Comments on: Skypephone S2 from 3 will have email capabilities http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Super Max http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38331 Super Max Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38331 #29 Any Nokia on 3 prepay has free skype #29 Any Nokia on 3 prepay has free skype

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38325 northumbrian Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:14:38 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38325 what is even more irritating , our whole village is free wifi broadband enabled, I could sit in the middle of the street with my laptop and use skype for nowt though a skype phone would just sit there and look at me stupid what is even more irritating ,
our whole village is free wifi broadband enabled,
I could sit in the middle of the street with my laptop and use skype for nowt

though a skype phone would just sit there and look at me stupid

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38324 northumbrian Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:07:48 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38324 its an always off application on a skype phone , around these parts :grin: :grin: :grin: its an always off application on a skype phone , around these parts
:grin: :grin: :grin:

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38323 Chris Dawson Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:53:32 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38323 #26 Sure you can get Skype on a Nokia but you'll pay for it. It'll come out of your 3G data bandwidth allowance and if you're a heavy user and go over the limit you'll pay for it. The Skypephone gives you 4,000 minutes and 10,000 chat messages on Skype a month for free. You can't get that on a Nokia. There are some other benefits such as the fact that Skype is an always on application on the Skypephone whereas on the Nokia it's just an application that you have to start. Really depends what you want which is best. #26 Sure you can get Skype on a Nokia but you’ll pay for it. It’ll come out of your 3G data bandwidth allowance and if you’re a heavy user and go over the limit you’ll pay for it.

The Skypephone gives you 4,000 minutes and 10,000 chat messages on Skype a month for free. You can’t get that on a Nokia.

There are some other benefits such as the fact that Skype is an always on application on the Skypephone whereas on the Nokia it’s just an application that you have to start. Really depends what you want which is best.

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38322 northumbrian Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:04 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38322 I suffer a permanant down spot, unless I travel :roll: I suffer a permanant down spot, unless I travel :roll:

]]> By: Road_Hog http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38319 Road_Hog Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:40:05 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38319 #22 "I travel all over with work and suffer only very occasional ‘down spots’ with both carriers at roughly equal intervals." That isn't suprising, since 3 use Orange as their provider when you drop out of a 3G signal area. #22

“I travel all over with work and suffer only very occasional ‘down spots’ with both carriers at roughly equal intervals.”

That isn’t suprising, since 3 use Orange as their provider when you drop out of a 3G signal area.

]]> By: Super Max http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38316 Super Max Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:04:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38316 Any new Nokia on 3 will have Skype built in, there is no need to buy a 'skypephone'. If your BF can not get a phone with skype in India you will still be able to all him if he has skype on a computer. the skype phone is a con, just pay the same for a nokia. Any new Nokia on 3 will have Skype built in, there is no need to buy a ‘skypephone’.

If your BF can not get a phone with skype in India you will still be able to all him if he has skype on a computer.

the skype phone is a con, just pay the same for a nokia.

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38315 Chris Dawson Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38315 Sadly although the Skypephone is great in the UK it's not available for India at all. Your best bet is for him to use Skype on a computer if he has access to one and for him to call you on your Skypephone or Skype on your computer Sadly although the Skypephone is great in the UK it’s not available for India at all. Your best bet is for him to use Skype on a computer if he has access to one and for him to call you on your Skypephone or Skype on your computer

]]> By: emma http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-38314 emma Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:04:49 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-38314 i want to get the new skype phone to use with my partner who is now in india, would i need to buy a phone for him from here or from india? and how bad is the coverage in this country, i know 3G's have no coverage in most places but is it really that bad? i've only ever owned nokia's! is it worth using the phone internationally via skype and if so how would i go about it as its not out in india yet. i want to get the new skype phone to use with my partner who is now in india, would i need to buy a phone for him from here or from india? and how bad is the coverage in this country, i know 3G’s have no coverage in most places but is it really that bad? i’ve only ever owned nokia’s!
is it worth using the phone internationally via skype and if so how would i go about it as its not out in india yet.

