Mobile Phones - What Are You Currently Using?

[taipeiflyer]

my brand new nokia 8600 was confiscated last night by tpe airport officials. they were freaked out by the blinking keypad.... i didn't argue with them. i explained to them that it is a feature of the phone but they wouldn't let me take it on board. so they are holding it until i return... it's ok...i still have my us-carrier phone, but i thought it was pretty funny.

[singaporu_kooku]

Well.. I would be mad if my 8600 is confiscated, especially if I have to buy it on my own. Wonder how much this phone cost at the moment.

[taipeiflyer]

it was a gift for my bday...only have had it for one week.... i know it costs 26,000 NT (about 800 USD)

[singaporu_kooku]

Hmm.. USD800?? Kinda expensive for phone with only decent features, but again they target a niche fashionable demographics. I think, I will settle for P1 or something else. My K800i's joystick hasnt been working well lately, need a change of phone soon

[up and away]

my brand new nokia 8600 was confiscated last night by tpe airport officials. they were freaked out by the blinking keypad.... i didn't argue with them. i explained to them that it is a feature of the phone but they wouldn't let me take it on board. so they are holding it until i return... it's ok...i still have my us-carrier phone, but i thought it was pretty funny.

Aw that really sucks... do these guys really think they're gonna stop someone from blowing up a plane? by confiscating mobile phones?

[taipeiflyer]

contacted by SQ today...they lobbied the airport security for the phone and shipped it out to LAX for me to pick up. quite happy with their efforts on my behalf.

[nickbot]

A nice end to an inconvenient situation - good on SQ for helping out!

[singaporu_kooku]

Thats what I call a service... good on you, SQ...

[flo]

anybody knows a good mobile for less than 250 dollars without contract? i'm flying over to canada and i will probably buy a new mobile there

[andySYD]

anybody knows a good mobile for less than 250 dollars without contract? i'm flying over to canada and i will probably buy a new mobile there

That depends on your requirements:

1. Form factor: do you want candybar, clamshell, or slider
2. Do you need 3G
3. Do you need push email eg. Blackberry service

If you just after a simple GSM phone, I suggest Nokia 6300.

[flo]

a candybar would be nice ... but a slider would do aswell ...
3g - dunno exactly if this is used here in europe ... but i simply want a neat mobile to phone and sms that's not ugly and has a good interface (right now i have some sony ericcson i really hate) ... blackberry services would be aweseome but i am not sure if i'd really use them

[nickbot]

Bit of a bump on this thread - after using a Nokia E61 for the past few months and very much enjoying it, I took delivery of a brand new N95 earlier this week and am verrry pleased with it Loads of cool features for technophiles and a great camera, but have to say the web browsing experience on the E61 is far better in my opinion due to the large screen. Was a hard toss-up between the N95 and the newer E61i, but decided to go for the better camera and GPS of the N95. Thanks again to StarG and CGK for their help

[nykelaz]

I'm using the Sony Ericsson K850i Cybershot phone. It's pretty decent with a 5 megapix camera.

[jhm]

I took delivery of a brand new N95 earlier this week and am verrry pleased with it Loads of cool features for technophiles and a great camera, but have to say the web browsing experience on the E61 is far better in my opinion due to the large screen.

I have a N95 as well and would agree. However, I recently bought an iPod Touch and love it for web browsing and checking my e-mails, e.g. I was happily reading SQT using the free wifi at the FRA CX lounge. The only downside is that it's wifi only.

[StarG]

Enjoy your purchase nickbot.