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Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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First TyTN - delete. 'L' and top RHS soft key on the keyboard did not work, I was not impressed with the screen, the pixels looked very obvious (large), difficult to remove the stylus out off the stylus silo
Second TyTN - top RHS soft key did not work, screen better (smaller pixels?) but not as good as other devices I have (Clie TH55, XDA Exec, P990, etc)
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Mr[NiK]
Joined: Mar 06, 2002
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From: UK - Leicester
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On 2006-08-24 22:06:40, Xerxes8933a wrote:
I don't think you'll be dissapointed Mr[NiK] - its a very nice and stable PDA/Phone.
It's well built (providing its has a HT630x or greater SN#  ), has plenty of app's available for it now and best of all the Orange customisations can be switched off really easily by simply unchecking the theme in the Today menu (which must be a first for Orange  ).
I actually prefer the black styling of the the M3100 and of course it follows the reference design of the Hermes100 with the nice rounded buttons as opposed to the more square ones found on the Hermes 200 (i.e. the TyTn, Vodafone v1605 etc.).
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[ This Message was edited by: Xerxes8933a on 2006-08-24 21:09 ]
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Thanks for the comment! Ive been following this tread for a long time as well as the p990 discussion one. Ive tried the spv m5000 before and found it to be rubbish well it was too slow !!! but i just couldnt wait no more for the p990 to come out !
Ive decided to take the plunge and hope that orange have ironed out a lot of the bugs in the phone ! I would have tried t-mobile for thier flex pakage and web and walk but not convinced that the service there would be any better than orange plus with thier broad band offer i can surf the net off my phone wireless !!!
some times they say its better the devil you know !!! i got me a £35 package for 18 montsh which has 750 mins and 500 txt msgs ya'll think thats a good deal ?? oh btw they gave me the phone free !!!
oh yeah one more thing any one out there who has a spv m3100 care to share thier experiances so far ??? I should be getting my phone delivered at home so got 1 whole day of work to get throgh first b4 i can play with my new babay !!
hey have a look at mah m8 Vinz from la haine btw 
thats what he thinks of the late arrival of the p990
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Mr[NiK]
Joined: Mar 06, 2002
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From: UK - Leicester
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On 2006-08-25 02:12:12, zoro25 wrote:
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On 2006-08-24 14:48:19, Mr[NiK] wrote:
Woohoo i'm getting my spv m3100 tommorow !! (i hope) oh n plus the freebie broadband !!!( ok ok i know its capped at 2gb but its free)
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Hiya Mr Nik,
How did you manage to get free data?, You are the only I have hear get this on Orange?
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Ah perhaps i worded this bit a lil wrong its not free 3g data. its the broadband package you can get from orange. They give you a 'livebox' which has a wireless point and a wired rj45 port. this means i can surf the net on my pc and my phone and perhaps use the box to network my phon n pc togther to stream media.
i hope thats made better sence. I still have to pay £16 for my data bundle on my mobi for a crappy 25 meg download. But i have heard when i connect this phone as it is 3g orange will give me 1000 meg download on 3g for 2 months as a trial. Shame they cant give me that for free for my whole contract !!!
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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Hi Mr Nik,
there is no such thing as free, you pay for it one way or the other! Obviously it your decision but if i was you i would ring T-Mobile as there price plans will show you just how much you are paying for your free broadband. The £35 pound per month Flext tariff wil give you up to 900mins and up to 1800 text messages or any combination of these and for only £7.50 you get unlimited internet and e-mail. I can assure you T-Mobile have really got there act together and are more like Orange used to be than Orange are now.
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Mr[NiK]
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From: UK - Leicester
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On 2006-08-25 10:05:46, Dogmann wrote:
Hi Mr Nik,
there is no such thing as free, you pay for it one way or the other! Obviously it your decision but if i was you i would ring T-Mobile as there price plans will show you just how much you are paying for your free broadband. The £35 pound per month Flext tariff wil give you up to 900mins and up to 1800 text messages or any combination of these and for only £7.50 you get unlimited internet and e-mail. I can assure you T-Mobile have really got there act together and are more like Orange used to be than Orange are now.
Marc
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Thanks again for the advice i think the one thing that tipped it all for me though........and this mite sound silly....................is that i'm still running an everyday 50 tariff for my mum and if i flipped over to t-mobile she wouldnt be able to get hold of me with her free mins !!!! awwwwww things you have to do for ya parents !
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jubbbird
Joined: Sep 02, 2003
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Would it not be better, then, to go to T-Mobile and give your mum the money you save to pay for her calls to you?
Apparently T-Mobile also give you a free GPS bundle with the "Vario II"...
I would like to see a TyTn. I rang 02 the other day, who told me I should go into a store and see one. I went into a store and they denied the existance of the damn thing. Its a shame the shop attendants are not educated about upcoming phones...
Is there any clue as to when it will be possible to go into a store (any network) and see one of these things? I'm desperate to make my decision between 990 and TyTn. I'm thinking "try the WM TyTn for a year and see if its worth it. don't worry about missing out on the pollished SE gimicks, like camera, lens cover, business card scanner, OCR dictionary, etc."
