I'm currently with Optus $30 prepaid.  I need a new phone so I'm
thinking about jumping to 3's $29 plan which allows you to select from
half a dozen free phones.
I've always heard that 3 suffers from poor reception, drop outs etc

From Telstra, on competition:
http://nowwearetalking.com.au/Home/Page.aspx?mid=192#intNav21
"A lot of rules are designed quite specifically to advantage our major
competitors.

Ive been a customer with B/Optus for probably 10 years, always upgrading and
going on plans with new phones, paying $60 pm etc.
A couple of months ago, my contract once again expired, though this time i
decided to keep my L7 (crap phone, but slim and sexy) and go onto the $29

The Mobile Phones For 2007
Which is the most popular technology being used in new age phones.How
is it going to affect us.Which are the new cellphones :
http://www.smartphoneone.blogspot.com

anybody know much about these phones any good as a basic phone seems like a
nice size keypad

I have a problem trying to use Google maps on a Nokia 6230i connected to
Vodafones prepaid network in perth.  Every time I try connect it tells me to
subscribe to gprs first which is strange considering that normal borwsing
works fine (I downloaded google maps via gprs) I have ...

Goodaye
i would like to unlock my son's nokia 3120 so he may use
another carriers sim card which was left to us by overseas visitors.
The phone is locked to virgin and the imei is  355037002989930   thanks

I wanted a Nokia 1600, does Vodaphone lock these?  Can i unlock it
manually for free?

I hereby announce that Emeritus Professor James Bell is confirmed as the
2006 Poster of the Year.
James' thought provoking comments, as well as his obvious love of Australia,
clinched the award.

1) I have always asked myself  why my Telecommunications complaint is
not solved immediately.
Because solving a complaint on the spot  would be too simple and not
generate the extra phone calls from the customer.

Is there a Nokia that will work on the Telstra 850 UMTS ?
I can't find one on the telstra website.

My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
Would either phone work, connect, etc.?

Just wondering if any of you are NextG customers and have had any issues
sending MMSes to phones outside of the Telstra network.
My daughter and son-in-law are on a "3" 3G plan with LG phones. Whenever
I send an MMS to them, usually just an attached photo, they get the

I am using a sonny K850 and wonder if any of the duel sim cards will fit?
Also which one? Some you cut others print onto new card ETC. Any help please
Peter A
pllen@tpg.com.au