Need new CDMA phone advice

Hi,
I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia 2280
is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225 for
'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
should look at moving to a cheaper plan).

At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing is
bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.

Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
compare phone features?

Steve = : ^ )

http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
| Hi,
| I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia 2280
| is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
| Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225 for
| 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
| have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
| should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
|
| At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
| use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing is
| bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
| so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.
|
| Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
| compare phone features?
|
| Steve = : ^ )
|

Go for Nokia 6225. I have one and awesome!

If you have an ABN change to a Just Business 45 with free Orange to Orange
and a 9c per 30sec call rate.

Cheers



"Bruce" <nomail@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:ZOs0e.9626$C7.8366@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>
> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> | Hi,
> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
> 2280
> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225
> for
> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess
> I
> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
> |
> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would
> possibly
> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My
> hearing is
> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid
> compatibility),
> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring
> tone.
> |
> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
> | compare phone features?
> |
> | Steve = : ^ )
> |
>
>

Totally agree with Gunn. I got a 6225 (mine) and a 3105 (wife's) a week ago
and couldn't
be happier. For the hearing impaired the 6225 would be the better of the
two.

Regards,

Derick

"Gunn" <gunn@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Uiw0e.9902$C7.5668@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Go for Nokia 6225. I have one and awesome!
>
> If you have an ABN change to a Just Business 45 with free Orange to Orange
> and a 9c per 30sec call rate.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> "Bruce" <nomail@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:ZOs0e.9626$C7.8366@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
>> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>>
>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> | Hi,
>> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
>> 2280
>> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service
>> with
>> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia
>> 6225 for
>> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and
>> often
>> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess
>> I
>> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>> |
>> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would
>> possibly
>> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My
>> hearing is
>> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid
>> compatibility),
>> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring
>> tone.
>> |
>> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
>> | compare phone features?
>> |
>> | Steve = : ^ )
>> |
>>
>>
>
>

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Hi,
> I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
> 2280
> is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
> Steve = : ^ )


Get a Telstra phone to make sure your kids have a job and don't go
slitty-eyed like the Optus users, or spotted-dick eaters like those Vodafone
shunts.

Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do CDMA - I can't find any CDMA
phones on their page.

On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches. IS GPRS only
available through the GSM networks? There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?

Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

Bruce said:

> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>
> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> | Hi,
> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia 2280
> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225 for
> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
> |
> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing is
> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.
> |
> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
> | compare phone features?
> |
> | Steve = : ^ )
> |
>
>

Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .

> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
> CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.

Amazing.

> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.

Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data mode.

> IS GPRS only available through the GSM networks?

Yep.

> There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?

Nope, there is an equivalent data mode on CDMA.


> Bruce said:
>
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
>> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>>
>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> | Hi,
>> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
>> 2280
>> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
>> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225
>> for
>> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
>> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
>> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>> |
>> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
>> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing
>> is
>> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
>> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.
>> |
>> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
>> | compare phone features?
>> |
>> | Steve = : ^ )
>> |
>>
>>
>

CDMA uses 1xRTT not GPRS, 1xRTT is around 72/72kbs and is still a packett
data network

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do CDMA - I can't find any CDMA
> phones on their page.
>
> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches. IS GPRS
> only
> available through the GSM networks? There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve = : ^ )
>
> Bruce said:
>
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
>> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>>
>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> | Hi,
>> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
>> 2280
>> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service
>> with
>> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia
>> 6225 for
>> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and
>> often
>> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess
>> I
>> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>> |
>> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would
>> possibly
>> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My
>> hearing is
>> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid
>> compatibility),
>> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring
>> tone.
>> |
>> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
>> | compare phone features?
>> |
>> | Steve = : ^ )
>> |
>>
>>
>

"James Bell" <bellj@telstra.com> wrote in message
news:4242bf63@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> > Hi,
> > I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
> > 2280
> > is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
> > Steve = : ^ )
>
>
> Get a Telstra phone to make sure your kids have a job and don't go
> slitty-eyed like the Optus users, or spotted-dick eaters like those
Vodafone
> shunts.

Idiot.

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do CDMA - I can't find any CDMA
> phones on their page.

They choose not to resell Telstra CDMA

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3ags8rF6ae5qrU1@individual.net...
>
> Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>
> > Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
> > CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.
>
> Amazing.
>
> > On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.
>
> Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data
mode.

1xRTT and EVDO

"Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:qWI0e.10639$C7.8754@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3ags8rF6ae5qrU1@individual.net...
>>
>> Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>
>> > Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
>> > CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.
>>
>> Amazing.
>>
>> > On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.
>>
>> Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data mode.

> 1xRTT and EVDO

Duh.

Go the 6225, and get a neck loop, this way you can set your hearing aid to
"T" and the sound will be directed through your hearing aid, the microphone
will work as normal.

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Hi,
> I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
2280
> is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
> Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225
for
> 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
> have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
> should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>
> At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
> use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing
is
> bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
> so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
> compare phone features?
>
> Steve = : ^ )
>

Thanks Vinnie,
I have a neck loop with my current phone. I haven't checked whether the one
I have works with the 6225; Nokia make several neck loops.

