received from them(as long as you have their pic stored in caller ID?), or is that already implemented(sorry not been able to try prog yet)

cheers

try posting your question at www.allaboutsymbian.com forums.

The 3230 is a symbian smartphone.

This is a microsoft smartphone section

cheers

yes, i echo the above sentiment.

many, many congratulations.

Hope that you really enjoy yourselves together