With 5 members of the household having mobiles, I don't really want to
buy 5 of the gizmos that store the numbers on your sim card. Is there
any way that the numbers on the sim card can be read and then backed
up into a PC.

Can anyone tell me (RTFM and cannot find it...):
1. is there a number to call on orange contract to tell you how many
mins/texts you have left (like 453 on PAYG) ?
2. Is the s/w supplied with the X70 windows XP only (my old laptop is

I have a three contract I want to cancel in the first 14 days.  When I phone
three they say I need a deactivation code from the phone dealer.  I can't
get this from the dealer, I have faxed, emailed and phoned them, left
messages tried other numbers but no reply.  What else could I ...

Hey all,
Just wondering, if I wanted to send a text to Italy, would it be included in
my 500 txts/mth? If not, what would it cost? Any ideas? No response
(surprise surprise!) from the O2 e-mail contacts!

is it possable to get it unlocked so i ca use my other sim
its a good phone but 3 aren very good id rather put credit in phone and use
it the way i want , its a bit of a cathch :-(

Am thinking of buying a Tesco 3310 for my dad to use on Voda. He just
wants a cheap, big phone.
Can you unlock these phones with the key-generating s/w? Is it DCT4?
I read somewhere the phones are double locked?

We all know that O2 online has excellent customer service, so I thought
I would share my recent experiences.
I have been with O2 online for two and a half years now, and a couple of
months before my present contract was up I stepped into an O2 shop in a

Looking at some tariffs and handsets on 3. How easy is it to cancel once
you have completed 12 months contract on 3?
What are the pros/cons of going with 3 compared to staying with Orange
etc?

I am currently with Orange pay monthly, but would like to change to PAYG.
What would be the cheapest network to be on? I am looking to get a good deal
with everything really if possible, texts, calls, etc. I have one network in
mind, and that is Fresh. I have nevr been with this ...

I have a Samsung e700 (t-mobile) and my girlfriend has the LG on 3, i have
been trying, but with no luck to connect to some ringtone sites i know with
the LG to download some tones, cant get it to connect, any ideas? works
every time with the e700, is it a restriction of the 3 ...

I need to send a text message to a phone in South Africa, however, all I've
got is the operator code (083) and the rest of the number (xxx-xxxx).  What
do I need to precede the 083 number with?
TIA

For people who got the K700i sony ericsson phone, have you notice that
Sony Ericsson cool feature "calling cards" has now been remove?  Or am
I dumb and can't find it on the handset.  Since I look on the handset
everywhere and on the manual.  And it is the thing that I used the

Can anyone diagnose this problem?  I've asked Orange to do this already, but
as they lack any knowledge of mobile technology, this hasn't been possible.
For about the past 8 months I've been having problems with people calling me
on my Orange.  It's an 07973 number.  I'm using a ...

There have been many people that have walked from their existing contracts
when their contract has come to an end.
Whilst many on this newsgroup do so because they're pretty shrewd at buying
contracts with cashback deals and know where to go thanks to people like

Are Orange now charging for genuine 0800 numbers for customers on talk
plans? (I know they charge calling cards at 10p min)
The reason I am asking is that I have been charged on my bill (10p min) for
dialling the 0800 SIM registration number when I recently upgraded.