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[Guest Coedy]

hey there, first off, hiiiiiiiii, first post! woo! go me! :D

right then, onto buisness.

used to have a SPV C500. loved it, messed with it. got tom tom working on it.

Upgraded to the SPV C550.....bad move. after much messing around including a change of resolution and tom tom works. however, my contract runs out end of this week and thought ill ditch the c550 because we dont get on at all...

onto buisness then. reconmend me a new phone/smartphone/ppc. bearing in mind ill only want around 20-30quid a month heavy text tariff (which is my major flaw...student :P ) although i dont mind paying up to around 50quid off hand for the handset if need be.

when i get a phone i look at how itll keep me entertained when out (not overly confident and spend my time fidgeting and messing on my phone to try and seem not 'bovard').

so im interested in something interesting. :)

tom tom HAS to work on it. ive bought that so i may aswell use it!

has to be easy to text with

(full qwerty keyboards are kind of putting me off to be honest, looks a bit chunky and blergh).

but at the same time i write like a crippled spider. so handwritting recognition is out.

really love my music so a standard size headphone jack would be awsome, but not critical as long as i can get adaptors.

so come on then people, chuck a few suggestions about / ask a few questions :D

(didnt know what section to put this in so its in here and the smartphone help/advice section as i wouldnt mind either.....slap on the wrists if ive done wrong :( )

[Guest Coedy]

if itll help get any replies.... i do really like the O2 XDA MINI-S...

but i dont know how the text feature is meant to work on it?

what do people think? will it fit the bill? is it fairly tough?

[Guest chucky.egg]

I keep trying to reply, but my ADSL keeps dying

I'd say:

O2 XDA IQ - great smartphone, regular phone keypad so OK for text but wont run TomTom

Mini S - good PDA, will run TomTom, but bulky and not so easy to text on

(I've got both and like them both, but have hardly used the Mini S since getting the IQ)

How about:

Asus P525 - PDA (TomTom) with keypad (easy texting)

The downside is it'll cost you more than £50

Check out T-Mobile too for the best data deals

[Guest Coedy]

thanks for that!

hmmm that is a damn sexi handset!

but alas....mucho pounds. and im a poor student with no student loan *grimace*

any others worth a look at?

to be honest i havnt been too interested in the whole msn, web, wap, email thing with my past two phones so cant see myself using them on the next one. so all this talk of bolt on data packages etc are totally over my head and i probably wont use them anyway... lol