Just a quick query to the collective wisdom of the group.  If you get
a Nokia phone from a third party service provider on O2, is it likely
to be locked to O2 or not?  The phone in question is a Nokia 6230,
delivered in the original Nokia box rather than an O2 branded one.

I'm a software developer and am about to start my first mobile application
development project.
The project will include both a Java midlet and WAP/WML access. Given the
vast range of mobile phones available I'm wondering what brand/make would be

Curb on mobile unblockers to cut crime wave
Polly Curtis
670 words
31 May 2005

I have just heard that there are plans to errect a mobile phone mast at the
back of my house.
Some questions for you guys
1. Is there a place where I can get info on proposed masts?

Regular readers of this NG will be well aware of the recent bargain from
One Stop Phone Shop with the Sony Ericsson K750i on Vodafone CrossNet
200 (12m) for only £110 over the minimum term of the contract.
In summary, this handset was released less than 2 weeks ago. OSPS put

Can I get Orange Student from a non-Orange shop, such as CPW, or another
independent?

Hi, Does anyone know how to change the cover on a Sony Ericsson T630 ?

I've been looking at the maps of Prague
http://www.pragueexperience.com/places.asp?PlaceID=605
If you click on the map part of this description we are not that far
from Wenceslas Square.  The Czech name is Václavské námesti.

I want to upgrade the memory in my SPV C500 I have been told that they
take SD Memory cards?  I have looked at the "Try Me" card that came
with the Phone and it says on it "Mini SD" is this a different type of
memory than the standard SD Memory cards that you see on sale?

My orange (UK) sim was nicked from a beach hut in Thailand, by a member
of staff of the place I was staying at, earlier this month; It took
about a day for me to notice and run to the nearest internet cafe, get
on orange.co.uk and use their web form to inform them my sim had been

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a free unlock code for a Nokia 6180 on
Orange?

I've had my Nokia 6630 a few days now, but have a few questions which
I can't find in the (Orange) Manual for it...  (so apologies if
they're simple questions)..
1: Contacts... at present all my contacts are on the SIM card (copied

I'm a new orange customer and i like to take advantage of all the services i
can (after all, its what i pay for).
Anyway, got myself signed up for the orange online account, to manage my
account online, but i now want to sign up for orange email, but when i click

whats the exact procedure for unlocking a voda 6630. a firend of mine
has just had the code sent but no instructions. he got it direct from
voda for £20.
Chris P Bacon

I've got a Motorola V980 on Vodafone and I would like to know if anyone
else has the problem that the phone switches itself off and on again
when it switches from 3g to 2.5g whilst browsing. And is the bad call
quailty on 3g with 3 bars or less reception a problem with the phone or