Comments on: I just blew Â£10 on Orange data! I want WiFi.

By: paule

paule — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:18:17 +0000

Is it a new PAYG SIM?

Call 343, get switched to the new PAYG animal packages, Dolphin in particular (free access to Facebook/Bebo/etc with £10/month top-up).
On the animal packages it's £2 a day maximum charge for data.

By: paule

paule — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:18:17 +0000

Is it a new PAYG SIM?

Call 343, get switched to the new PAYG animal packages, Dolphin in particular (free access to Facebook/Bebo/etc with £10/month top-up).
On the animal packages it's £2 a day maximum charge for data.

By: paule

paule — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:18:17 +0000

Is it a new PAYG SIM?

Call 343, get switched to the new PAYG animal packages, Dolphin in particular (free access to Facebook/Bebo/etc with

By: Steve Litchfield

Steve Litchfield — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:39:30 +0000

Am I missing something here? The E66 **has** Wi-Fi and it works brilliantly. Or have Orange crippled their version?

By: Mike42

Mike42 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:30:38 +0000

Sam, WiFi on mobiles is not the answer. You will pay an awful lot more for a worse experience. WiMax certainly isn't, you are under the marketing spell of Intel there, and I don't have the heart to repeat my previous rants on that one.

By: Dan C

Dan C — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:44:57 +0000

best deal is T-Mobile for

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:37:59 +0000

Grab a T-Mobile PAYG SIM – on any of their tariffs data use is capped at

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:58:20 +0000

If you're on Orange you can get an 'extra' where they deduct

By: South77

South77 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:32:46 +0000

why laugable? you will struggle to use a gig on handset. battery is the bigger problem.

You can get the 3GB plan for

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:24:51 +0000

Five pounds for a gig is still laughable. Considering that from my ISP I pay around

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:24:04 +0000

have you tried Boingo and Devicescape to connect across WLAN networks? At least in the US data is a flat fee …

By: Kip Hakes

Kip Hakes — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:59:49 +0000

Nokia Maps – You need to download the maps onto your phone to be honest, it will do it over 3G, but it will eat your allowance damn fast. And ensure you are running the latest version (its no longer in Beta). It rules!

By: daveGravell

daveGravell — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:57:45 +0000

Oh yeah, I didn't mean to claim it wasn't in non-city areas, I mean you can almost guarantee it if you're anywhere near a city/large town.

By: MarkW

MarkW — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:53:57 +0000

In fact, HSDPA covers a lot of non-city areas too now. I've used it successfully all over the place.

By: daveGravell

daveGravell — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:40:06 +0000

Also, with regards to PAYG data tariffs Three I believe have a good deal and they have decent 3G coverage, with a lot of HSDPA in city areas atleast.

By: South77

South77 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:39:38 +0000

get ewan to sort you out with a contract. basic rule of flash mobile is you need to spend a little money. no point dinking around with low-end phones or pay as you go data.

get sim-only with no lock-in from T-Mob and get the data add-on for

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:36:23 +0000

I know, but isn't it just a little stupid, that you can't use a phone the way you like to?
And then, when you do, you get charged for the miserable privilige of having done so?

Samantha.

By: daveGravell

daveGravell — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:35:28 +0000

The Nokia E66 does have Wi-Fi, on Nokia's site it's listed; WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g. On this page http://europe.nokia.com/A41148255 about half way down.

I had the Nokia E65, it's predecessor, an ok phone, Wi-Fi network connectivity is pretty lame on all phones I've used with the exception of (I hate to be that guy but it's true) the iPhone.

If you dig around the settings you should be able to find it, there should also be a way of putting Wi-Fi search on the home screen (I'm assuming it's similar to other S60 devices I've used). However, I think the A-GPS needed for Nokia maps may need cell data connectivity.

By: mostlythis

mostlythis — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:18:03 +0000

never use a 3g data phone with payg or monthly sim, unless you have a flat rate tariff.
t-mobile at least limit data to a max of