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iPhone as replacement for Nokia E61i

  • 27-08-2009 12:44pm
    #1
    ferga_com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Thinking of finally breaking my long run with Nokia phones and going for the iPhone. I have some queries: -

    (1) I know my contacts can be transferred over to the iPhone, via Outlook or Outlook Express. Can calendar entries be transferred similarly? I have a lot of annual birthday reminders set up.

    (2) I have a professionally-installed car-kit for the Nokia - wired through the speakers, turns off the radio when a call comes in etc. Also charges the phone. Different connector on iPhone and Nokia. Is this a case of simply getting a new connector or adaptor or will the whole car-kit have to be replaced?

    (3) As far as I can tell, the iPhone device can handle Blackberry-style push e-mail, but I can't see this as a service on O2's website. Do O2 offer push e-mail for the iPhone?

    (4) Currently with Vodafone, who offer 300 free web-texts per month (i.e. send an SMS text from your PC via their website which looks like it came from your phone, when the receiver gets it.) Can't see this on the O2 website. Do O2 offer this for bill-pay customers?

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Rob_l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭Rob_l


    1/ I presume you could sync your calander with your pc calander and then yes it can be back on the iphone

    2/ Im not sure but i think it may be a new car kit

    3/ yes push email is available it does affect battery life though and it has exchange intergration for office email

    4/ there is 250 web texts with o2 for all customers and these texts can be sent to international numbers for free also, and there is an app called eirtext for the iphone which means you can send the webtexts from your phone if you pay for the full feature you can send the international texts from the phoen too.


  • #3
    IamMetaldave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭IamMetaldave


    Can't answer em all.

    1 - When I tranfered my calendar / contacts from my e51 everything came across, well, I didn't notice I was missing anything.

    2 - Can't help there.

    3 - Also, can't help.

    4 - Why not stay with Vodafone and just jailbreak the iPhone? You can use an app called jelly sms that will actually use your online texts from your iPhone, very handy little app. But as far as I know, O2 offer a similar option for web texting.

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  • #4
    ferga_com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭ferga_com


    Thanks. Very helpful.

    Bummer about the car kit. It annoys me that there's no universal standard connection. Annoys me even more that even the new Nokias have incompatible connectors - the E71 and N97 won't fit my car kit either. :mad: And it's not like the E61i is exactly pre-historic.

    It got me thinking - my car stereo (are they stilled called that these days? :eek:) has an auxiliary input jack for an MP3 player and I use it for playing my iPod, using a cable from the headphone jack on the iPod. Would that work for the iPhone?

    I'm guessing that there would be two drawbacks - (1) my voice would sound distant as I'd be a distance away from the iPhone mic and (2) incoming calls wouldn't automatically interrupt the radio, though they would interrupt tunes being played on the iPhone.

    Has anyone tried this? I suppose I'll probably have to bite the bullet and just get a new car phone kit installed but it just sticks in my throat.


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