I also bought a bluetooth keyboard for my p900-p910, cost me £80ish a long while ago. i would like to think that it will work on my 990 (if I ge one) or even my TyTn (its got better keys hands down), but something tells me I wont be able to get a new driver for my "no-make" keyboard... anyone else know anything about this? Ultimately, the TyTn has its own keyboard and so it wont be a problem. I like the idea of having a keyboard to make effective use of office apps. The 990 wont stand a chance with HWR and a crappy little kayboard only. Ive never successfully used the keyboard on the 910 in the stead of the HWR - its very good. but to be fair I've never needed to type enough on the 910 to make it worth while using a keyboard anyway.
Might do some research on network coverage in my area, then possible switch to T-Mobile for GPS, WnW, better contract, etc. Either that or scare Orange into giving me the same deal... supervisor's are cool
I suppose (from what I understand) that if I had already made my decision, I could just buy a TyTn over the phone and there would be no need to worry - it is available after all no? Its just not in-store yet apparently. Plus orange say they wont have it in normal stores, only the rare Business Centres :/
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Mr[NiK]
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Just had word from home that my spv m3100 has arrived woohoo !!! only a few mor hours till i get to see ti and few more hours after that until its charged hehehe
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Mr[NiK]
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here is something funny! lve been playing with the spv m3100 and found that if l use the camera app and try 2 select the led light the screens backlight switches off!
has any one else experianced this?! lve not registered the phone witH orange yet cos l wanted 2 check it first! pls help!
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mrvanx
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
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From: York, UK
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(Back home people atlast hehehehe.......might post sum pictures of Norfolk from the TyTN camera if ur lucky)
The backlight/camera flash problem ive seen on xda developers forum AND mobilitytoday.com. Get it RMA'd for a new one it seems a known fault????
So far my TyTN (HT628 model) is working flawlessly i hope others are b'cos this is a GREAT handset. mobilefun.co.uk finally delivered my UltraII 1GB SDmicro card so im sorting that out now...nice hehehe. ALSO O2 have registered the replacement 3G sim card now and ive been getting UMTS reception throughgout York so far 2night (had a few so dont count on much 2night). |
Cycber Blue
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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To be P990 or to be Tytn... That is the question.
After reading 26 pages of discussion I think I'm leaning towards the Tytn.
My only worry is that it doesn't have a radio... something I use a lot on my current phone.
Would I be able to listen to radio stations via the web on the Tytn?
Have any Tytn owners' tried this?
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woodsman
Joined: Feb 02, 2006
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On 2006-08-24 23:02:00, Jah wrote:
@woodsman
I prefer the P990's screen when compared to the 2 faulty Tytn's I have had. Others no doubt will disagree with me.
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Thanks for your input, Jah. Appreciated.
Anybody else with both devices have any advise?
As I said, looking at photos is pretty important to me, so if there is a big difference in screenquality then it would be decisive to me.
Thanks
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SL33PYH34D
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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From: Berkshire, UK
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Whilst the P990i screen is definitely higher quality than the TyTN (262k vs 65k colours for a start), I dont' think on balance the difference is as marked as it would first seem.
IMO the WM5 UI does the screen no favours at all wheras the UIQ3 UI with all its eye candy and hi-res, hi-colour icons perhaps gives the impression that the difference between the two is more than it really is.
When viewing photos or playing movies on both devices, you can just about tell the difference but I don't think it is really anything to loose sleep over. |
matt69
Joined: Mar 26, 2005
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Here's my review of tytn as a picture viewer only.
I've been using the p910 and was waiting for the p990 but plumped for the tytn last week. I used to use the p910 as a photo album to view scaled-down pics taken with my proper camera. I transferred my favourites to my new tytn and viewed a few pics on both devices side by side. I use MS outlook express to shrink the pics (by going to send them as email, choosing "make my pictures smaller" and then dragging the new pic file to desktop). With the p910 there is sometimes a slight scaling of the colours, showing graduation lines. This was emphasised with the tytn because of 'only' having 65000 colours, although the colours did look deeper and richer on the tytn.
The p910's software for displaying your pics is much more intuitive and the features are better than the default viewer on the tytn.
Overall, as a picture viewer I think I prefer the p910 but I may change this if I find better viewer software and a better way of shrinking the KBsize of my pics that doesn't show so much scaling of the colours on the tytn.
sorry but I can't compare the tytn with the p990 but i'd imagine it's at least as good as the p910. Hope this is informative.
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Spawn
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Regarding the screen quality on the p990i, its nice theres no doubt about it but ive noticed its terrible in the sunlight or when your in a bright area...can hardly make out what the screen says. Seems like SE only put in brightness controls but no contrast controls etc.
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SL33PYH34D
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On 2006-08-26 14:17:25, Spawn wrote:
Regarding the screen quality on the p990i, its nice theres no doubt about it but ive noticed its terrible in the sunlight or when your in a bright area...can hardly make out what the screen says. Seems like SE only put in brightness controls but no contrast controls etc.
Anyone else notice this??
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Yes - was the same on the M600i too. |
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Posted: 2006-08-25 09:05
