HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

bubblesmoney

karatedragon wrote: »

Sounds like it.

Isn't the £35 tariff direct from Vodafone with the Quidco £150 cashback better value? And if you use the promotion code PAYGMB at the checkout you get a free Pay As You Go USB Dongle.

i distinctly remember quidco website saying that if voucher codes are used then i will not be eligible for cashback. how did you manage to get cashback and the dongle?

bubblesmoney

LeeSouthEast wrote: »

Accessories Purchased:

Jabra CRUISER FM Bluetooth Car Kit (£55-70 depending on where you buy it)
Senna Leather Slip Case (£20-25)
High Capacity Battery (and keep the original as a charged spare)
Car Pack (includes 12v charger and suction mount)
Dual Slot Charging Dock (for charging phone and spare battery at once)

My Must Have Apps:

Spotify
beebPlayer (unofficial BBC iPlayer)
CallTrack (logs incoming/outgoing/missed calls to a Google Calendar)
eBuddy (MSN/Facebook/ICQ/Jabber etc chat)
Locale (and about 10 assorted plugins)
Shazam (free version of the music identifier service)
Sipdroid (VoIP client)
Todo Q (very cool todo list with widget support)

does the high capacity battery fit the dual charger. how bulky is the high capacity battery. whats the battery rated at. is the high capacity battery from a reliable source or is it just any 'high' capacity battery. does the phone become hot with the high capacity battery?

does the calltrack have a recording function for all calls made?

rich_shot2003

Im having big big problems setting up e mail on my phone and im not sure what im doing wrong.:mad:

skintlass

karatedragon wrote: »

Sounds like it.

Isn't the £35 tariff direct from Vodafone with the Quidco £150 cashback better value? And if you use the promotion code PAYGMB at the checkout you get a free Pay As You Go USB Dongle.

No as with the above deal the total cost of the phone is £325 whereas with the above even on an 18 month it works out at £480

LeeSouthEast

bubblesmoney wrote: »

does the high capacity battery fit the dual charger. how bulky is the high capacity battery. whats the battery rated at. is the high capacity battery from a reliable source or is it just any 'high' capacity battery. does the phone become hot with the high capacity battery?

Yes it fits. It's the exact dimensions of the OEM battery. Rated 1600mAh (up from (iirc) 1350 of the original). Can't recall the manufacturer without dismantling my phone, but I did google before purchase and couldn't find a bad word said about them. Phone runs cool all the time, from what I can tell.

It's the one sold by Mobile Fun.

does the calltrack have a recording function for all calls made?

No. It just logs time/date/number/inbound/outbound. There are recording apps available though. Any calls I want recorded I make through Sipdroid, as my PBXes account records all calls.

bigchiefally

Kau wrote: »

24 months is a long time
I'm still holding out for an 18 month

For anyone is interested dialaphone have a 12 month contract:

Free Desire
300 minutes
3000 texts
Unlimited Internet (500mb)
£40 per month
3 months free line rental (by redemption)

Works out at £360 total

Plus you can grab £35 Quidco from dialaphone, so £325 total. Works out at about £27 per month

I'm thinking of grabbing one

I went to order this but it said I cant port my old number using my PAC. This is a definite deal breaker.

Does anyone know if you can port numbers to VF at all? Is this just a dialaphone thing with VF?

Thanks

WaveyDave_2

bigchiefally wrote: »

I went to order this but it said I cant port my old number using my PAC. This is a definite deal breaker.

Does anyone know if you can port numbers to VF at all? Is this just a dialaphone thing with VF?

Thanks

I've been looking into this too, it seems you can only port to vodafone at the point of order. Some retailers offer it, some don't. I think the deal is good enough that I must just get a new number and keep the old one on pay as you go for a few months.

bigchiefally

WaveyDave wrote: »

I've been looking into this too, it seems you can only port to vodafone at the point of order. Some retailers offer it, some don't. I think the deal is good enough that I must just get a new number and keep the old one on pay as you go for a few months.

It is a really good deal, but I have had my number for more than 10 years, and at my age I doubt I could memorize a new one :-)

I thought it was a legal requirement to be able to port your number? I guess that is just applied to the telecos and not 3rd party retailers.

WaveyDave_2

bigchiefally wrote: »

It is a really good deal, but I have had my number for more than 10 years, and at my age I doubt I could memorize a new one :-)

I thought it was a legal requirement to be able to port your number? I guess that is just applied to the telecos and not 3rd party retailers.

The legal requirement is to make your current provider allow you to take your number, it doesn't have any stipulation on your new provider's arrangement.

Rubbish isn't it.

bigchiefally

WaveyDave wrote: »

The legal requirement is to make your current provider allow you to take your number, it doesn't have any stipulation on your new provider's arrangement.

Rubbish isn't it.

Yes, but ultimately as well as costing me a new phone and a bit of time it has also cost them a sale so you think they would sort it out. Dialaphone said you can port to Orange.