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need help with internet on phone

random456
random456 Posts: 1,654 Forumite
hi, mobiles are my forte, unfort the internet on them is not. im on virgin payg and its really expensive to use the net on my phone, although the tarriff works out cheapest for me for calls. ive heard people say they surf the net almost as they do on their computer, and i have been in chatrooms where people have been using their phone to type and not a comp, and doing it really quickly too?. how do i do this cheaply on virgin? is there a way to compress the sites for mobile, as the smaller the page is in kb the less i get charged. i want to use my phone for yahoo messenger but so far as i can see it just works out waaay too expensive. as i said this is not my area of expertise (lol!) so if anyone could help me here given my current virgin payg setup id be chuufed. cheers.
Fr. Stack: While you were out, I got the keys to your car. And drove it into a big wall. And if you don't like it, tough. I've had my fun, and that's all that matters.

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  • Firstly, always try to access a mobile site... for instance, a bit of searching on the net reveals there is a normal webpage for hotmail, and one for mobile (no graphics etc). Most larger sites will have two.

    Secondly you may need to find a better service provider, have a look round. With o2 at the moment, I'm only allowed 1mb but I can go unlimited and they dont charge, lol, maybe other o2 contract customers are doing this.

    Mike
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  • random456
    random456 Posts: 1,654 Forumite
    i was hoping that was the case. where can i find out the adresses for the wap sites as opposed to the normal net ones? ill try google now if anyone else has any advice please post it, cheers
    Fr. Stack: While you were out, I got the keys to your car. And drove it into a big wall. And if you don't like it, tough. I've had my fun, and that's all that matters.
  • I too would be interested to know about where to find them, I just used Google, as I don't have many as I find it so SLOW and would jump at my laptop any second :snow_laug
    ** Mobile Phones.... I'm here to help **
  • random456
    random456 Posts: 1,654 Forumite
    i only really need yahoo which doesnt seem to be working as yet. is there any security issues with using your yahoo id and password on your mobile?
    Fr. Stack: While you were out, I got the keys to your car. And drove it into a big wall. And if you don't like it, tough. I've had my fun, and that's all that matters.
  • pumpa wrote:
    i only really need yahoo which doesnt seem to be working as yet. is there any security issues with using your yahoo id and password on your mobile?

    If there are security issues then I have never read about any. Maybe it'd worry me slightly as I have no firewall, but this would be for other things. Things like entering your password through your phone shouldn't be a problem.

    Best of luck!
    ** Mobile Phones.... I'm here to help **
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