best mobile phone for internet betting???

[gregprowt]

Hi,

I am looking to buy a new mobile phone so that I can access bets when on the move (and at work because it blocks all gambling sites)

does anybody else do this???

are there any phones that are a lot better than others for internet access, have tried to look around but there just seem so many

O2 XDA, Blackberry and the Nokia E61 seem to have what I want

in particular I would like access to oddschecker at any time

any help appreciated

cheers

Greg

[Win2Win]

This is the latest model, http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=3287

I paid £110 with a £26 / month contract, but that is on a business package.

It's more powerful than the XDA, and has the latest OS. & 3.5G

[gregprowt]

thanks for that Keith

I will have a look around and see what sort of deals are on offer

cheers

Greg

[Win2Win]

The 2GB memory card I got for it is no bigger than my finger nail, and how the hell they fit 2 camera's in the damn thing :ermmm

Mine is the Vodafon 1605

[bigcumba]

The 2GB memory card

that's enough to fit the complete contents of PS's brain and still have 1.99Gb left to play with :D

[tophatter]

I have the Tmobile VarioII MDA and its brilliant. I pay £22.50 a month get £34.00 worth of call time and unlimited web access. Its basically the phone Keith shopws in the link but is Tmobiles version.

[Win2Win]

Shall we have a naked video call eh Mr TH? :D

[mathare]

I have the Sony Ericsson v630i on Vodafone and for about £20 a month I get 125 minutes and a massive data bundle that can be used for texts or web surfing. Handles Betfair Mobile like a dream, plus all the bookies' Java applications but is normal phone sized. I don't like PDAs as phones you see.

[Win2Win]

The Tmobile VarioII MDA/Vodafone 1605 is the same size as a normal mobile phone, but is basically a laptop with broadband.

[gregprowt]

Hi,

thanks for the info everyone, I shall look at buying one of these

any reason why you have all chosen the Vodaphone version over T-Mobile??

[Win2Win]

All!!! You mean one :D

Depends on the coverage where you live, and what package you want. T-Mobile already have 3.5G over about 10% of the country, check the map on each of the suppliers sites.

About speeds;
3G - 0.4 mb/s
3.5G - 7.2 MB/s

T-Mobile sell more data oriented packages. I got Vodafone as it was a better business package, I it is the only signal I get where I live.

[danoneil]

Can you log into this site on them too?

[tophatter]

Yep, I can get into the members area, the forum and betfair all easy enough on my VarioII. The only reason I got it was to do just that and it does the job to perfection

[Win2Win]

You don't have to use Betfair Mobile. you can use there main site, although it obviosuly uses more bandwidth.

Haven't installed Onspeed yet, but that should save a few quid.

[danoneil]

I suppose if you're on the t-mobile unlimited internet for 7.50 a month you wouldn't care how much bandwidth you used!

What does the main site look like on the tiny screen??

[Win2Win]

T-Mobile don't do 'unlimited'!! Read the small print.

It looks like a main site on a tiny screen!! :doh

[jollyjayne]

But T-Mobile is unlimited with a few conditions such as you can't use audio streaming services, use as a modem or on peer2peer networks.
If you use it to go on betfair and Win2win forum and main sites, then it is unlimited.

[Win2Win]

No it isn't :)

T-Mobile Fair Usage Policy
T-Mobile defines fair use as total UK data use (both sent and received) of up to 3 GB per month. T-Mobile may contact customers who exceed 3GB of data to ask them to reduce their usage. If data usage is not reduced following a request from T-Mobile and/or for customers on Web 'n' Walk Plus where use of Voice over Internet Protocol is detected, notice may be given, after which network protection controls may be applied which will result in a reduced speed of transmission.

[danoneil]

Fair enough... but only would use more than that!

[Win2Win]

You could always do what I do when I need to connect.....pull into any council estate, and scan for an unsecure network :D

[danoneil]

That's a useful tip...

Although I missed a word out of my post which was meant to read...

Only you would use more than that!

[Win2Win]

If you are just using bookmakers/exchanges, then you'll be lucky to go over 50MB's a month.

[gregprowt]

thanks for the help on this everyone

I have a brand new T-Mobile MDA Vario II arriving tomorrow

[Win2Win]

You'll love it....great for pocket porn
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so TH told me :D