]]> By: DBL http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37976 DBL Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:31:11 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37976 This may help regarding coverage ... :wink: http://www.three.co.uk/personal/coverage_/broadbandCoverageChecker.do This may help regarding coverage … :wink:

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/coverage_/broadbandCoverageChecker.do

]]> By: NorthernMonkey http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37973 NorthernMonkey Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:21:05 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37973 In response to posts of 3s coverage (e.g. posts 11 and 13) - I'm going to have to defend 3 there. I made a leap of faith in jumping from Orange (after 13 years) to 3 about 18 months ago. I think the criticism of 3s coverage is a legacy of when they started up (which was then fair cop) but people don't realise that there network coverage has grown since. The reality is that I have a work phone with Orange and a personal phone with 3. I travel all over with work and suffer only very occasional 'down spots' with both carriers at roughly equal intervals. The current contract deals on three are mind blowing (1100 mix and match minutes or texts for 20 a month!). Their customer support is no better or worse than Orange. I'd have no hesitiation in encouraging anyone else to make the leap... In response to posts of 3s coverage (e.g. posts 11 and 13) – I’m going to have to defend 3 there. I made a leap of faith in jumping from Orange (after 13 years) to 3 about 18 months ago. I think the criticism of 3s coverage is a legacy of when they started up (which was then fair cop) but people don’t realise that there network coverage has grown since. The reality is that I have a work phone with Orange and a personal phone with 3. I travel all over with work and suffer only very occasional ‘down spots’ with both carriers at roughly equal intervals.

The current contract deals on three are mind blowing (1100 mix and match minutes or texts for 20 a month!). Their customer support is no better or worse than Orange. I’d have no hesitiation in encouraging anyone else to make the leap…

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37952 northumbrian Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:32:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37952 oi chris treatment may be available oi chris
treatment may be available

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37948 Chris Dawson Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:06:06 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37948 Wow! Neville Hobson has let the cat out of the bag that 3 are going to release the "<a href="http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/07/25/new-skypephones-coming/" rel="nofollow">Skypephone 3</a>" before Christmas. It'll be a "business smartphone" type device. I can't wait to see what it's got over and above the Skypephone 2, I think I'll be procuring at least two new Skypehones this year! Wow! Neville Hobson has let the cat out of the bag that 3 are going to release the “Skypephone 3” before Christmas. It’ll be a “business smartphone” type device.

I can’t wait to see what it’s got over and above the Skypephone 2, I think I’ll be procuring at least two new Skypehones this year!

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37947 Chris Dawson Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:52:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37947 The Skypephone is a pretty well featured but bog standard handset with the killer feature of Skype for free not counting towards your bandwidth limit for 3G. When it has email added it will be a webmail type application but with POP3 and IMAP access. The blackberry is much more suited to a corporate environment with an exchange server to "push" email out without having to do a send/receive. Both are good, but price for price the Skypephone wins IMO The Skypephone is a pretty well featured but bog standard handset with the killer feature of Skype for free not counting towards your bandwidth limit for 3G. When it has email added it will be a webmail type application but with POP3 and IMAP access.

The blackberry is much more suited to a corporate environment with an exchange server to “push” email out without having to do a send/receive.

Both are good, but price for price the Skypephone wins IMO

]]> By: Tubbydev http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37946 Tubbydev Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:11:10 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37946 So what is the differences+ and - between new skypephone and blakcberry ?? So what is the differences+ and – between new skypephone and blakcberry ??

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37911 Chris Dawson Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:49:07 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37911 Well spotted have corrected to POP3 The email service isn't paying for email per se - it's paying for Internet Access and some clever gubbins on 3's network to serve the emails so that you can read them on the handset. Well spotted have corrected to POP3

The email service isn’t paying for email per se – it’s paying for Internet Access and some clever gubbins on 3′s network to serve the emails so that you can read them on the handset.

]]> By: pip http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37907 pip Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:04:39 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37907 errrr, what's POP2 email?! seems cheeky for 3 to charge £2.50 for email 'service' - whatever that is. i'm hoping that there will be a decent email client this time, like on the SE k660i ... i.e. one that supports IMAP idle (for push) and SSL (so services like gmail will work). not much to ask really ... errrr, what’s POP2 email?!

seems cheeky for 3 to charge £2.50 for email ‘service’ – whatever that is. i’m hoping that there will be a decent email client this time, like on the SE k660i … i.e. one that supports IMAP idle (for push) and SSL (so services like gmail will work). not much to ask really …

]]> By: Anthony http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37838 Anthony Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:57:31 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37838 The original doesn't just have Bluetooth, it has A2DP - Bluetooth stereo! That's something far more expensive handsets often don't have, even ones that are designed with music and video playback in mind (ie both iPhones!) The original doesn’t just have Bluetooth, it has A2DP – Bluetooth stereo! That’s something far more expensive handsets often don’t have, even ones that are designed with music and video playback in mind (ie both iPhones!)

