why are nokia accessories so expensive?

[Ext User(matte)]

nearly $100 for a cable connector

[Ext User(Simon Templar)]

matte wrote:
> nearly $100 for a cable connector

If your phone supports IrDA or Bluetooth you a better off using one of
them than a cable. My Nokia 6680 came with a cable supplied, but I do
not use it.

I use Bluetooth and when ever I walk into the house my phone
automatically syncs with my computer without me having to do a thing.


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[Ext User(Martin Taylor)]

Simon said....

> matte wrote:
>> nearly $100 for a cable connector
>
> If your phone supports IrDA or Bluetooth you a better off using one of
> them than a cable. My Nokia 6680 came with a cable supplied, but I do
> not use it.

Unfortunately, there are Nokias that only have a data cable connection,
such as my 2280. When my son-in-law got one of those DKU clones from
Ebay (and Hong Kong), we could not get it to work with my phone or his
Nokia GSM (don't remember which model). It would not be recognised on
about 5 different PCs running either XP or Win98SE. In the end someone
suggested installing some other driver software, open source stuff I
think it was, and it worked. But I think that it also killed the USB
port, or did something weird to it.

> I use Bluetooth and when ever I walk into the house my phone
> automatically syncs with my computer without me having to do a thing.

I s'pose that'd be handy, if you're forever changing or editing your
phone's phone book, or if you're using it for taking lots of photos,
maybe.

In my case, I only want something that will make a backup of the phone
book, and allow me to export from my Palm and into the Nokia. It's
amazing how Nokia often regresses with respect to some of the features
that its phones have or used to have. For example, my old 5110i used to
be a ripper as far as connectivity went. I could backup the phone book,
add to it, import csv files into the Nokia Data Suite, as it was called
back then. It would also allow me to send and receive SMSes via the
software, when connected to the phone.

Then when I got the 6385, it too was flexible and it had IR
connectivity. When I drowned it and it died, I found that the 2280
didn't have this. So I couldn't do what I did with the 6385 and that was
to beam contacts from my Palm to the Nokia...

[Ext User(thegoons)]

I have found that the genuine Nokia accessories vary in proce so much. For
example, a handsfree earpiece (genuine, same model) costs around $20 at the
Vodafone stores in Centrepoint and Bondi Junction (Sydney), yet the same
device is around $39 in the nearby Vodafone store and Telstra shop in Pitt
Street mall and other city locations.

"matte" <matt22@xxone.com.au> wrote in message
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> nearly $100 for a cable connector
>

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Martin Taylor <mjpt_57@yahoo.com.au> wrote
> Simon wrote
>> matte wrote

>>> nearly $100 for a cable connector

>> If your phone supports IrDA or Bluetooth you a better off using one
>> of them than a cable. My Nokia 6680 came with a cable supplied, but
>> I do not use it.

> Unfortunately, there are Nokias that only have
> a data cable connection, such as my 2280.

Anyone with a clue doesnt buy one of those.

> When my son-in-law got one of those DKU
> clones from Ebay (and Hong Kong), we could not get it to work with my
> phone or his Nokia GSM (don't remember which model). It would not be
> recognised on about 5 different PCs running either XP or Win98SE. In
> the end someone suggested installing some other driver software, open
> source stuff I think it was, and it worked. But I think that it also
> killed the USB port, or did something weird to it.

>> I use Bluetooth and when ever I walk into the house my phone
>> automatically syncs with my computer without me having to do a thing.

> I s'pose that'd be handy, if you're forever changing or editing your
> phone's phone book, or if you're using it for taking lots of photos,
> maybe.

Or even if you change stuff rarely.

> In my case, I only want something that will make a backup of the phone book,

Completely automatic synch makes a lot more sense.

> and allow me to export from my Palm and into the Nokia.
> It's amazing how Nokia often regresses with respect to
> some of the features that its phones have or used to have.

Lie on that 'often' claim.

> For example, my old 5110i used to be
> a ripper as far as connectivity went.

Lie, it needed a physical cable, stupid.

> I could backup the phone book, add to it, import csv
> files into the Nokia Data Suite, as it was called back
> then. It would also allow me to send and receive
> SMSes via the software, when connected to the phone.

> Then when I got the 6385, it too was flexible and it had IR
> connectivity. When I drowned it and it died, I found that the
> 2280 didn't have this. So I couldn't do what I did with the 6385
> and that was to beam contacts from my Palm to the Nokia...

[Ext User(stevesub)]

Bought a cheap DKU2 cable off eBay, lasted 2 weeks before it broke
(connector at the phone end broke), so spent $ on a genuine one and now
working for 6 weeks with no problem.

We use GPRS to the laptop and it only works intermittently when on
Bluetooth or IR but no problems using the cable

Stevesub