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From: les on 18 Dec 2009 07:23 On Dec 18, 11:55 am, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:32:02 -0800 (PST), les <gm4...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > >On Dec 18, 8:16 am, Andy Burns <usenet.aug2...(a)adslpipe.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 18/12/09 08:10, les wrote: > > >> > So if you are on payg do you use money up from the A part as thats > >> > what I want to avoid? > > >> I presume you're charged for the data usage, I've seen estimates that > >> 6kB of data is transferred each time A-GPS gets an initial fix. Maybe > >> you could deliberately put in "broken" settings for the phone's data > >> account? > > >Thanks for the info Andy > >Im on a bog standard payg account with vodafone and just use the phone > >for emergencies, dont want to get into a contract but need to buy a > >new phone as its a very old nokia and not keeping its charge. > >As I go fishing quite a bit it would be handy for me to have gps as > >sometimes the venues are given local names but once I get to a new > >venue could store the place as a favorite - thats the idea anyway. > >Also there are tide tables that i could put in applications. > >I know the nokia 6110 navigator can do this as it has a stand alone > >gps. > >But i dont know of others and there is loads of phones out there but > >gps doesn't stand out as a best seller but notice that some are loaded > >with garmin. > >Phone shops are useless when you start asking specific questions about > >gps as they only seem to know about prices and contacts. > >Looked on the usual auction site for secondhand ones but they seem to > >be going for high prices so will probably wait till after Christmas. > > Take a look at TMJ. On a SE phone with ADSA mobile its cheap to run > for GPS. > > http://www.trackmyjourney.co.uk/ > > It can do what you want, navigationally. There's no TBT feature, not > that you want that anyway. > > Or put a Voda Mobile BB 'top up and go' SIM in it. You'd need to bin > or sell the dongle though; it's not SIM only. > > Dunno about tide tables on SE phones mind you. like the look of TMJ Asda phone coverage poor in my area - Vodafone is the one for here. but will look at SE phones to see if there is anything suitable. Thought of blackberry phones but apparantly you need a data plan - still looking though
From: les on 18 Dec 2009 07:44 On Dec 18, 12:29 pm, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:23:56 -0800 (PST), les <gm4...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > [snip] > > > > >like the look of TMJ > >Asda phone coverage poor in my area - Vodafone is the one for here. > >but will look at SE phones to see if there is anything suitable. > >Thought of blackberry phones but apparantly you need a data plan - > >still looking though > > ASDA is a virtual on Vodafone's network :) > > The w760 is still available online SIM free Thanks Steve Didn't know that ASDA were Vodafone virtual interesting. w760 doesn't have gps its got A-gps so as per info above it'll use the mobile network. Not a stand alone
From: IanM on 18 Dec 2009 08:47 "les" <gm4jnw(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:c6403c3d-f238-4de2-a555-979e2382031f(a)m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... On Dec 18, 12:29 pm, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:23:56 -0800 (PST), les <gm4...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > [snip] > > > > >like the look of TMJ > >Asda phone coverage poor in my area - Vodafone is the one for here. > >but will look at SE phones to see if there is anything suitable. > >Thought of blackberry phones but apparantly you need a data plan - > >still looking though > > ASDA is a virtual on Vodafone's network :) > > The w760 is still available online SIM free >Thanks Steve >Didn't know that ASDA were Vodafone virtual interesting. >w760 doesn't have gps its got A-gps so as per info above it'll use the >mobile network. >Not a stand alone A w760 is very similar to a SE C702 and IIRC that works fine in GPS mode anyway, 10kb of data will cost 0.2p on Asda mobile
From: les on 18 Dec 2009 09:21 On Dec 18, 2:00 pm, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:47:29 -0000, "IanM" <nos...(a)nospam.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >"les" <gm4...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:c6403c3d-f238-4de2-a555-979e2382031f(a)m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com.... > >On Dec 18, 12:29 pm, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:23:56 -0800 (PST), les <gm4...(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >> [snip] > > >> >like the look of TMJ > >> >Asda phone coverage poor in my area - Vodafone is the one for here. > >> >but will look at SE phones to see if there is anything suitable. > >> >Thought of blackberry phones but apparantly you need a data plan - > >> >still looking though > > >> ASDA is a virtual on Vodafone's network :) > > >> The w760 is still available online SIM free > > >>Thanks Steve > >>Didn't know that ASDA were Vodafone virtual interesting. > >>w760 doesn't have gps its got A-gps so as per info above it'll use the > >>mobile network. > >>Not a stand alone > > >A w760 is very similar to a SE C702 and IIRC that works fine in GPS mode > > yes you can turn off the GPS-"assistance" on SE phones. > > > > >anyway, 10kb of data will cost 0.2p on Asda mobile > > Technically 1p minimum per data connection session but, hey. Thats ok thought it was gonna cost a bomb!!
From: alexd on 18 Dec 2009 15:37
Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.mobile Job Justification Hearings, les chose the tried and tested strategy of: > On Dec 18, 2:00 pm, Steve <stee...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:47:29 -0000, "IanM" <nos...(a)nospam.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >anyway, 10kb of data will cost 0.2p on Asda mobile >> >> Technically 1p minimum per data connection session but, hey. > > Thats ok thought it was gonna cost a bomb!! Depending on what ASDA's definition of a 'session' is, it still could. -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 20:36:46 up 21 days, 30 min, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Plant food is a made up drug |