Steve = : ^ )

Vinnie said:

> Go the 6225, and get a neck loop, this way you can set your hearing aid to
> "T" and the sound will be directed through your hearing aid, the microphone
> will work as normal.
>
> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> Hi,
>> I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
> 2280
>> is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
>> Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia 6225
> for
>> 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and often
>> have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess I
>> should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>>
>> At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would possibly
>> use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My hearing
> is
>> bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid compatibility),
>> so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring tone.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
>> compare phone features?
>>
>> Steve = : ^ )
>>
>
>

Rod Speed said:

>
> Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>
>> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
>> CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.
>
> Amazing.
>
>> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.
>
> Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data mode.
>
>> IS GPRS only available through the GSM networks?
>
> Yep.
>
>> There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
>> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?
>
> Nope, there is an equivalent data mode on CDMA.

And this "equivalent data mode" is called????

Steve = : ^ )

losi said:

> CDMA uses 1xRTT not GPRS, 1xRTT is around 72/72kbs and is still a packett
> data network

losi,
I know you're trying to help..

So, do I have to look for a phone which is advertised as '1xRTT'? All I find
on the Telstra site is "WAP: yes/no", and all I know about WAP is that it's
expensive. I don't know if that's because I pay for time connected or for
data downloaded, though.

Can you explain, to someone who knows nothing, what to look for in a CDMA
phone to get affordable (i.e. cheaper than my current WAP) internet access.

Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )


> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do CDMA - I can't find any CDMA
>> phones on their page.
>>
>> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches. IS GPRS
>> only
>> available through the GSM networks? There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
>> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve = : ^ )
>>
>> Bruce said:
>>
>>> http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/mob...ect_search.cfm
>>> http://wireless.vodafone.com.au/compare/
>>>
>>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>> | Hi,
>>> | I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
>>> 2280
>>> | is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service
>>> with
>>> | Orange, but sign a 24 mth. contract, and get an LG HD 6000 or Nokia
>>> 6225 for
>>> | 'free'. Are there other viable options? I'm an infrequent user and
>>> often
>>> | have $15-20 of calls left on my Business TalkSaver 45 account. (I guess
>>> I
>>> | should look at moving to a cheaper plan).
>>> |
>>> | At the moment I rarely use the WAP browser in the 2280 but would
>>> possibly
>>> | use it more if I had GPRS. I don't really care about a camera. My
>>> hearing is
>>> | bad (which is why I have a CDMA phone - better hearing aid
>>> compatibility),
>>> | so need a vibrating alert and a nice loud (probably polyphonic) ring
>>> tone.
>>> |
>>> | Does anybody have any suggestions re a phone and/or a site where I can
>>> | compare phone features?
>>> |
>>> | Steve = : ^ )
>>> |
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:28:06 GMT, "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"James Bell" <bellj@telstra.com> wrote in message
>news:4242bf63@quokka.wn.com.au...
>>
>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My Nokia
>> > 2280
>> > is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service with
>> > Steve = : ^ )
>>
>>
>> Get a Telstra phone to make sure your kids have a job and don't go
>> slitty-eyed like the Optus users, or spotted-dick eaters like those
>Vodafone
>> shunts.

>Idiot.

Good to see you finally noticed.

"budgie" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:31u6411j4g4pq7naflauk3j84ch2c9etl2@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:28:06 GMT, "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"James Bell" <bellj@telstra.com> wrote in message
>>news:4242bf63@quokka.wn.com.au...
>>>
>>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:BE689DE7.4E501%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>> > Hi,
>>> > I'm currently on the Orange CDMA network and have no contract. My
>>> > Nokia
>>> > 2280
>>> > is dying ad I want to replace it. I can maintain my current service
>>> > with
>>> > Steve = : ^ )
>>>
>>>
>>> Get a Telstra phone to make sure your kids have a job and don't go
>>> slitty-eyed like the Optus users, or spotted-dick eaters like those
>>Vodafone
>>> shunts.
>
>>Idiot.
>
> Good to see you finally noticed.

Yes.. takes him a while to see anything with those slitty-eyes. (He is a
Sing-Tel customer)

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE69C113.4E870%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Rod Speed said:
>
>>
>> Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>
>>> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
>>> CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.
>>
>> Amazing.
>>
>>> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.
>>
>> Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data mode.
>>
>>> IS GPRS only available through the GSM networks?
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>>> There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
>>> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?
>>
>> Nope, there is an equivalent data mode on CDMA.
>
> And this "equivalent data mode" is called????

1xRTT is what most use instead of the GPRS on GSM.

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BE69E329.4EE98%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
> Rod Speed said:
>
>>
>> "Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BE69C113.4E870%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>> Rod Speed said:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve the B <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:BE697CEE.4E751%prettygood@everything.com.au.. .
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Bruce. I guess that Vodafone don't do
>>>>> CDMA - I can't find any CDMA phones on their page.
>>>>
>>>> Amazing.
>>>>
>>>>> On the Telstra page if I select CDMA and GPRS I get no matches.
>>>>
>>>> Hardly surprising given that CDMA doesnt do GPRS. It has its own data mode.
>>>>
>>>>> IS GPRS only available through the GSM networks?
>>>>
>>>> Yep.
>>>>
>>>>> There are plenty of WAP-enabled CDMA
>>>>> phones but WAP's expensive to use, right?
>>>>
>>>> Nope, there is an equivalent data mode on CDMA.
>>>
>>> And this "equivalent data mode" is called????
>>
>> 1xRTT is what most use instead of the GPRS on GSM.

> Looking at Telstra's phone comparison page, one
> parameter is "CDMA 1x". Is this what I'm looking for?

Yep.

> If so, it seems all the phones have it, including my current 2280.

Yep, its pretty common on modern CDMA handsets.

Like GPRS is on GSM handsets too.