[talks-uk] Re: Update on - Help and advice needed please
- From: "Walter Ramage" <wpr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 20:29:50 +0100
Hi Eleanor. You are very fortunate. My 95 is very tempromental. Oftenit
will just shut down for no reason. It has happened when the phone has rung
and when I push the slide up to answer, it shuts the power off but it
doesn't tell me that. It has just frozen up during use for no accountable
reason and the battery life is garbage. Walter.
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[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ELEANOR BURKE
Sent: 17 May 2009 18:37
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Update on - Help and advice needed please
Walter I read with interest. It is very rare for my N95 Standard to crash,
maybe 5 times but that would be pushing it, posibly 3 times in 6 months. I
think that is excellent. With the N95 8GB again maybe 3 crashes in 9
months. N96 with Talks 4.3 and I cannot use t9 Nav though it is claimed
that they are compatable. When I attempt t9 Nav Talks crashes and I have to
reboot the phone. I do not have the latest firmware on it though and that
might be the problem. Mine is a branded Vodafone and Vodafone insist that I
can update the firmware but I hate having to send it away to them and I am
not good enough to do it myself via the Nokia website which they also
suggested. The d2go DAISY reader which comes as part of Talks 4.3 will not
work on the N96 vodafone either. I think with the firmware updated again it
would. Your tarifs are interesting. I would be interested in other
people's comments re the N85 and the N96. Hope I got the correct new one
there as I am going from memory now. When I lost my mobile people were very
helpful and at the time sent me information in links where vodafone were
still having contract with N95, not necessarily at the Vodafone store but
fone4us etc.
Eleanor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Ramage" <wpr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:40 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Update on - Help and advice needed please
> Hi Eleanor. Yes, your comments were very helpful. As for the n95 silver,
> I
> like the phone as a whole but the low battery life is a pain and it does
> have a habit of crashing and doing other strange things. At times I lose
> talks and I can't even shut it down, it won't respond, I have to remove
> the
> battery and then reboot. At the moment with Voedafone for £20 a month I
> have 125 minutes cross networks plus "stop the clock" and 250 free texts.
> To keep the same plan I would have to pay the extra £135 for the 96. I've
> just called them back and I inquired about the 82 but as I expected it has
> gone as has the 95's. I have discounted the E71 because I want a good
> music
> player and it seems the 71 doesn't qualify. The phones I have now as
> options are the N96 and the N85 which comes out in June and according to
> the
> girl at Voedafone there isn't a kick in the arse difference between the 85
> and the 96. I also have the option of the 6210 navigator but I'm not
> really
> interested in GPS at the moment, and in any case if I were I would most
> likely go for a Trekker so I think that one is a non starter. They told
> me
> of 2 different plans I could have with both the 96 and the 85; for £35 a
> month I could either have 700 minutes and unlimited texts or 250 free
> texts,
> 700 free cross network minutes plus unlimited land line calls. in either
> case I would have to pay a one of charge of £25. I guess my choice and it
> isn't much of a choice is the 96 or the 85 but I have no idea of the pros
> and cons of either, especially the 85, apparently the layout is identical.
> I have no sight so appearance are not important and neither is the screen
> size or features. Walter.
>
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> Sent: 17 May 2009 15:32
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> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Help and advice needed please
>
>
> Interesting one Walter. I have N95 Silver Standard one which I love and
> had
> the N95 8GB until I lost it a few weeks ago. I actually like the feel of
> the N95 Silver much more than I did the one I lost. As for the memory all
> I
> had to do was put in a memory card. My N95 8GB was replaced by Vodafone
> with N96 which i find fine. The screen is larger and clearer than that of
> the N95 phones and I find that I can get an excellent contrast of white
> writing on a black background. My highlight bar being a tyhpe of pink or
> majenta. I like that though I would not have sufficient vision to read
> the
> text on the phone, I still like being able to see the colurs on the screen
> and the writing more clearly. I can text on the N96 fine now though I am
> still finding it very hard work. Maybe it is because the phone is new. I
> do not think it has to do with the numbers/letters being smooth because
> when
> I go slowly it is all fine. Just need to break it in. People talk about
> the sound uality for Talks and the plastic feel of the N9y6. i have to
> say
> that to my ear Talks is fine though I have to have the volume much higher
> than the N95 to have the same level of sound. Listening to MP3 files are
> indeed very clear on N96. I also found the N96 and still find that it is
> much slower whenchanging from one screen to another. This is variable so
> I
> am wondering if it is me and what part of the key I amhitting. maybe
> again
> when the phone has more use this will not be such a problem. I am
> interested to hear that you have to pay an addition £135 if you choose the
> N96. I have a contract with Vodafone which I took out last June withthe
> N95
> and for that I pay £35.00 per month and got the N95. Internet and e-mail
> are unlimited. Yes, I know people will take issue with that but I am just
> giving you a rough idea of my situation. Vodafone would only replace my
> N95
> 8GB with the N96. Incidentally my contract is an 18 month one. I paid
> insurance also on the phone which I am glad of now as I lost it. Recently
> I
> have purchased the e71 with the qwerty keyboard and like it very much
> though
> I have yet to work out how I am going to use the keyboard, whether with
> one
> finger (index finger) or a combination of fingers. I think it depends on
> where and when I am using it. if at home, I would just sit it on my knee
> and use both hands but this would not be so easy walking along the path
> in
> the park or on the bus. I find the sound quality better with regards to
> Talks in the e71 and there is no slowness in changing from screen to
> screen.
> I have many many word documents on my pnones and like to be able to read
> and
> edit these. Interestingly though it is Word 5 on the N96 and I have Talks
> Premium I could not access this Editing function and found I had to
> purchase
> the Word 6. Not too expensive but there you are. On the e71 it comes
> with
> Quick Office too and the version of Word is version 4. Now that is
> absolutely fine and I can read and edit documents so no need to upgrade
> the
> Word there. However, if I wanted to read Word 2007 then I would have to
> upgrade. Setting up e-mail was easier and more straightforward on the e71
> though there was not much problem with the N96. In terms of size, the N96
> is chunky and I have a leather case on it too which makes it a big thick
> block. I do not mind this but some people do. Yet the e71 which is much
> slimmer is wider and heavier. Asthetically both look very nice and look
> nicer I am told by sighted person thanN95 Silver but Iwould not agree with
> that. I love my N95 Silver and the feel of it too. Granted the screen is
> smaller and perhaps a little less clear and bright. Hope this helps a
> little.
>
> Elelanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Ramage" <wpr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:39 PM
> Subject: [talks-uk] Help and advice needed please
>
>
>> Hi all. I have learned that I am now eligible for an upgrade with
>> Voedafone. The 2 phones I can have are the E71 or the N96 with a
>> contribution of £135 for the 96. My question is, which of the two phones
>> is
>> the better? The 96 has 16gig capacity whereas the 71 only has 8. On the
>> other hand the 71 has a quirty keypad which to me seems a bit fiddly but
>> the
>> 96 being the brother to the n95 I worry it has the same propensity to be
>> unstable and for ever crashing and the battery life of the 95 is crap.
>> The
>> n95 I have at the moment is the original one, the silver one that doesn't
>> have a hard drive. I would really appreciate any input you can give and
>> your opinions on either of these phones. It seems to be harder getting a
>> phone now since so many are touch screens. Walter.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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