+The Merman Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 I just did a phone upgrade and took possession of the SPV which is powered by windows. It gives me full html web browsing as opposed to wap and a quick try out shows me that I can get geocache pages up on the phone. The good thing is that being gprs, I only pay for the page download and once it is there I can view it at leisure. Great for the times when I am out and about in a strange area and fancy a bit of caching. Also it has a camera and I could upload images to the web out in the field. I believe that it also can be used to make phone calls!! There is also a virtual printer program available so that web pages, word docs, excel spreadsheets, pdf docs etc can be downloaded for the phone, keeping the original text/feel/colours. The applications as a geocache field tool are just mindblowing. anyone else use one? I woke this morning and my boat was not rocking...for one horrid moment I thought I lived in a house! Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Merman:I just did a phone upgrade and took possession of the SPV which is powered by windows. <snip> Hi Chris. Go on then - tell me what an 'SPV' is! motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. Quote Link to comment
+The Merman Posted May 3, 2003 Author Share Posted May 3, 2003 Well it's a phone ish!! Full specs are here I woke this morning and my boat was not rocking...for one horrid moment I thought I lived in a house! Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Merman:Well it's a phone ish!! Full specs are http://www.mobiles.co.uk/cgi/refer.cgi?refer=overture12&page=orange-spv-microsoft-smartphone.html <snip> Well I'll be. That's the company I've been getting my phone stuff from for ages! My problem is I'm on the T-Mobile network - I'll have to see whether Orange still do their 'T-Mobile' equivalents. Seems like a nice piece of kit though. PS. Are you back from the USA now Chris? motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. Quote Link to comment
+paul.blitz Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Merman:I just did a phone upgrade and took possession of the SPV which is powered by windows. Ah, that's probably the one I read a review of last week. Well, not so much a review, as a regular columnist's rants. He was NOT impressed at all with the phone: the hardware was nice, but it's software was very flakey, he seemed to suffer some fundamental lockups (not over-surprising given it's running windows, let's be honest!) which needed him to remove batteries etc to make it work again. How have you found yours so far? paul My wife uses a cache box to take her sandwiches to work... how odd! Quote Link to comment
+The Merman Posted May 3, 2003 Author Share Posted May 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz:Ah, that's probably the one I read a review of last week. Well, not so much a review, as a regular columnist's rants. He was NOT impressed at all with the phone: the hardware was nice, but it's software was very flakey, he seemed to suffer some fundamental lockups (not over-surprising given it's running windows, let's be honest!) which needed him to remove batteries etc to make it work again. How have you found yours so far? paul I have only had the phone since returning from the States, but so far no problems. I think the key is to think of it as a phone that does other things rather than a PDA that makes phone calls. If you wanted something to do that, then spend £500 on an ipaq. If you want a phone with full web browsing and some pda type functionality then this one is great. There is also talk on one of the newsgroups of map software to come. And in answer to the Motley Crew, I got back Tuesday evening and straight to work! I woke this morning and my boat was not rocking...for one horrid moment I thought I lived in a house! Quote Link to comment
+Sue and Bernie Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 I am definately getting old! I only want a phone to make calls to people - preferably as cheaply as possible! Don't get me wrong, the Sue & I have 3 mobiles between us and find them invaluable. The main one is Orange Everyday 50 - this plan gives you 50 mins off peak every day for 50p per day. It has replaced the landline for regular calls and therefore pays for itself. It is obviously too good, you cannot get it any more. The other mobiles are plain Orange PAYG and are used to receive calls from the main mobile and emergencies. Ever since mobile phones arrived, the telecos have been pulling the old 3 cup trick, making the punters concentrate on which complicated plan to choose rather than focussing on the cost. Rather: "Don't worry about the size of the pie, just look at how many ways there are to slice it". My children are both willing "victims" of these marketing strategies - the youngsters each regularly have monthly bills that dwarf the combined quarterly teleco bills for the Sue & Bernie homestead. Goodness knows where their bills will spiral to when they start to incorporate these additional "must-have" services. Sue & Bernie [This message was edited by Sue & Bernie on May 04, 2003 at 12:10 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Motley Crew: Go on then - tell me what an 'SPV' is! In my day a SPV was a Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle. The driver sat facing backwards and saw where he was going by CCTV. I thinkl Lieutenant Blue was the main driver, leaving Captain Scarlet to catch the mysterons Lance It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Team Galaxy Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Merman, that looks a nice bit of kit - pity these weren't around when I upgraded to my boring old nokia. I'll have to wait till chrimbo for one of those. Mind you, the wife really deserves a new phone... ____________________________________________ Everyone is entitled to my opinion... Quote Link to comment
+Team Galaxy Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Jeez, I know I've not been on in a while but where the hell did all my posts go? ____________________________________________ Everyone is entitled to my opinion... Quote Link to comment
+Sue and Bernie Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Yeah! Where have mine gone too? Sue & Bernie Quote Link to comment
Seifer Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team Galaxy:Jeez, I know I've not been on in a while but where the hell did all my posts go? ____________________________________________ _Everyone is entitled to my opinion..._ Most people's post counts went back to about 50 when the new forums got implemented so people like me who havn't been posting much recently look like they're complete newbies! Mike Stoners live and stoners die but in the end we all get high So if in life you don't succeed then &*#% the world and smoke some weed Quote Link to comment
+SimonG Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 The posts themselves are all there still - it's just the count that's gone down. SimonG.org - now with added blog! Quote Link to comment
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