Mobile for Internet???

webbo1981

Can anyone recomment a reasonably priced mobile phone to surf the internet on? I have unlimited internet usage on my phone from Orange but my basic Nokia isn't the best for surfing

Unfortunately I am unable to get a new phone with Orange or via another company

Thanks in advance

daniel_owen_uk

T-Mobile Pulse?

Obviously have to get it unlocked, but it's an android phone with a touch screen, where going for silly cheap (£90), but back up to about £140 now I think.

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Im_just_careful

One alternative is to use bluetooth (assuming the Nokia has this) to link to a device with a better user interface (for example a laptop, netbook or PDA).

Another alternative is to try the Opera mobile browser which may improve your surfing experience.

You will spend a lot of money for a phone with a good browsing experience.

webbo1981

Im_just_careful wrote: »

One alternative is to use bluetooth (assuming the Nokia has this) to link to a device with a better user interface (for example a laptop, netbook or PDA).

Another alternative is to try the Opera mobile browser which may improve your surfing experience.

You will spend a lot of money for a phone with a good browsing experience.

Hello

I do have bluetooth on my phone and I have a laptop, how do I link these so that I can browse the internet on my laptop, assuming this is what you mean? Sorry for being lame, non to wise on the techy front!

Im_just_careful

Does your laptop have Bluetooth ? If it does there will be clues somewhere with the little bluetooth symbol (as seen on your phone).

If not then buy a Bluetooth "dongle". Personally I have the Belkin one from Amazon - "Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter * Class 2; 10M" I've tried others and this one comes with a better disk of software and is worth the money in my view.

Install it (remember the run the disk before plugging it in bit).

Once you have bluetooth installed and the phone and computer "paired" (the Belkin instructions will help you with this) then I recommend the Nokia PC Suite as the way of making the phone work as a modem on a PC.

There are other ways (possibly better) but the Nokia PC Suite is much more likely to work without a struggle.

Also, if you have a lead to plug your phone into the PC you can often use the phone as a modem with that. It's not as elegant as Bluetooth but once again worth a try. Once again, use Nokia PC Suite to make it all work.

webbo1981

Im_just_careful wrote: »

Does your laptop have Bluetooth ? If it does there will be clues somewhere with the little bluetooth symbol (as seen on your phone).

If not then buy a Bluetooth "dongle". Personally I have the Belkin one from Amazon - "Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter * Class 2; 10M" I've tried others and this one comes with a better disk of software and is worth the money in my view.

Install it (remember the run the disk before plugging it in bit).

Once you have bluetooth installed and the phone and computer "paired" (the Belkin instructions will help you with this) then I recommend the Nokia PC Suite as the way of making the phone work as a modem on a PC.

There are other ways (possibly better) but the Nokia PC Suite is much more likely to work without a struggle.

Also, if you have a lead to plug your phone into the PC you can often use the phone as a modem with that. It's not as elegant as Bluetooth but once again worth a try. Once again, use Nokia PC Suite to make it all work.

Many thanks for your reply

It seems my Laptop doesn't have Bluetooth, I will have a look for the dongle, thank you

Snakeeyes21

I have one of these bluetooth dongles http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Mini-USB-2-0-Mini-Bluetooth-V2-0-EDR-Dongle-Adapter_W0QQitemZ280441427363QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Networking_SM?hash=item414b9c95a3

They are very good and very cheap, you can buy ones from the UK if you need it quickly.