get the reliance one costing 12999/-

dunno if it has sim calling or not

it is good has sim calling but it is locked only to reliance & I really personally dont like reliance plans for sim..so have to look at lacs with capacitive touch & android 2.2 for 10k.but dont know when it will be available in shops..

xperia mini pro

I do not like phones with a physical keypad.

xperia mini

An old friend visiting here just gave me this old phone for free , it was locked to the AT&T service in usa and wouldn't work here . So I did a unlock & jailbreak on it and it's been working happily for a week now on Airtel's gprs-edge service here in calcutta , Yahoo !!

New requirement

Guys, i need a mobile for my dad with the lowest SAR rating. It should be a basic candy bar phone. No touch phones or smart phones. Any suggestions ?

Another requirement for my friend is an android phone around 10~15 k. I have suggested defy or a wildfire S. Anything else of VFM option ?? Wave 2 kept out due to limited apps

GPS not aGPS

guys need to know phones that have GPS function and NOT aGPS(using on my bold 9780,sucks major time)

cheers !

All nokia smartphone got normal GPS and if you use Nokia OVI Map u can use it Offline too (no need to active data connection during navigation) unlike google map.

thanks a tone !

cheers !

Having used GPS phones for sometime , I'd say verify the unit's capabilities thoroughly if possible from a real user , if you need to rely on it heavily . GPS on some nokia and samsung units often fails to lock to my location , takes 10+mins to find me or even mislocates me when I am deep inside my office building or the weather is bad .... i.e doesn't work as advertised . Just my 2 paisa of thought

thanks dude,
was reading up about GPS and AGPS, AGPS has a `track` time of upto 12.5min as they solely rely on satellite service , but the advantage being that if stuck in `No Service ` area you can still find your way, recent examples , was driving out of Hyderabad, on the Telengana Band day , and thanks to my friends iPhone we were able to `sneak around` the blockades on the main highways, and recently was on my way to Mumbai , and was stuck outside Pune, and my stupid phone had ` No active servie could be found, please try again !!!`

AGPS was developed to `Assist/ Augment ` GPS to decrease the track time and be more accurate , but some manufacturer have relied only on using the towers to fix and track!!!!!

BTW was checking N8 specs and it too says GPS with AGPS , so any idea if it is satellite based or proper AGPS .


cheers

Has anybody here used Samsung Star Duos B7722? Request you to share the feedback. Initial google research says feedback is negative.

I am looking to buy a dual (GSM) sim (both SIMs on standby is a must) with document viewer (word, excel & pdf) and good internet surfing. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Hello guyz,

I'm in dire need of a new cell phone. My budget would be max 8k.
LG is not my taste, so please help me out with this choice.

My requirements:-
Camera not that important
easy internet access
GPS
big screen
No candy bar design.
and No resistive touch. screen quality matters most.
Should look good.

I understand you had a bad time with your phone, but blaming "A-GPS" technology for it is not correct.

Let me tell you the basic deal. "Only GPS" uses the satellite positioning from 3 or 4 GPS satellites to lock on where you are... This may take some time.
A-GPS system uses network positioning/ WLAN Point location ID to assist in locking on, thus locking on takes lesser time than only GPS...

BUT, in all phones from major manufacturers having A-GPS, including my Nokia N8, you can lock on without using network access too... It might take more time and might not load maps (for some softwares), but that's it.

Your phone might be an exception due to some reason, settings, etc. but why blame AGPS technology as a whole.
Just like all ISI helmets are not same in quality, similarly phones too differ in their quality of sensors, firmware, available software, etc...

What do you mean? Proper A-GPS is both tower and/or satellite based, depending on what's available.

My N8 can use anything- internal GPS, external Bluetooth GPS, etc. and any network- 2G, 3G, Wifi, etc... And using any or all of these resources, it manages to lock on to a good GPS Signal.

Signal Strength is strong and it works inside closed cars too.