Simple Phone With Handwriting Recognition

[netfreak]

For Organizer features, try blackberry. I don't think it has handwriting rocog, but you can hook-up MS Outlook -> Google Cal -> Blackberry. If you like MS Outlook's organizer features then you might like blackberry since integration with MS Office is the area where blackberry phones are best.

 

[vebk]

Nah, I hate Outlook. And I don't much of a use for it especially since I am not working. What I really need the phone for is to organize my life, which as mentioned above, my palm m100 did brilliantly. Blackberries are overkill, and too expensive.

 

[netfreak]

Yaa, if you do not use Outlook then Blackberry is not suitable.Off Topic : Try using Outlook as a organizer if you have some free time on hand... its features (Calendar + Tasks + TODO) are quite helpful.What I do for personal use is, I maintain TODO, Calendar, Budget etc on Outlook + MS Money and use Nokia's S/W to sync that daily with organizer of 6020. Nothing great, but get the job done, i.e. Beeps 3 days before due dates for CC/MTNL/Electrical bill payments etc etc.

 

[vebk]

QUOTE(prathapml @ Feb 12 2007, 04:46 PM) [snapback]79577[/snapback]
And its a symbian OS phone - that says a lot about the range of software avaliable for it.
(just to illustrate, a certain someone happens to know that usually Symbian installers are 200 KB on average, and has 4 DVD-Rs full of software encompassing every category of software usually seen on PC - hows that for scale???? )[/b]
That's very impressive! I would like to know what all software is available, just to know my options. Please point me in the right direction - is there any site you have used that you would recommend? Also is all this software available for free or is it available for 'free' if you know what I mean.
(Also note that the phone is UIQ 3.. what exactly that means I don't know - but would all these programs work on it?).

Which phone do you use these programs with?

 

[coolbuddy_79]

this might help you...

 

[prathapml]

Firstly, the m600i does not have EDGE - net would be too slow.
If you're going to be somewhere around your home PC, you can instead get any Nokia phone with Symbian, & install a gateway application, to let you access the net thru your PC's broadband (using bluetooth to connect to PC). The Nokia 7710 would be awesome if you can find it.

UIQ3 simply is a variant of symbian - focussed towards business use. Note that you lose a very slight bit of compatibility with the vast library of symbian apps if you're on a UIQ-based phone....
And what kind of software is available? Literally the entire range of software available for the PC!
I'm very happy with my phone, its convenient & easy to use, plus powerful - using it as a mobile PC, & then sync it with my PC whenever i get home.

Most symbian software is usually commercial (just like any other OS...) - and there's a very deep rooted eco-system around getting these for 'free' (with apps & cracks & keygens, etc....). FTPs, IRC channels, torrents, underground mobile warez sites..... (probably you could even have someone setup a temporary ftp server to get the files over the net )

I have a Nokia 3230. Most of the SW on the dvds are compatible with any symbian phone. Tested on Nokia 7710, 6681, Sony-Ericsson P900 (the SE phone is a UIQ so yes it works).


Here's a review of 7710:

http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/artic...&cat_id=614
(the review is old, so its price would have definitely fallen a lot - the last i heard of it was in June 2006 when it cost 17k....)

 

[vebk]

ok, I read a little on the 7100 - don't like it!It really is a bummer that the m600i does not have EDGE. When is 3G coming to India?btw how much does an average person's bill go up by gprs/edge use in a month?

 

[netfreak]

I access net thru Airtel data card that belongs to my employer. It costs ~1k per month, speeds that i get are ~200 kbps on EDGE. Good enough for running SSH over VPN.For checking Gmail and calendar /todo (basically PIM tools) I use my cell (Nokia 6020) throughout the day. Rate is 5 Rs per MB. I end up spending ~ 60 Rs every month + 49 Rs rental.

 

[vebk]

The EDGE thing is really bothering me about the m600i... Why do cellphone companies import 3G phones here???

So I am leaning towards the Nokia E50. It's 5000 bucks cheaper, but alas no touchscreen. I would love to get the E60 but it seems wasteful to spend Rs. 7,000 more just to get WiFi (which seems to be the only differing feature between the two models).

Does anyone here have either phone?

 

[netfreak]

One of my collegues has E62.I think the biggest dvantage of E6x phones is the big screen + faster CPU. And Nokia web browser make this phone easy to use for surfing sites while you are travelling. Have you tried both phones at some shop? That should give you some idea about this advantage.