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Hobbs
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Knowing Wanga and the wealth of knowledge he carries around in that head of his,Bill Gates it most probably is.I still think they look like a bunch of serial killers though.
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jiteshraj
Joined: May 16, 2005
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Woah!! Just mention I'm doing psychiatry and everybody goes mad! lol. Anyway guys, visit my blog at jrajpaul.blogspot.com and check out the link I posted to 'The Way of Peace'. Its an absolutely inspirational ebook. @Wanqa: England not doing too well in cricket I see. Btw my name is Jitesh and u guys can call me Jits. Cheers guys. |
Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Wanga,I think my days with UIQ3 have unfortunitely come to an end.I think Im going to sell my P990i and trade it in for the Nokia E61i.I've always wanted that phone but when the P990i came out there was only a E61 available at the time and that didnt have a camera and radio.Just a bit frustrated with not having an array of quality themes and software for this phone.There doesnt seem to be a huge UIQ3 community out there which makes the experience so much more fun.Also whenever I go to mobile9.com I always visit the E61 themes and software pages and my heart always sinks.Not many themes but the ones there are of great quality and also the phone having a 16 million colour display those themes look awesome.And the software oh the software.Going to sleep on it and in the next few weeks do some homework and see how much I can sell this phone for and what the E61i is going for. |
Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Spot on  Mr.Gates had indeed been omitted from the first pic 
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Literally just got back from Heathrow Airport.
Hate driving to and from the place. So damn busy and loads of speed cameras along the way.
@ The Hobbster,
Cue Yoda voice from Star Wars: "Hmmm, I sense The S60 Dark Side is strong in you..."
LOL. Yeah, there's a lot going for S60 (and you're right about the frequency of new apps etc for S60 compared to some UIQ sites that I've see lately)and I've yet to read a E61i review where the reviewers/ owners aren't happy with it.
Apart from the UIQ stuff that I'm very used to, there's 2 non-application-related things that'll keep me in the UIQ camp, both just personal preferences.
Firstly I absolutely love using the stylus as an additional means of input. I enjoy sketching and drawing, designing etc, so using the UIQ's jotter is often utilised by me.
Secondly the size of the handset. I've lugged this old P900 around for well over 3 years now and I really would like something that is smaller dimension-wise yet can still offer touchscreen input. Something like the LG Prada's dimensions would be great, or the new HTC Touch that I had a brief fiddle with the other day.
The P1i isn't near those dimensions as such, but it is noticably closer to what I'd ideally like.
Just some extra info for you, Mobile Fun in the UK are currently selling the E61i sim-free for 264.95 at the moment. That's about R3710.
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/13494.htm
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Jits,
Ya, India are really on a roll at the moment. Zaheer Khan has been impressive in this test series, and I'm glad that Sachin Tendulkar has been able to silence his critics of late with his current form. But Anil Kumble's maiden century has been the highlight of this third test for me.
After all these years, going back to when he and Kapil Dev were even team mates touring SA for the first time in '92(!) I think, for him to do this at this stage in his career must be really special for him. Such an iconic spin bowler.
England have a horrible habit of misfiring at sporadic intervals in their cricket matches. There's occasional elements of brilliance, but too few and far between to equate into favourable results.
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Hey Kryptik,
Keeeewwlll!! Do I win any more esato dollars for getting that one right?
What currency do you work in around these parts, boet? KK? (Kryptik Krona? Kryptik Kwachas?) LOL.
I'm trying not to touch my 'P1i fund' piggy bank.. 
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hi everyone, WOW what a day i had,been in Monte Casino all day,watchd The Simpsons Movie AGAIN lol then drove about 30km to my grans place then went bak to Monte played a lot at the arcade with my lil brothers and Dad, THEN we at 8pm we went to The Teatro to watch that big Lion King play wat a GRRREAT PERFORMANCE, that Teatro is realy modern theatre with a moving stage and everything and the play is AMAZING if you havent watchd it i suggest u go! Its around R450 a ticket,thats what we payd each in total R2250 since there were 5 of us,trust me ITS WORTH IT, and it was packd FULL HOUSE! Anyway besides that as we wer walking out at the end i was turning on my phone wen i noticed sum guy had the Big Beautiful N93i OMG i want it! Wat a great luking s60 if i dnt get an N95 or N81 i gota get N93i lol  , Hobbs yes come onto the Darkside, join the club! U wil nt be disappointd,especialy wit E61i lol!
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Howzit Gucci.
Ya Monte Casino remains one of my fave Jozi places. Love the attention to detail on both the huge, fortress-like exterior and the decor inside that virtual Monte Casino village. What a place.
Hell, R450 bucks a ticket. That's about the equivalent price of the big West End theatre production tickets here. I should hope it was worth it, LOL.
I'd have to agree that the N93i is a damn fine looking phone; much classier-looking than its N93 predecessor IMO, especially that display's revised exterior. Looks the biz!
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*Jojo*
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On 2007-08-10 13:26:34, Rhino8 wrote:
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@ama - N90 doin' bad matey . . . when it comes to taking pics   NOT at par with those 2 MP camfones . . I only got me that because I feel like it's a masculine-fone  I mean, the bulkiness . . . but did not like it's folding-type fone (sooner o later it's flex-cable will surely give-in) !
