I’ve found it! That is, a phone that can contain my life cheerfully and still be useful as a phone.
The 9300i is fantastic. Okay, it’s a little bigger than my old phone, but it has to be to fit that glorious, lavish screen in. And boy do I appreciate it. No more lugging round those enormous OU textbooks! I was a bit dubious about being able to read anything usefully on what is essentially a very tiny screen (compared to this laptop), but once you get used to it, it feels very nice indeed.
Personally, I find the user interface logical and consistent, and cannot fault it (so far). Then again, I got on perfectly well with my Psion 5MX, so I guess I’m Symbian-compatible.
Only one thing has annoyed me so far, and I swore I wouldn’t care about such things as ringtones, but I can’t find a simple ring-ring tone that sounds like a normal phone. What inspired me to search was philb ringing me this morning, while I was on the train, and the ghastly Nokia tune belting out of my bag. Luckily I was approaching the signal black hole of Twyford, so it only blarped once before dying. But something needed to be done.
So I spent my lunch hour in the staff room at work, apologetically flicking through the ringtones in the hope of finding something inoffensive. It makes some very impressive noises, but I’m not 12 any more. And hey, this is supposed to be a businessman’s phone. You can’t seriously tell me that grown men relish pretty noises coming out of a serious phone??
In despair, I’ve settled for the one called ‘tinkle’. They’re taking the piss..
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If your phone can play mp3s as ringtones, I offer up my own choice of ringtone, which I ganked from some long-forgotten alarm application, and which purports to be a mid-century BT-issue phone ringing.
Gosh, thank you, that is perfect!
Oh I soooo identify with just wanting a plain o’ ring-ring tone. My phone has everything but that as well.