calibanzwei
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- Warrington
my mobile telephone bill....
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calibanzwei
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Warrington
Regular AM/FM? Just normal radio.
EDIT: Should be normal radio - just reading further into the murky world of Blackberry's. Easiest way to tell - does the radio work without headphones? The headphone cable acts as an aerial to pick up the AM/FM signals.
EDIT: Should be normal radio - just reading further into the murky world of Blackberry's. Easiest way to tell - does the radio work without headphones? The headphone cable acts as an aerial to pick up the AM/FM signals.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
A plug for O2... renewed contract for 3 iPhones 3s through O2 for Business... was paying £78/month for 3. Replaced with 3 new 4s [or whatever they're called] for £60/month with an extra free sim card for another phone/iPhone on the same group network with unlimited Broadband/internet.
Maz
Guru
Thanks.
Yes, just normal AM/FM stuff.
Using a move to another network as a starting point for negotiation, got 3 Samsung Galaxies and a deal that has knocked 40-50% off the monthly bill from the fruity one. I had to agree to 18 months - but the retail price of 3 phones is around £1200 so I was OK with that.
I Use Android on Wifi a lot as if you want to look up something at home quickly its way quicker than firing up the Windows laptop. I can be getting a weather forecast for example within 10-20 secs of walking through the door.
I Use Android on Wifi a lot as if you want to look up something at home quickly its way quicker than firing up the Windows laptop. I can be getting a weather forecast for example within 10-20 secs of walking through the door.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
You could just look out the window bof.... or even easier look up before you walk inside.
Its my wife who uses it to tell the temperature, I use it decide whether I need a real waterproof on my ride or I can take my lucky theme park poncho which weighs 50gms and has stopped all rainfall when in my pocket for over 5 years now.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I did a quick search and it appears that only the Blackberry Curve 9220 has an actual radio built in. Other models get radio programmes via the internet. If you are accessing the internet via Wifi then that wouldn't be an issue, but via a phone signal it could well be. Data usage is a combination of bitrate and how long you listen for.
A 32 kb/s stream would use roughly 14 MB/hour or 1GB in 72 hours of listening.
A 64 kb/s stream would use roughly 28 MB/hour or 1GB in 36 hours.
A 128 kb/s stream would use roughly 56 MB/hour or 1GB in 18 hours.
A 256 kb/s stream would use roughly 112 MB/hour or 1GB in 9 hours!
calibanzwei
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Warrington
Well bu**er me
EDIT: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-os-71-brings-fm-radio-blackberry-curve-9360-and-9380
Is it a case of all are capable and the hardware needs only be activated via the OS?!
Told you... murky...
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Clearly I have more money than sense.
(But that isn't hard and I think we knew it already)
(But that isn't hard and I think we knew it already)
You should be able to get a better deal than that if you don't take the free phones.
I get 250 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data* for £10 per month through GiffGaff and I don't have to be tied into a contract
* real unlimited, I'm just not allowed to tether a laptop/computer to it.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha - that's funny! I wonder if it was a case of trying to differentiate different models by not enabling the radio circuitry in them and then the word got out, embarrassing them into enabling it later OR ... had they just not got round to it when the other models were first released?Well bu**er me
EDIT: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-os-71-brings-fm-radio-blackberry-curve-9360-and-9380
Is it a case of all are capable and the hardware needs only be activated via the OS?!
Told you... murky...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I've just been given a Nokia Navigator, which is better than the cheap and cheerful phone I've been using up to now. I was thinking of scrapping the other phone and using the Navigator instead because it has GPS and cameras built in, and the screen is better (I can't read the old one outdoors, except in gloomy conditions).
It started me thinking about changing from Orange PAYG to something like GiffGaff but I don't like what I'm reading on the GiffGaff forum!
Any suggestions for a GiffGaff-like SIM-only deal for (say) 200+ minutes, 300+ texts, 1GB+ internet on a decent network? Ideally, I would like to be able to tether my Galaxy Tab to the phone's internet via Bluetooth and many deals seem to ban tethering.
Another question - if you have a X mins, Y texts, Z GB deal, how do you keep track of your usage to avoid going over the limits and incurring extra charges?
