What do I want/need??

unklerosco

Hope someone here can help..

Got a new job n gonna be on the road a lot more. I will have a company phone that i might also use as my personal phone, not sure.

Anyways, Im looking for something that I can check my emails on, surf the net, use for sat nav, maybe use for mp3(have n ipod already)... and maybe make calls on.

Now I was thinking of getting a ultra portable laptop n getting either 3's or vodafones wireless broadband.. Has anyone used this?? Whats it like?? Coverage, speed etc.

Thing about the laptop is that even tho is fairly small it'll still be a bit too big to keep on the dash n it doesnt make calls. Then was thinking about a PDA/Smartphone...

Is there one that'll do everything above?? email/net/sat-nav r the main requirements that I have...

Villain

One of these maybe?

drdre

Nokia N95 is your best option.It have all those features like sat nav etc.Best phone around

unklerosco

The sat nav aint getting great reviews n for net use it wouldnt be that suitable.

That HTC looks sweet, cant find any for sale tho.... Never thought of anything like that..

Would this be similar??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UBiQUiO-701-Ultra-Mobile-PC-Q1-UMPC-Mint-condition_W0QQitemZ300120045143QQihZ020QQcategoryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

drdre

unklerosco wrote:

The sat nav aint getting great reviews n for net use it wouldnt be that suitable.

That HTC looks sweet, cant find any for sale tho.... Never thought of anything like that..

Would this be similar??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UBiQUiO-701-Ultra-Mobile-PC-Q1-UMPC-Mint-condition_W0QQitemZ300120045143QQihZ020QQcategoryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thats more a laptop then a portable phone/computer/sat nav etc

Villain

HTC make devices like the XDA and then they are branded, IMATE sell some of them: http://www.imate.com/t-devicedetails.aspx

thehomeofDob

Kaiser FTW!! Stats sheet! Unboxing!

unklerosco

decided to get something similar to the HTC kaiser... Just wondering, is it possible to get a data only sim card?? Ie. 3's new broadband deal is €20 a month for unlimited access. In the small print it notes that its data only. Does anyone know if theres a sim in the USB modem n if its possible to use it in a phone/pda???

AlmightyCushion

unklerosco wrote:

decided to get something similar to the HTC kaiser... Just wondering, is it possible to get a data only sim card?? Ie. 3's new broadband deal is €20 a month for unlimited access. In the small print it notes that its data only. Does anyone know if theres a sim in the USB modem n if its possible to use it in a phone/pda???

3 have the €20 unlimited access (think it limits you to 10GB though) on both bill pay and 3pay so you could get one of these (you might have to buy a phone off them as they don't sell them seperately) and subscribe to the data bundle.

unklerosco

I heard the 3pay is restricted when it comes to net use... And I didn't really want to have to pay a monthly fee(bill pay) along with €20 for data use.

http://www.3ireland.ie/handsets_new/datacards_e220.htm
This is what i'm talking about, i was just wondering if there's a removable sim in it that i could use in a phone..

AlmightyCushion

unklerosco wrote:

I heard the 3pay is restricted when it comes to net use... And I didn't really want to have to pay a monthly fee(bill pay) along with €20 for data use.

http://www.3ireland.ie/handsets_new/datacards_e220.htm
This is what i'm talking about, i was just wondering if there's a removable sim in it that i could use in a phone..

Sorry misread your post. I thought you were looking for the data bundle and voise calls and texts . I'm not 100% sure but I'd say you could put that into the phone.

unklerosco

Right, from what i can see the sim is removable... All i need to know now is if it deffo works in a mobile.

Well i'm gonna get my PDA n then get the modem, if it doesnt work i can return it under the 14day guarantee...

mkennedy

unklerosco wrote:

Hope someone here can help..

Got a new job n gonna be on the road a lot more. I will have a company phone that i might also use as my personal phone, not sure.

Anyways, Im looking for something that I can check my emails on, surf the net, use for sat nav, maybe use for mp3(have n ipod already)... and maybe make calls on.

Now I was thinking of getting a ultra portable laptop n getting either 3's or vodafones wireless broadband.. Has anyone used this?? Whats it like?? Coverage, speed etc.

Thing about the laptop is that even tho is fairly small it'll still be a bit too big to keep on the dash n it doesnt make calls. Then was thinking about a PDA/Smartphone...

Is there one that'll do everything above?? email/net/sat-nav r the main requirements that I have...

pda-phones/smartphones/umpcs that have internet/email/gps include:

1) nokia n95
2) htc p3600/trinity/ t-mobile m600
3) htc p3300/artemis/xda orbit
4) eten glofiish x500
5)eten glofiish m700
6) eten glofiish x800
7) mio a701
8) htc p4550/kaiser
9) htc advantage
10) fs loox t830

the p3300/artemis and eten devices also have fm tuners.
the htc p3600/trinity has hsdpa.
the kaiser has a flip-up keyboard and hsdpa.
nokia n95 has 5mp camera and hsdpa.
the mio a701 doesn't have wifi.

edit: 2 more gps-enabled smartphones:
1) the eten G500, the predecessor of the x500 (doesn't have wifi though).

2) palm will be bringing out the treo 800 (a gps-enabled smartphone afaik).
edit: actually scratch the treo 800- dunno if it'd work in europe and dunno if it has gps tbh.