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37835 northumbrian Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:14:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37835 cobblers! no way does 98% of the population live within the m25 circle :lol: cobblers!
no way does 98% of the population live within the m25 circle :lol:

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37834 Chris Dawson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:01:03 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37834 #11 Sadly I keep paying for it every month, but to be honest quite apart from Skype it also gives dirt cheap mobile internet access for a fiver a month add on and that with Skype are the two reasons I keep the handset going. I think the stats are something like 98% coverage of the population which is no where near 98% coverage of the UK :-( Other than that my main mobile is an ancient Nokia on Vodafone which I might upgrade one day soon - I've got my eye on the new Sony Xperia which is due out next month and looks like a cracking choice. #11 Sadly I keep paying for it every month, but to be honest quite apart from Skype it also gives dirt cheap mobile internet access for a fiver a month add on and that with Skype are the two reasons I keep the handset going.

I think the stats are something like 98% coverage of the population which is no where near 98% coverage of the UK :-(

Other than that my main mobile is an ancient Nokia on Vodafone which I might upgrade one day soon – I’ve got my eye on the new Sony Xperia which is due out next month and looks like a cracking choice.

]]> By: brandonc http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37832 brandonc Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:46:10 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37832 As long as ebay owns skype and paypal, I will NOT be using them! ebay is THE MOST dishonest company I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with and I have NO INTENTIONS of EVER putting one more cent in their greedy pockets! I wish these reporters would actually try INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING and look into the misdeeds of ebay, rather than wasting time reiterate the same drivel ebay is paying bloggers like Richards Brewer Hayes to spew. Read ebay's own discussions "Seller Central", "Feedback" and "Paypal" to get the REAL FACTS about what ebay is doing to it's core! As long as ebay owns skype and paypal, I will NOT be using them!

ebay is THE MOST dishonest company I’ve ever had the misfortune of dealing with and I have NO INTENTIONS of EVER putting one more cent in their greedy pockets!

I wish these reporters would actually try INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING and look into the misdeeds of ebay, rather than wasting time reiterate the same drivel ebay is paying bloggers like Richards Brewer Hayes to spew.

Read ebay’s own discussions “Seller Central”, “Feedback” and “Paypal” to get the REAL FACTS about what ebay is doing to it’s core!

]]> By: Peter http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37829 Peter Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:55:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37829 Chris I'm starting to think that 3 have given you a free phone as it's starting to look like product placement as you keep on banging on about it. Let's face it the 3 phone is pants, WHY there is no coverage outside of major cites! Chris

I’m starting to think that 3 have given you a free phone as it’s starting to look like product placement as you keep on banging on about it.
Let’s face it the 3 phone is pants, WHY there is no coverage outside of major cites!

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37824 Chris Dawson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:18:55 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37824 #1 Cheers Adam - you're absolutely correct! I've managed to get bluetooth internet working on the original Skypephone. You have to set it to dial the number *99# :-D I'm wondering why 3 never trumpeted that feature - I remember the day I had to pay stupid money for a USB cable as I'd left mine at home and I wouldn't have needed to if I'd known it worked to my laptop via bluetooth! #1 Cheers Adam – you’re absolutely correct!

I’ve managed to get bluetooth internet working on the original Skypephone. You have to set it to dial the number *99# :-D

I’m wondering why 3 never trumpeted that feature – I remember the day I had to pay stupid money for a USB cable as I’d left mine at home and I wouldn’t have needed to if I’d known it worked to my laptop via bluetooth!

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37804 Sue Bailey Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:13:51 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37804 You guys make it very difficult for me to delete spam... :-D You guys make it very difficult for me to delete spam… :-D

]]> By: AuctionChex http://tamebay.com/2008/07/skypephone-s2-from-3-will-have-email-capabilities.html#comment-37803 AuctionChex Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:07:59 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3153#comment-37803 <I>We need skype phone latest model.and price</i> I send you 10 for £750 - you pay me by Western Onion :roll: We need skype phone latest model.and price

I send you 10 for £750 – you pay me by Western Onion :roll:

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