[access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:49:07 +0100
Hi Andy,
Yes, I would say it is about the same.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Andy Collins
Sent: Sunday 27 April 2008 12:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
Steve - I do have a hearing loss; is the sound on the N82 as loud/clear as
on the N91? -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers questions
| Hi Will,
|
| Do you have poor hearing then? Do you need it much louder? Personally I
| think Talks sounds harsh on the N73, and besides, the N73 is an old phone
| anyway <Smile>.
|
| All the best
|
| Steve
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
| will lomas
| Sent: Sunday 27 April 2008 11:43
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
questions
|
| hi but the n sevnety three is much much louder guys than the n eighty two.
i
| love the KNFB reader too but who has got the money to spend on it, 900
plus
| pounds? it should be hundred quid and that's that as no one can afford it.
| for me when i saw the ne ighty two, the design is great but the sound is
the
| worst i ahve ever heard on any phone
|
| On 27 Apr 2008, at 10:02, Jackie Cairns wrote:
|
| > Very interesting and useful to know Steve, thanks. I love the keypad
| > on the N82. I've had a play with the K-Reader on that phone and it's
| > very impressive.
| >
| > Jackie
| >
| > Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
| > Skype Name: Cairnsplace
| > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:32 AM
| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
| > questions
| >
| >
| >> Hi Jackie,
| >>
| >> Yes, only in that the battery life is about three times as long.
| >>
| >> All the best
| >>
| >> Steve
| >>
| >> -----Original Message-----
| >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| >> Behalf Of Jackie Cairns
| >> Sent: Saturday 26 April 2008 18:00
| >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
| >> questions
| >>
| >> Ah! Nutty! so you like the N82 over the N95 now do you babe? (smile.)
| >> Actually so do I, except I haven't got one ... yet.
| >>
| >> Jackie
| >>
| >> Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
| >> Skype Name: Cairnsplace
| >> ----- Original Message -----
| >> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| >> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:28 PM
| >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
| >> questions
| >>
| >>
| >>> Hi Carol,
| >>>
| >>> Just to point out that older phones like the 6630 are no longer
| >>> available, and you are therefore, not likely to get them from an
| >>> operator with a new contract. Third Edition phones are the "in
| >>> thing" now, such as the E65, E75, N82 (The best phone ever so far in
| >>> my view), the N95, etc.
| >>>
| >>> All the best
| >>>
| >>> Steve
| >>>
| >>> -----Original Message-----
| >>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| >>> Behalf Of Carol Pearson
| >>> Sent: Friday 25 April 2008 22:04
| >>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Choosing/switching mobile phone/providers
| >>> questions
| >>>
| >>> Hi Catherine,
| >>>
| >>> As I'm exitting Orange as a very unhappy customer of theirs, I'm
| >>> delighted to tell you as much as I can. (See my answers to your
| >>> questions
| >>> below)
| >>>
| >>>> 1. Could I leave before my contract's up? How do I even find out
| >>> I had graduated to a £15 monthly contract where only a month's
| >>> notice had to be given, because I thought I was on the way out!
| >>> Well, usually with contracts they say they still charge you ... even
| >>> if you go ...
| >>>
| >>> If you've been paying much over the odds, do what I intend to do and
| >>> that's to go to OFFCOM, if they don't give me the money back they've
| >>> taken falsely!
| >>>> 2. What happens, if/when you switch providers, about keeping the
| >>>> same phone number?
| >>> You ask them for a PAC (Port Authorization Code) which they will
| >>> send you in the post. Then you sign up with another provider and
| >>> they import the number. There's a short delay, so you may have a
| >>> temporary number for a few days, but it works out OK. I've done it
| >>> once already and am just doing it again with two phones.
| >>>>
| >>>> 3. Has anyone got any comments accessibilitywise about particular
| >>>> providers? Or phones for that matter. I'm happy with my Nokia
| >>>> 6630 with Talks and a hefty crack in the screen, but if switching
| >>>> means I get a new phone which I can instal Talks, MobileSpeak or
| >>>> SmartHal onto I'll do it. On the other hand is it possible to sign
| >>>> up for a new contract and use my existing phone? I think they
| >>>> usually give you a phone as part of the contract but would I be
| >>>> able to swap the sim over and use it in my old phone? If this is
| >>>> possible I may do it to save money.
| >>> I'm sticking to Pay As You Go for the first three months to look at
| >>> various contracts with O2. Even if I was having a contract, I'd
| >>> keep my own phones running because TALKS gets expensive to keep
| >>> changing. Yes, you can swap the sims, unless you have very old
| >>> phones and then they may not work. The 6630 should be OK.
| >>>>
| >>>> 4. Has anyone any recommendations for websites that compare
| >>>> different packages/tariffs? I had a quick look on
| >>>> moneysupermarket.com and found the phone comparison tool's search
| >>>> results a bit hard to understand, though I've used it before for
| >>>> credit cards.
| >>> I suggest you may want to look at
| >>>
| >>> http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/
| >>>
| >>> Or, if you prefer, call in and talk to them.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> Can't help you much with your final question, but hopefully this
| >>> will get you somewhere.
| >>>
| >>> Write again if you think I can give you any more and of course
| >>> privately if you want a bit more info about my problems with Orange.
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> Carol
| >>> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>>
| >>>
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