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Oh my gawwwdd, i cant see what you are on about, i had my N90 for some time now and the pics are superb, (And i cant take good pics).
I guess its different from person to person, but the one thing i am certainly happy with on my N90 (as i hate blokia) is the camera.
Just my 2 cents
@rhino - Well, I managed to have (4) K750i's on different ocassions . . . and the images taken with the N90 does NOT even come close with that of the K750i . . . . Cams on N70 and N90 are almost the same . . .
Just my 1 centavo here matey . . .  !
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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A fairly average-looking pub in Higham, Kent, taken with the N73 on Saturday morning.
But in the pub's car park..:
Suddenly a Jeep Cherokee doesn't look that big...
My pal Dale checking out an armoured car:
What strange car park; a wide range of horsepower present, starting from 1bhp in the left background...  :
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Good morning, Jojo!
Hope you're having a good weekend, matey.
Just thinking, how about a few phonepics around your part of the world for us to see? I know there's the pic thread, but it'll be cool to check out some cellphone pics of/around Manila etc.
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Ja Wangs.At the moment unfortunitely UIQ3 is looking like the Dark-side to me.Dont get me wrong.This phone has never given me any problems.It just doesnt feel right if you know what I mean.Some days I absolutely adore it and some days I have to put on the blinkers.I remember the screen on my korean friends E61.It was so vibrant.The colours jumped out at you and everything was so crisp and clear.Funny thing is the screen is the exact same size as the P990i but because its landscape,pyscologically it just feel so much bigger even though its not.
What price-tag do you think I should put on my P990i with 2gb memory card? Putting it up on www.vottle.com Going to even try maybe find someone with a E61i on the site who might want to make a straight swap.Maybe I'll get lucky.
I see you still refer to the P1i 'piggy bank fund.' Does that mean you are still adamant thats the phone for you?
Priced some phones on the Virginmobile.co.za website today and I dont know if its just South Africa but the prices seem exorbitant.Tried to do a side by side with the virgin uk but they never had the same phones up to compare.(Wangs maybe you can get me prices over there)
Nokia N93 R8294.00 (played on one.very nice)
Nokia N95 R7844.00
SE P990i R6144.00
HTC Tytn R7944.00
How do those prices compare with your providers over there on pre-paid Wangs or am I making a fuss over nothing.
Can you believe the P990i is still sitting at 6 grand.?
Keep that blog up and happening Jithraq.Share your spirituality with the world.By the way Im also a saggitarius.Us saggies are a strange bunch of folk.
Brix your email signature is very peculiar.But yes,I feel the same way funnily enough.Thats why if I do bath I tend to have to take a shower straight afterwards.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbs,
I hear you, boet. I've had certain phones which I thought I'd be keeping long term, but just didn't 'gel' with some, whether due to interface, OS, etc and as such either sold them or gave them to family members, for example. The fact that I've kept the P900 for so long is testimony as to how the majority of what the phone offers and does suits my specific requirements, and to that extent I suppose I seem to naturally gravitate/look forward to getting a P1i at some stage this year.
I think the P1i is currentlty the phone for me. There are few other touchscreen/stylus input with decent auto-focus cam phones out there at the mo, and those aspects are very high up on my pecking order of basic specs. There's the forthcoming W960i too, and if HTC start putting better cams in those li'l HTC Touch beauties out there, I'll give Windows Mobile a go again. ( I used to have a SPV C550 which had WindowsMobile 5.0 as its OS).
Sorry boet, but as I'm a bit out of the SA cellphone scene as such, I don't have a cooking clue as regards the going rate in SA for a used P990i + 2gig memory card.
The networks here generally don't bother with such high end phones for PAYG. That's for contracts or people with the moola to buy them cash/sim-free.
The networks do subsidise mid and low-range handsets very well, though.
Out of that list, only the N95 is on PAYG, which is also on Virgin here.
http://www.virginmobile.com/v[....]51-391A-4DA6-9AF1-23BD0DBA7358
The others are available on contract or bought 'sim-free' from independent cellphone retailers here like Expansys, Mobile Fun and Mphone, for example.
I got these prices from the above-mentioned sites:
N93: no longer stocked.
N93i: 384.95 (approx R5400)
N95: 419.95 (approx R5900)
P990i: 195.95 (approx R2750)
HTC TyTN: 409.95 (approx R5750)
Hey, BTW, I'm also a Saggitarius, boet! Yeah, strange bunch indeed...
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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I agree @ Ama,Monte realy is a great place,they have now extended it and even built an area almost like Sandton Nelson Mandela Square, but at Monte in the middle of the square theres a singing/dancing fountain realy cool.
Yes the N93i looks a lot better than the N93, when i saw the N93 up close i was shocked by the size of the screen part of the phone but when i saw the N93i i was amazed how much that screen part was slimmd down it realy is a beauty now
lol thats hectic parking lot,some heavy and powerful machinery there and they are dam good pics! Crystal clear!
WOW the N93i is more expensive than the N95!?im a bit suprised,but then again N93i is pretty rare
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