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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbster,
I have been looking at the TyTN II as an option. Went into my local Orange shop recently and they really tried to sweeten a deal for me. They'll give the TyTN II for 'free' on a 18 month contract, for £31.50 a month (500 minutes anytime any network plus unlimited UK texts each month, plus free evening and weekend calls to landlines).
I had a look at it again today. Roughly the same size as the P900, but that's obviously where the similarities end.
Love how one can 'angle' up the whole front slide if you want, once you've pulled the qwerty slide out, ie. so that the display/front slide 'sits up' like a mini-laptop of sorts. Camera has no flash though, athough autofocus is there.
Lovely, seriously loaded piece of kit.
The LG KU990 Viewty will also be available very soon, 5mp with AF, touchscreen, far more slender dimensions and an incredible 120 FPS video capability!  But it's a LG; I dunno... apparently the phone's pretty darn good, and had an excellent review on www.gsmarena.com .
No room for the stylus; it fits into a dongle/sheath that can be attached to the phone, like some people do with 'phone charm' kak.
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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More threads n' stuff on that loaded new LG:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=153835
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_ku990_viewty-review-167.php
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Samsung's new G800 is now official.
Xenon flash, 5mp cam like their G600, oh and 3x OPTICAL zoom.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsu[....]its_it_officially-news-343.php
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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You know what Wangs.just visited www.htc.com and then afterwards www.sonyericsson.com and something just doesnt sit right with me when it comes to HTC.Yes,their devices are gobsmackingly powerful,but they lack something with me.Havent quite put my finger on it yet.When I pin-point that feeling I'll let you know.Then read up on the SE P1i and realised,yes it might lack the power of some of the other brands but it just oozes something that tantalises my tastebuds.Its a damn good looking phone.My P990i has never given me any of the major issues that most people always talk about,so Ive only got good thing to say about it,so imagining my P990i with a slightly larger mega-pixel camera and plus minus four times more RAM after boot up,I can only imagine what a great phone it is.Dont take any note of me when I go on about bigger and better this and that.Everyone has their day when they just want the 'ULTIMATE SMART-PHONE' Its always unfortunitely going to be like that with new phones coming out from all sides all the time.Its the UIQ platform that does it for essentially in the end.Its grown on me and I wait in anticipation to see what UIQ have for us in the future.UIQ.4.0 Can you just imagine.So my verdict is........You've come this far wanting the P1i,get the P1i...........bugger the rest.About retiring my P990i in June,I think not.Going to cancel my second contract and get MWEB ADSL in my flat.R169/month for 1GB capped and the router/modem comes free.Thats how much my second contract is costing me monthly.Conclusion-I LOVE MY P990i and the rest of those multimedia giants can go SUCK!!!!!
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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The one thing that really gets me scratching my already-bald pate is this- we had some pretty neat phones pre-gprs, right. Standby of umpteen hours, etc. Along came gprs and batteries didn't last quite as long. Now add on GPS, some more bells and whistles, and you're sitting with handsets which deliver the goods, but don't have the battery life we demand from a handset. Anybody who uses the Net extensively on most handsets will testify to the fact that those bars drop alarmingly fast if you're doing some heavy browsing. We also know that the moment the white coats manage to squeeze another 20% of capacity into a battery, the chaps upstairs, those who wear those thick Tupperware-lensed specs, come up with even more bells and whistles which take up that 20% and demand even more power. Where does it end? Can we reasonably expect to see a handset which satisfies our requirements AND offers outstanding battery life despite heavy usage? I certainly hope so... En daar's my two-bob vir vandag 
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbster,
I hear you boet and you're right; at the end of the day I will indeed buy what suits me,(that's why I've never mentioned a N95 as my next smartphone upgrade, or N81 or whatever), not what's necessarily the latest n' greatest, or what's perhaps 'en vogue'. The fact that I'm still using the P900 after all these years says it all really.
With only 1 network still carrying the P1i, I've had to look at alternatives too. Touchscreen smartphone with decent cam? That narrows me down to the phones, LG Viewty and the new TyTN II.
Yes, Nokia might surprise us with all the rumours of touchscreen smartphones next year, yes the P3 is apparently gonna be announced soon and so on, but I need something sooner to replace my overworked P900, as you know.
Orange are getting the P1i soon (apparently), but how's this for a bargain:
There's a place in Basildon, Essex (about 45 minutes' drive from our place) which has got brand spanking new P990i's for silly money, ie. £129.99! (approx R1820!). Now fair enough, they are locked to the Orange network, so it'll cost another £10 to unlock if I want to use another network. I'll probably use an Orange sim in it anyway, so no hassle for me now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-N[....]eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The RAM issue is not the be all and end all for me, as I hardly ever have any multitude of applications installed at any one time.
The P1i's slimmer dimensions and better-specced cam appeals, but effectively I could almost get 2 P990i's for the price of a P1i now; is it worth double? I dunno...
Maybe I should get a P990i now at that ridiculously cheap price, and see what transpires with the rumoured P3 in the months ahead, and how that will affect P1i prices. And so this kinda trend may continue with me..
Yes, I am very price-conscious; I have to be due to my self-imposed limits that I allow myself; we're trying to save but there's also plane tickets to SA for next July and August which will need to be booked very soon, the motorbikes' insurance annual renewals are coming up in a few months etc etc.
Who knows, with such a ridiculously low price for so much phone, I might just settle for a P990i, at this stage anyway...
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amawanqa
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The Proteas practising (?) their skills ahead of tomorrow's 3rd ODI in Pakistan  ; take note, Bafana Bafana..you may have competition... :
...and Graeme Smith and the boys taking notes on Saturday night, on how not to 'choke' in world cups... :
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Hobbs
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Its quite funny hey Kryptic.We can send spaceships to the moon and back but we cant invent a battery that can last long enough without having to be recharged daily or every second day.
@Wangs R1900  Enough said.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@dad - There's an ONGOING investigation during the last race (leg) - Brazil . . . something has to do with FUEL-issues I guess  Well anyway, if the VERDICT will be AGAINST the one veing investigated at . . . Louis Jamiltiger will be declared as the NEW-2007 Driver of the Year and Rookie of the Year (too) a veeeery FIRST (I guess) in the Formula 1 History  . . .
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Hobbs
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Hope u watching AM LIVE.Olivia Tambo International is abuzz with Springbok fans,some who have been there since 2 this morning.Here they come....BOKKE!
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Hobbs
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Reality has finally kicked in to what theyve done.Walking out the airport they all look shocked and a bit fearful to tell the truth.Thats credit to the SA organisation team.Organised chaos.You come from a 1st world country where everything runs smoothly and theres order to.....well,organised chaos.Welcome back to crazy Africa.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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I had a look at it on tv this morning as well. Organized chaos is a very appropriate term! Imagine the scenes of jubilation when they're touring Jozi today!
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Would've loved to have seen that homecoming live..
@ Jojo,
I don't think anything will materialise from that appeal IMHO.
The Iceman will remain the '07 world champ.
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Hobbs
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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The Springboks are going to parade the streets of Cape Town on the 29th.im goimg to hire a room with a balcony on Long Street and buy a paintball gun with green and gold paint balls,and when they come past on the double decker bus,spray the shit out of them.Bad idea?
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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^^  Sounds good to me.
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