Gridlock Mikey

Are they as good as they sound or is it all just Nokia marketing bollox

molko

yes i've got one, not bad phones albeit quite big and sluggish. I have TomTom Mobile on my, so its like a hand held sat nav.....

Gridlock Mikey

Is it quick enough to be of use in the car or is it more suited to cycling and walking?
I'm used to carrying large ones about so that doesn't matter!

Hanslow

Get one of those I mention in my other thread and then come over so I can see what yours is like My name in a thread title.....how twee

BTW, I started off looking at N70s and migrated onto the phones in the other thread.....

molko

aye i use it in the car, just stick it to the dash board with some gaffer tape. You do need to buy a bluetooth gps receiver, about £40 on eBay.

Gridlock Mikey

Cheers Molko

Hanslow, what made you turn your nose up at the N70?

TopBanana

They're too bulky and the menus are too slow, as mentioned above

Gridlock Mikey

Can't be any slower than what I have at the moment

molko

you can speed things up by having the 'Call Logs' only display the call (missed, received etc) for 1 day rather than 30 (or whatever the default it), but yeah i concur the menus are slow....frustratingly so

Hanslow

Battery life the main thing (I think, can't rightly remember). Wanted a Nokia because my old one appears to have a better antenna than my SE, but now venturing off to lesser known ones to get more functionality.

Most of the write ups for the other phones (can't be arsed to write them all here) seem to give good reviews all round despite being lesser known brands.

Maybe I ought to ask the guys here that have PhDs in Antenna modelling to improve mine

Gridlock Mikey

*Crosses Arms* Bet there ain't no such thing

Hanslow

thing = ????

Gridlock Mikey

PhD in antenna modelling Sorry, was I too subtle for you

Hanslow

Obscure more like....

Well this is what they do in the Nottingham office (and Thermal stuff in head office).

Gridlock Mikey

TopBanana

Wow it works, thanks for that!

GaryCat

I don't like the size of my N70, I already have one large unsightly bulge in my trousers.

Petem95

They arent that big are they? Im tempted with one of these to replace my SPV C500 with, but only if they arent too big.

The C500 is tiny, but with a big screen so its good for satnav etc, but I find the sound quality a bit tinny for calls, and I guess thats quite an important aspect on a phone!

TopBanana

My N70 replaced my C500 (which broke), but I do prefer the old phone. N70 is considerably larger and heavier, whereas C500 would easily go in your jeans pocket

Gridlock Mikey

It's not THAT big

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n70-1153.php

stevem2k

I have one. It's great.

As with others got it to run tomtom etc w' Holux 236 GPS unit ( uses same bl-5c batteries as phone )

Leaving the bluetooth on seems to eat batteries , but I have picked up 2 spares and a desktop charger off fleabay for a tenner .....

Steve

davyboy

Slow and battery life is poor.

I still think the 6230 is the best phone you can get.