Edcase

I desperately need to upgrade my mobile.

As a business user I am in the highest band for Orange so I can basically choose what I want for free.

really not bothered about 3g etc, I just want something that will fit nicely in a pocket, have good coverage, good signal / reception, decent user interface, good battery life and everything else is a bonus.

although the advertising with Mourinho has somewhat put me off I'm probably going to get the samsung d600 e. anybody have this phone and can give me some user feedback?

also, I do need to get a blackberry at some point, Orange will finally launch a blackberry service for small-business users early this year, but I don't want it as my main phone, I just want it when I am away on business. presumably I can't get it without having a new phone line / account, as the Blackberry service / subscription etc is completely separate from phone line rental???

thanks

Ed

IanW

D600 seems like a reasonable phone, my other half has one and she really rates it.

Me personally being a Nokia user i cant get used to it...

Edcase

Camera also looks good, how about blackberry there must be some users on here?

Nezz10

I have had the D600 for a few months now.

Good points -
Nice sleek phone, looks good.
Good reception (vodafone)
Good battery - seems to last for ages but it is new i suppose
Loud speaker (my other one didnt have one)
Good MP3 player

Bad points -
Doesnt automatcially save yours txts to outbox, you have to select a different option
Dont like the txt editor, press red and it clears it so you have to save to draft and redo - no 'are you sure' message.
Cant reselect words so you can change the spelling after you have written them, you have to delete the whole word and start again.

Overall I like it a lot, I can live with the stupid txt editor.

Neil.

Milamber

iTrader: (2)

I have a 600e and disagree with your comments about the txt editor. It works really well and you can add new words that it doesn't automatically recognise. Pressing 0 will flick through the "alternative" words. Pressing and holding 1 then pressing 0 will scroll through the symbols and smiley faces.

Camera is excellent with loads of functions to change the quality/size.

Love it.

mart360

not going to upgrade to the 600 , ive got the 5 at the mo

its difficult to open compared to the 5,

re the blackberry ,,, thats old hat, why pay for 2 systems...

treo 650 / 700, not sure which is out at the mo...

pda and phone all in one, very easy to use for e,mail, one button solutiion, plus theres loads of palm apps foc on the net.

ive still got my 600 which i use for my email on the go, the samsung is a pita for mail and surfing

Mart

Edcase

thing is, I don't want a chunky pda phone as my only phone, i'd rather seperate the two as i only need the email facility sporadically.

Nezz10

Milamber

I know that you can change the words using the 0 key but once you written the word and gone on to another one you cannot go back and reselect any of the words - meaning you have to got back and delete them, then write them out again. On my Sharp and on Nokias it allows you to do this.

Milamber

iTrader: (2)

Oh, my mistake - sorry (not a word you get to see very often in NSR)

mart360

define chunky???

is not the smallest, but its not that bad when compared to the bloaty nokia series

M

Mark Miwurdz

I love mine. Pushed back against it originally (big brother and accountability but it does have an ON/OFF switch) but it's a godsend. I spend a lot of time away from my pc and whilst it's not ideal for long drawn-out e-mailing, it does allow you to despatch those important messages which only need a line or 2 to action.

The predictive text is very intuitive and it learns new (rude) words very quickly. Only possible downside is a lack of a decent car kit which is why I kept my Nokia 6230. If you don't wan't to walk around with 2 gadgets, the model I've got - 7110 - is not much bigger than most small phoes available today.

Cheers
Kav