Finally my wishes for a mobile that actually provides me with what I want have been answer with the latest Sony Ericsson M600i.
I honestly don't care that it doesn't have a camera, as I find that feature a bit superfluous for my liking in a mobile phone anyway. It's also fantastic news that mobile phone manufacturers are starting to utilise touch screens a little bit more, thus reducing the overall number of buttons on the phones, simplifying the design completely. Even better than a Crackberry.
In my mind this is exactly what I was trying to get last year. A phone that lets me:
- surf the internet
- check my emails
- all within a nice, small tidy little package, not the size of a PDA.
On a similar but unrelated note, by the very nature of contracts in the UK, I end up getting new handsets every year; while this is a great thing, it's also a terrible waste, as I'm massing a collection of handsets. All of them work, but they're different generations. Randing from a battered Ericsson (when Sony hadn't merged) to an oldie Nokia, the LG chocolate phone and my Sony Ericsson K750i. Definitely make a nice collection of how quickly technology for mobile devices has ramped up in a small space of time, but what the hell am I supposed to do with all these handsets? It's not like they're vintage yet so I can sell them on ebay as a collector's item, and it seems like an awful waste chucking them in the bin. I mean where do ipod mini's go when they retire? I ask because I'm eying up either a Zune or one of the new ipods.
That's a good question. I usually take my old electronics apart or recycle them because it's so hard to find a good freecycle-type exchange program.
Mail me if one day you should really decide for a new Nano or Zune. ;-)
Or even if you still need to get rid of your K750i. It would complete my Sony vaio/clie collection :D
I myself always give my stuff to the local charity for homeless people as it are the more valuable items for their shop.
Tim, why do you take them apart? What's the deal with that? Just to see how they work? What the point? Just intrigued.
Franky, will keep you in mind when I get my new music ear destroyer. I dunno how charity shops deal with electronics like mobile phones.
Sell them on?
Khaled, the charity where I work basically takes all the elictrical appliance they get, as long as they are in working condition (ok, they can't be too old). As for mobile phones, when they get quite recent models offered, they just ask a copy of the receipt/delivery slip to make sure they haven't been stolen.
There even is a local group in Greenwich : Emmaus Greenwich.
But generally the charity is really happy as those items are popular and most of time bring some good money (they even sell the items under ebay value since they want to be cheap, not like Oxfam)
Hey Kal, Have you still got that Nortel phone? Now that is vintage... I saw one on e-bay the other day for £7,500 with 10 mins to go. Classic stuff...
To see what's inside. I've always been fascinated with the innner workings of "black boxes". That includes the human body, which is why I took a Human Gross Anatomy course -- one of the best courses I've ever taken.
Sometimes I also find fun and useful stuff, like LEDs, motors, and magnets, which I play with until they break. :-) Occasionally, I'll even find out what's wrong with the device, and I've fixed a couple of things that I thought were broken beyond repair.
(To clarify, I do give away or sell items that are still usable.)
www.mopay.co.uk this site buys your old phone off you. they also give 10% to childline. The Sony K750i is worth £45.49 as an example....
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I have lost my security code so waana know the format code for m600i is there any way of getting a new code without upgrading the phone?
my secreen is white...nothing is happening...plz reply fast
shrijanbhat@gmail.com
my m600i keeps restarting over and over and dont give me any responce