Small MP3 player phone

I am looking for a phone to replace my slightly knackered Nokia 6100. My use
is very light - I currently have a Vodafone PAYG SIM and spend around £5 per
month, so a contract only makes sense as a means to get a phone.

Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to have
is an MP3 player. A light and small (in particular, slim) phone is a must.

I have looked around and the Sony Ericsson W810i looks quite attractive, but
at ~£200 SIM-free, it is a bit more expensive than I originally had in mind.
What alternatives are worth considering?

I noticed Tesco (online) have the W810i on PAYG (I know this sounds
contrived - honestly it isn't) for £160 including £10 calling credit, and
their Standard tarrif would suit my use. Looks like a good deal - my
girlfriend has had a Tesco SIM for a good while and all seems well. Any
reasons /not/ to go for this?

Thanks in advance,
Alex

Alex Fraser wrote:

> Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to
> have is an MP3 player.

What sort of memory card or do you want one of the hard-drive ones? MP3 is
one of the few bits and bobs added on the mobile phones which is actually
more useful than the original item. Far better than carrying around an iPod
or suchlike in other words, even though they are unforgivably prehistoric at
the moment.


Mike Hall

"Alex Fraser" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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If you go to Vigin, you can pick one up from them @ £199.99p plus you'll get
£35 free Air Time.
http://tinyurl.com/ymveft

If you credit the account with £30 or more, you can contact Virgin to get a
Unlock Code from them.

What you get with the phone:
Phone
Battery
Charger
Virgin Mobile joining pack

PLUS, ALL THE OTHER BITS:
USB cable
CD-ROM with PC software
Stereo headset
512MB memory card
User manual
Sony Ericsson service and support leaflet

From now until the 31st of March 2007 it costs just 3p a minute to call
other Virgin Mobile phones in the UK. That's all winter long!

Speak no evil - 3p per minute calls to other Virgin Mobiles.
Text no evil - 3p texts to all Virgin Mobile phones.
Hear no evil - free voicemail. No other network offers that.

Hope this helps.

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:51:21 -0000, "Fatbøy øf the Underwørld"
<uk.fatboy@googlemail.com> wrote:

>"Alex Fraser" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:l8ednf2b7sEx4dvYRVnygg@eclipse.net.uk...
>
>If you go to Vigin, you can pick one up from them @ £199.99p plus you'll get
>£35 free Air Time.
>http://tinyurl.com/ymveft
>
>If you credit the account with £30 or more, you can contact Virgin to get a
>Unlock Code from them.
>
>What you get with the phone:
>Phone
>Battery
>Charger
>Virgin Mobile joining pack
>
>PLUS, ALL THE OTHER BITS:
>USB cable
>CD-ROM with PC software
>Stereo headset
>512MB memory card
>User manual
>Sony Ericsson service and support leaflet
>
>From now until the 31st of March 2007 it costs just 3p a minute to call
>other Virgin Mobile phones in the UK. That's all winter long!
>
>Speak no evil - 3p per minute calls to other Virgin Mobiles.
>Text no evil - 3p texts to all Virgin Mobile phones.
>Hear no evil - free voicemail. No other network offers that.
>
>Hope this helps.
>


Jason
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"Mike Hall" <tarrow@spam3block.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Alex Fraser wrote:
>
>> Other than texts and calls, the only feature I am particularly keen to
>> have is an MP3 player.
>
> What sort of memory card or do you want one of the hard-drive ones? MP3
> is one of the few bits and bobs added on the mobile phones which is
> actually more useful than the original item. Far better than carrying
> around an iPod or suchlike in other words, even though they are
> unforgivably prehistoric at the moment.

I still wouldn't replace my iPod with a phone as things are at the moment -
60gigs of video/photo/mp3 with lots of shiny audio settings and an easy to
navigate system, standard headphones, perfect synching with the PC... nah..
wouldn't give it up

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Sprite wrote:

> I still wouldn't replace my iPod with a phone as things are at the
> moment - 60gigs of video/photo/mp3 with lots of shiny audio settings and
> an easy to navigate system, standard headphones, perfect synching with the
> PC... nah.. wouldn't give it up

Your 60gigabytes of video/photo/mp3 vs my terabyte of PC hard drive, since
you aren't going to get through 2gigs of memory card quickly even storing
films on it! Currently iPods have the edge on videos (on phones released in
the UK anyway - takes ages to remove all the compression codes and make the
picture so tiny that 90% of the details vanish) but since I use bluetooth
headphones anyway (go on, turn your head quickly wearing standard headphones
without garrotting yourself) with audio controls, using an iPod for music
seem just so 2004...

Also, those micro cards are easy to hide if the Law finally decides to crack
down on .mp3 piracy (copying your own cd music onto your iPod is actually
illegal without permission from the copyright holder). You can even swallow
them if needs be. The edible iPod hard drive is still a while away


Mike Hall