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Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 6 Jan 2019, 7:14pm
by mercalia
Re: so I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 7 Jan 2019, 6:55pm
by Cunobelin
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 7 Jan 2019, 6:59pm
by Cunobelin
The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox
... and apparently it is VERY cool phone
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 7 Jan 2019, 7:01pm
by Cunobelin
Personal experience is that you change fingermarks for rubber skid marks
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 7 Jan 2019, 9:08pm
by mercalia
Cunobelin wrote:Personal experience is that you change fingermarks for rubber skid marks
well worth a try at less than £2. I have been eyeing other peoples phones at Lidls etc and they all seem to have greasey screens.
Re: so I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 7 Jan 2019, 9:16pm
by mercalia
it dont seem clear whether it is unlocked as it says it is then says you need a giffgaff sim card?
Re: so I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 8 Jan 2019, 9:17am
by Cunobelin
mercalia wrote:it dont seem clear whether it is unlocked as it says it is then says you need a giffgaff sim card?
My apologies... I am on GiffGaff and just plugged in my present SIM
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 10 Jan 2019, 11:37am
by mercalia
well the capacitive styli came to day. 10 for just £1.75 they have a soft foam like tip and a little cord to attach in the ear piece socket. They are quite small about 1.5" long. Much impressed. since I am not a mobile fanatic just an occasional user suites me fine
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 10 Jan 2019, 9:19pm
by mercalia
if any one is after a nice genuine leather case for their phone you might look here -
Snakehive. They had a special offer on my Lumia 635 phone, a nice leather case ( not pu leather ) for just £12 incl postage, very quick delivery and very nice it is too! You cannt beat the smell of naked leather?
https://www.snakehive.co.uk/
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 7:09pm
by Sweep
Cunobelin wrote:The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox
... and apparently it is VERY cool phone
It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.
True?
I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 8:37pm
by mercalia
Sweep wrote:Cunobelin wrote:The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox
... and apparently it is VERY cool phone
It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.
True?
I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.
what is T9 texting?
you mean this?
"T9 is a predictive text technology for mobile phones (specifically those that contain a 3x4 numeric keypad), originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications. T9 stands for Text on 9 keys"
I HATE that on my old nokia
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 8:38pm
by Sweep
mercalia wrote:Sweep wrote:Cunobelin wrote:The 8110 runs on KaiOS, a stripped down version of the system designed by Firefox
... and apparently it is VERY cool phone
It does look interesting but I read in one review that it doesn't have T9 texting.
True?
I bought a cheap old fashioned phone for someone for a special purpose recently and discovered that that didn't have T9 either. I was amazed. I'm all for non flashy straightforward functionality but that strikes me as plain bonkers.
what is T9 texting?
predictive texting.
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 12 Jan 2019, 7:09pm
by mercalia
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 12 Jan 2019, 8:09pm
by irc
mercalia wrote:seems like even cheaper on Amazon - 10 for just 76p incl postage
How on earth can that be done at that price
Because our postal service subsidises Chinese postage to the UK.
United Nations UPU class China, the second biggest economy in the world, as a Category 3 Economy along side Gabon. This entitles Chinese online retailers huge international postal discounts. Packages can be sent to the UK for less than a penny. And it’s the UK mail service and the cost of our stamps that picks up the tab.
http://www.vatfraud.org/blog/stop-subsi ... inal-dues/
Re: I just got my first smartphone but ...
Posted: 24 Jan 2019, 12:11pm
by mercalia
well I have now had my first smartphone for 2 months and I like it: Living in London there are 2 apps that are proving very useful - a) a bus app that shows the bus stops on a map and the buses ( numbers) due - as displayed by the screens at bus stops b) a train time table app for any station that shows departures and arrivals times and platforms. I do notice though that the ones that people zombie with on the buses or trains are very thin compared to mine ( not really worried ). So the question is how reliable are these esp these ultra thin ones. So an informal poll how long your have lasted and why it failed.